SOUTER STEALS THE SHOW
Review of Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, 2014
By Jeff Spevak, Staff Writer Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
“For a guy who isn’t a part of the candles-on-the-table crowd, who leans strange, I never expected to fall for Souter this hard. But she had me at the opening number …” Read more
“A beautiful voice and a beautiful soul. At the top of my list of great talent.”
Sheila Jordan, NEA Jazz Master
Since her first professional gig in 1999, Anglo-Trinidadian, Tessa Souter’s penchant for exploring strikingly beautiful music mostly untouched by other singers, has set her apart as “one of the finest and most fearless vocalists to have emerged in recent years.” (Boston Globe) Over her four-CD career, starting with 2004’s Flamenco-tinged *Listen Love* and up to her latest,* Beyond the Blue* (Motema, 2012) – which features jazz interpretations of classical repertoire with her own lyrics, and was picked as one of the Top Ten Jazz CDs of 2013 by the Sunday Times – “ordinary listeners and critics alike have raved about her lovely voice, tasteful phrasing, agile technique, and perhaps most important, her ability to convey the emotional meaning of a song.” (Cadence)
