Showing posts with label Ana Velinova. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ana Velinova. Show all posts

Monday, November 22, 2021

Ana Velinova & Walter Martella - Softly

Size: 109,5 MB
Time: 47:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Say It (4:36)
02. I Get Along Without You Very Well (4:32)
03. Moon River (4:45)
04. Where Or When (5:02)
05. Blue Orchids (4:26)
06. Mood Indigo (6:37)
07. Estate (4:50)
08. What I Did For Love (4:00)
09. Didn't We (3:56)
10. For All We Know (4:34)

Jazz vocalist, conductor, composer and poet Ana Velinova has inspired audiences around the world. Vocally outstanding, stylistically elegant, innovative and emotionally raw Ana delivers her music effortlessly, leaving the audience bewildered and mesmerized.

Ana has enjoyed an international career working in diverse musical genres such as jazz, modern, classical and gospel. During her years as a fixture of New York City's avant-garde music scene, she formed the group Ensemble Gergana and released 'The Witch,' her first recording of original music. Most current recordings include:

'The Thief', which features Ana’s original compositions, as well as a creative exploration of Gypsy In My Soul and an elegantly powerful rendition of Joao Bosco’s O Bebado E A Equilibrista

'Softly' an intimate interpretation of timeless jazz ballads recorded live in a duo format with pianist Walter Martela

'InhalExale' an EP featuring one of Canada's most celebrated jazz musicians, Brad Turner on trumpet.

With a repertoire extending from Mozart and Stravinsky to Ellington, Monk and Jobim, as well as her own compositions, Ana has shared the stage with many accomplished artists including Bob Moses, Neil Swainson, Don Thompson, Brad Turner, Misha Piatigorsky, Willard Dyson, Ross Taggart and Eric Dozier.

In addition to her performance career Ana is well known for her entrepreneur work as a conductor, educator and event's producer. Ana currently holds the position of Head of Jazz Voice for the Jazz Department of the Victoria Conservatory of Music in Canada. She presides as conductor of the Victoria Conservatory of Music Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and has worked with the One Human Family Gospel Choirs in Canada and the USA as a vocal coach and director. Ana is also the Founder and first conductor of the Bulgarian Children's Choir and School "Gergana" in New York City which recognized her with the distinction of adopting her Bulgarian name. The Gergana Choir has given hundreds of concerts including performances at the Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall).

Ana holds a Master's Degree in Jazz and Contemporary Classical Voice Performance from the Longy School of Music in Boston, undergraduate diploma in Vocal Jazz from the Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles and a diploma in classical guitar from the National Music School in Sofia, Bulgaria. Ana has also studied opera and classical art song in New York with world-renowned sopranos Stefka Evstatieva and Lucy Shelton.

Softly

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Ana Velinova - December Wishing EP

Size: 50,4 MB
Time: 21:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (4:12)
02. December Wishing (3:31)
03. Snowfall (4:56)
04. Find Someone To Love (3:58)
05. Peace (5:00)

A Different Kind of Holiday Jazz Album: In times of great global turmoil, Ana Velinova offers a different kind of holiday album with a selection of songs on universal themes of Peace, Unity and Love. Backed up by the extraordinary talents of Marc Seales on piano, Jeff Johnson on bass, and Byron Vannoy on drums, Velinova pays tribute to Horace Silver with 'Peace' and also features her original compositions 'December Wishing' and 'Find Someone To Love.' With this special holiday production Velinova aims to inspire people from all social and spiritual backgrounds.

December Wishing

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Ana Velinova - The Thief

Size: 89,6 MB
Time: 38:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz: Vocals
Art: Front

01. Could You See Could I Say (4:41)
02. I'm Movin' On (4:21)
03. How Can I Sleep (3:33)
04. O Bebado E A Equilibrista (3:42)
05. Mystic In My Soul (3:52)
06. I Want You (3:19)
07. Baby Bye Bye (3:14)
08. Cool (3:17)
09. Nani Mi Damiancho (Bulgarian Folk Song) (4:57)
10. The Thief (3:33)

Ana Velinova has won the love of jazz fans from around the globe. Originally from Sofia Bulgaria, Ana has lived in many major US and Canadian cities such as New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Vancouver, Canada. "The Thief " is Ana Velinova's first album of predominantly original jazz compositions featuring world renowned musicians Neil Swaison (George Shearing) on bass, Willard Dyson (Cassandra Wilson, Regina Belle, Michael Franks) on drums and percussion and Misha Piatiigorksy on keys. The album was recorded and produced by Grammy Award winning producer Joby Baker at Joby Baker Studios in Canada. In the words of her band members: "Ana's "The Thief" is steal! Ana is definitely one of the most exciting vocalists and songwriters in the contemporary jazz music scene. She tells a story with energy, character, sophistication, elegance
and musical wonder.” Ana holds a Master's Degree in Jazz & Contemporary-Classical Voice Performance from the Longy School of Music in Boston, undergraduate studies in Vocal Jazz from the Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles and a diploma in classical guitar from the National Music School in Bulgaria.

The Thief