I am really enjoying this new crop of jazz vocalists that are springing up more frequently nowadays and I’d like to introduce you to Zara McFarlane, if you aren’t already acquainted that is. She released her self-produced 6 track EP, Until Tomorrow in 2010 which contained original compositions and, of course, jazz standards. The EP has been expanded and will be released via Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings Oct 10.
I found Mama Done (Download) on Soundcloud and became hooked on how this jazzzy track really swings! The album is described as having “a liberal dose of subtle, stealthy swing, yet as steeped as Zara McFarlane is in the jazz tradition, she has brought an eminently soul undercurrent to what she does, and it is entirely possible that she could appeal to audiences weaned as much on Jill Scott and Erykah Badu as Cassandra Wilson and Dianne Reeves.”
You can preorder HERE and preview HERE
