ESP - Tessa Souter

VIEW AUDIENCE RESPONSES AFTER THE SOLD OUT preview of ESP: THE ERIK SATIE PROJECT AT DIZZY’S JAZZ CLUB. SEPT 24, 2024 . . .

ALBUM TRACKS

PERSONNEL: TESSA SOUTER VOCALS LUIS PERDOMO PIANO YASUSHI NAKAMURA BASS BILLY DRUMMOND DRUMS NADJE NOORDHUIS TRUMPET & FLUGELHORN STEVE WILSON SOPRANO SAXOPHONE PASCAL BORDERIES READER OF LETTER

TRACK 1: A SONG FOR YOU_GNOSSIENNE NO. 1 (ERIK SATIE. ARR: LUIS PERDOMO. LYRICS: TESSA SOUTER. FRENCH LYRICS: CAROLINE BORDERIES)

TRACK 2: MOOD_MUSICA UNIVERSALIS (RON CARTER/MILES DAVIS. ARR: TESSA SOUTER LYRICS: TESSA SOUTER

TRACK 3: HOLDING ON TO BEAUTY_GNOSSIENNE NO. 3 (ERIK SATIE. ARR: LUIS PERDOMO. LYRICS: TESSA SOUTER)

TRACK 4: PEACE_GNOSSIENNE NO. 2 (ERIK SATIE. ARR: LUIS PERDOMO. LYRICS: TESSA SOUTER)

TRACK 5: AVEC LE TEMPS (LEO FERRE. ARR: LUIS PERDOMO)

TRACK 6: D’OU VENONS NOUS_GYMNOPEDIE NO. 3 (ERIK SATIE. ARR: BILLY DRUMMOND. LYRICS: TESSASOUTER

TRACK 7 IF YOU GO AWAY_NE ME QUITTE PAS (JACQUES BREL/ROD MCKUEN. ARR: TESSA SOUTER)

TRACK 8: NEVER BROKEN_ESP (WAYNE SHORTER. LYRICS: CASSANDRA WILSON)

TRACK 9: RAYGA’S SONG_GYMNOPEDIE NO. 1 (ERIK SATIE. LYRICS: TESSA SOUTER)

TRACK 10: I KISS YOUR HEART_VEXATIONS (ERIK SATIE. LETTER READ BY PASCAL BORDERIES. ARR: TESSA SOUTER)

TRACK 11: SONG OF NO REGRETS (SERGIO MENDES/LANI HALL. ARR: TESSA SOUTER)

TRACK 12: I KNOW WITH TIME_AVEC LE TEMPS (LEO FERRE. LYRIC: TESSA SOUTER) POSSIBLE BONUS TRACK

PRESS RELEASE

Acclaimed vocalist Tessa Souter finds personal resonance in the delicate piano music of French composer Erik Satie on her stunning and moving new album. Released to commemorate the 2025 centenary of Satie’s death, E.S.P.: The Erik Satie Project pairs chamber jazz interpretations featuring Souter’s evocative lyrics with complementary pieces from Miles Davis’ E.S.P. and classic French chansons

Vocalist Tessa Souter makes no claims of psychic ability. Her decision to build her latest project around the French composer and pianist Erik Satie, though, proved remarkably prescient. Over the several years spent conceiving the project, researching Satie’s life and work, selecting and arranging material and producing her latest album, Souter found her life experiences resonating with Satie’s music in profound and unpredictable ways. READ MORE