Abigail Rockwell - Autumn Noir

Size: 111,0 MB
Time: 47:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Summer Me, Winter Me (3:53)
02. Libertango (3:22)
03. Slow Burn (4:04)
04. So In Love (4:04)
05. Miss Brown To You (4:05)
06. Autumn (3:45)
07. Almost Blue The Thrill Is Gone (4:46)
08. Am I Blue (3:51)
09. Summer Erotic (3:49)
10. Voodoo Swing (3:07)
11. Lane Closed (3:41)
12. I Wish You Love (4:57)

Personnel:
Quinn Johnson — keys
Kevin Winard — drums, percussion
Robert Mitchum — bass
Guests: Harry Allen, Jim Hynes, Mauro Refosco and Davi Vieira, Bernd Schoenhart, David Mann, Bob Mann and Bill Brendle.

"This album was born from beauty and friction. It is my love letter to the east and west coasts: the craggy edges of the east, the vast expanse of the west, and all the dark alleyways in between." ~ AR

Why Noir? That haunting sax solo line running through "Taxi Driver", the distant blow of a conch and those voodoo drums from "I Walked With A Zombie"... shadings of light and shadow... music and images that left a stamp of recognition on me like a raised brand I couldn't get rid of. That post-war, atomic age desperation still ripples that dark lake off Highway 2. Femme fatale, Lady Fate, I never know quite what she has in store for me. All I can do is surrender and go for a ride. She drives like the night, blinded but knowing, to a destination of her own choosing.

A fresh blend of originals and standards.

"Her voice is a bit deeper and fuller, but her phrasing, her use of occasional melisma, and the breathy sexiness of her sound call to mind Morgana King. I mean this as high praise.' ~ Gerry Geddes

"Although many vocalists have included torch singing in their repertoire, few have made it a specialty as has Abigail Rockwell. With her breathy, smoky voice and sultry demeanor, she is most reminscent of Julie London. What Rockwell brings to this table of torch is poetry." ~ Marilyn Lester

"Abigail Rockwell's deep, sultry tones will seduce you like an irresistible siren - entreating your heated heart to open and reveal its unspoken longings and dark mysteries." ~ Gary Catona

Autumn Noir

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Abigail Rockwell - Union Station

Size: 96,4 MB
Time: 41:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Jazz Vocals, World Fusion, Fado
Art: Front

01. I Got It Bad (4:21)
02. Les Mures Sauvages (3:32)
03. Never Let Me Go (2:32)
04. Modinha (2:21)
05. The Man That Got Away (3:56)
06. Aria (5:52)
07. Midnight Sun (4:16)
08. Medo (3:01)
09. Por Toda Minha Vida (2:30)
10. Trouble Is A Man (3:19)
11. Company (5:34)

Abigail Rockwell is a singer that specializes in international torch songs, which she describes as “songs of longing from around the world.”

Abigail began singing at an early age, writing songs, playing the guitar. The album she listened to over and over was Joni Mitchell’s Clouds. As she got older, training and lessons came, eventually leading her to classical training in her teenage years. As the training evolved, her joy in singing diminished. Worrying about “placement” and the other aspects of classical training took her away from why she loved to sing. Performance anxiety crept in and eventually she just stopped singing publicly, and instead chose to study acting at the Conservatory of Theater Arts & Film at Purchase in New York. She became a “closeted singer,” singing in empty churches, parking lots and at night in her darkened kitchen. Some years later, her mother gave her a recording of Sarah Vaughan. She began singing with it and gradually started to find her voice again, along with the kind of music that suited it. But she still hadn’t met that special teacher that she had been searching for. One day at Urth Cafe in Los Angeles she met Gary Catona, the renowned voice coach. They worked very hard to rebuild her voice and eventually, really for the first time, she found her natural, free singing voice.

Abigail co-produced her debut CD, Union Station, with Bill Brendle, the pianist/arranger/composer who has worked with various artists, including Sergio Mendes, Lamont Dozier and Erykah Badu. It was mixed by Grammy award-winning Mauricio Guerrero and mastered at Capitol by Ron McMaster.

“With the completion of this CD, in effecting a synthesis between my acting and my singing, I feel I’ve finally found my true path. Now I am focused and working on upcoming shows and excited about taking my work to the next level.”
-A.R.

Union Station

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