This year Hardy has been acknowledged for her talent as a composer by receiving the 2006 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award for her composition “No Turning Back" which is featured on her recent Fresh Sound release.
The vocalist will be accompanied by a band of up and coming New York jazz artists; Sam Sadigursky, tenor and soprano saxophone; Randy Ingram on piano, Matt Clohesy on bass and Kendrick Scott on drums.
Cornelia Street Cafe is located at 29 Cornelia Street, West Village. For reservations please call 212-989-9319, $10 cover, 1 drink minimum.
About the Vocalist:
As the only American vocalist currently signed to Fresh Sound New Talent records, Julie Hardy is well on her way to becoming one of the most important voices of the modern jazz scene. Hardy's debut CD, “A Moment's Glance" was released in April 2005 to critical acclaim. This innovative record combines fresh interpretations of standards and pop classics with sophisticated original compositions, and showcases Hardy's diverse talents as an improviser and an interpreter of lyrics. She is joined by Rob Stillman, tenor saxophone and Randy Ingram, piano. Ben Street, bass, and Adam Cruz, drums (of the Danilo Perez trio) round out the ensemble.
Last year Hardy released “A Moment's Glance" to a full house at the Jazz Standard in New York City. She was also selected to perform at the Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Hardy grew up in Fremont, New Hampshire and holds a Masters degree in Jazz Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music. In 2002 Hardy was one of two vocalists in the nation invited to participate in the Jazz Academy Snowmass in Aspen, CO directed by Christian McBride. The following year Hardy was chosen to attend the Betty carter Jazz ahead program where she performed her original composition at the Kennedy center in Washington, D.C.
“...ingenious covers...and perspicacious originals...Hardy lives, like [Kurt] Elling and [Bobby] McFerrin, in a musical world of her own, and it is a marvelously dynamic place." Christopher Loudon, Jazz Times
“Julie Hardy's newly issued debut CD, A Moment's Glance (Fresh Sound New Talent), introduces a singer well equipped to handle everything modern jazz vocalism demands: candlelit standards ("My Romance"), repurposed pop hits ("And I Love Him"), effortless improvisation and a strong writer's pen. Saxist Rob Stillman surrounds Hardy's dark-velvet voice with breathy intimacies; the rhythm section of Randy Ingram, Ben Street, and Adam Cruz keep things on a steady simmer." Steve Smith, Time Out New York
PERFORMERS: Vocalist Julie Hardy Sam Sadigursky- tenor & soprano saxophone; Randy Ingram - piano; Matt Clohesy - bass; Kendrick Scott - drums DATE: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 TIME: 8:30 & 10:00 PM VENUE: Cornelia Street Cafe is located at 29 Cornelia Street WEBSITE: www.corneliastreetcafe.com PHONE: 212-989-9319 for reservations COST: $10 cover, drink minimum. DIRECTIONS: By Subway, A, C, E, B, D, F & V TRAINS to West 4th Street
stop or 1 & 9 TRAINS to Sheridana Square stop
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