NEW RELEASE
www.motema.com

featuring Tessa Souter
vox, compositions, arrangements

with
Jason Ennis - guitar
Gary Wang - bass
Conor Meehan - drums
Todd Reynolds - violin
Victor Prieto - accordion
Ansel Matthews - backing vocals

Press Inquiries:
Jason Paul Harman Byrne Telephone: 347-578-7601
Email Redcatjazz@mac.com

  

Motéma releases OBSESSION, the stunning new recording from TESSA SOUTER
 

“Souter's crystalline contralto and impeccable phrasing are mighty arrows in her quiver, but it is her ability to become one with a song, finding its intrinsic core and allowing its sentiments to grow organically, that enables her to score successive bull's eyes.”  JAZZ TIMES

“A truly beautiful voice ...” SIRIUS XM RADIO


“... has the rare quality of authenticity ....” LOS ANGELES TIMES

 

"... likely to rank high on 'best of' lists at year's end.” WASHINGTON POST

 

“"One of the few exceptional standouts in the crowded field of female jazz singers.” INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF MUSIC


“...a sensational singer ...”  PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

“... delivers it all with a wit and a wink worthy of the toniest joints in town.” TIME OUT NEW YORK

 

“To say that Souter enchanted the audience [at the 2009 Rochester International Jazz Festival] would be  an understatement. Everyone seemed transfixed by Souter's gorgeous voice and wonderful personality.” ROCHESTER CITY PAPER

 

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"A must-see for lovers of world class jazz" [Los Angeles Times],"striking, soulful, enchanting" [Washington Post], "expressive, full of passion" [Philadelphia Inquirer], "broadly imaginative" [New York Times], "compelling and utterly original" [Jazzwise], award-winning New York-based, Anglo-Trinidadian singer, Tessa Souter, has been praised as much for her expressive style as for her strikingly "beautiful voice, and what she does with it really serves great lyrics, using the beauty of her voice to unearth and get to the core of great songs." [Sirrius Radio].

On tour to celebrate the release of her new CD, Obsession—a multicultural banquet that infuses jazz with the soul and passion of flamenco, Middle Eastern and Brazilian music—Souter is a riveting live performer transfixing sold out audiences from the Blue Note New York to Beirut to Moscow and beyond. MORE INFORMATION

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF TESSA SOUTER AT JOE'S PUB, NEW YORK

TRACK LISTING
1. ELEANOR RIGBY (LENNON AND MCCARTNEY)
2. RIVERMAN (NICK DRAKE)
3. OBSESSION (DORI CAYMMI/TRACY MANN/T. GILLETTE)
4. WHITE ROOM (JACK BRUCE/PETE BROWN)
5. AFRO BLUE/FOOTPRINTS (R SANTAMARIA/OSCAR BROWN JUNIOR/WAYNE SHORTER)
6. MAKE THIS CITY OURS TONIGHT (MILTON NASCIMENTO/TRACY MANN)
7. CRYSTAL RAIN [SUNSHOWER] (KENNY BARRON/TERI ROIGER)
8. EMPTY FACES [VERA CRUZ] (MILTON NASCIMENTO/LANI HALL)
9. NOW AND THEN (TESSA SOUTER)
10. NARA’S SONG [LITTLE SUNFLOWER] (FREDDIE HUBBARD/TESSA SOUTER)
11. LOVE THEME FROM SPARTACUS (ALEX NORTH)
12. USHA’S WEDDING SONG (TESSA SOUTER)

sonicbids.com/tessasouter - click on "audio" to hear streaming tracks

Booking: Reggie Marshall at MarsJazz
Tel 434-979-6374
Email reggie@marsjazz.com