Kelly Eisenhour - Seek and Find

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:57
Size: 139,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:14)  1. Moment To Moment
(3:06)  2. Confession on Love
(3:35)  3. I Didnt Know What Time It Was
(6:03)  4. Rising As The Sun
(6:00)  5. Too Late Now
(5:07)  6. Seek and Find
(2:54)  7. Lonely Woman
(5:14)  8. Wheelers And Dealers
(4:44)  9. My Man´s Gone Now
(6:49) 10. I Only Have Eyes For You
(5:23) 11. Better Days Ahead
(6:42) 12. Soul Eyes

Another member of the too-large club of superior jazz vocalists deserving of widespread popularity, Tucson, Ariz.-born Kelly Eisenhour boasts a seductive voice that is at once cognac-smooth and espresso-rich. The Berklee grad, now based in Salt Lake City, has been singing, writing, arranging and teaching for a quarter-century, and the depth of her experience shows throughout this, her third album. Saxophonist Bob Mintzer is given co-credit on the disc’s cover, but his involvement in these dozen consistently fine tracks is no less praiseworthy than that of pianist Steve Keen, guitarist Kenji Aihara, bassist Matt Larson or percussionist Jay Lawrence (all of whom contributed, as did Eisenhour, to gorgeously understated arrangements that echo the dusky beauty of Bill Charlap and his trio mates).

As demonstrated here by stunning readings of “Too Late Now,” “I Only Have Eyes for You,” “My Man’s Gone Now,” Horace Silver’s haunted “Lonely Woman” and a gently bossa-spiced “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was,” Eisenhour is a sublime standards-bearer. She also handles “Wheelers and Dealers” with a subtlety that appreciably heightens the bite of Dave Frishberg’s lyric. But the track that stands head and shoulders above the estimable rest is “Confession of Love,” a vocalese reinterpretation of “I’m Confessin’” shaped by Eisenhour from a transcription of a Lester Young recording.~Christopher Loudon

Seek and Find

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Kelly Eisenhour - Invitation

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:01
Size: 142,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:47)  1. A Beautiful Friendship
(6:09)  2. Invitation
(6:37)  3. Don't Blame Me
(7:30)  4. Moonglow (Moon Glow)
(5:03)  5. Dearly Beloved
(5:04)  6. Ernie's Tune
(5:51)  7. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
(7:21)  8. Midnight Sun
(4:56)  9. Legend of Victoria Regia
(4:00) 10. I'll Be Seeing You
(4:39) 11. Teach Me Tonight

Kelly Eisenhour is a jazz vocalist of exquisite style and technical accuracy. Her newest release, Invitation, features her regular working quartet. She has toured as guest soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart and also worked with Gladys Knight. Eisenhour is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and was the head of the vocal jazz program at Brigham Young University from 2005-2008. She currently teaches jazz and choirs at Green River Community College near Seattle. https://www.amazon.com/Invitation-Kelly-Eisenhour/dp/B01LTI1FGO

''A superior jazz vocalists deserving of widespread popularity... a seductive voice that is at once cognac-smooth and espresso-rich...'' ~ Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes

Invitation

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Q'd Up - Q'd Up 3

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 72:34
Size: 166.1 MB
Styles: Cool jazz, Vocal jazz
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[5:15] 1. The Dayley Dash
[5:16] 2. In A Mellow Tone
[7:01] 3. Yoruba Land
[6:33] 4. Sole Marks
[6:57] 5. Take A Break, Jake
[4:40] 6. In Another Time And Place
[7:12] 7. Perilous Passage
[5:46] 8. Amazon Rhapsody
[7:55] 9. Your Heart's Timeless Charms
[3:16] 10. Right-Side Drive
[6:13] 11. Blue Daniel
[5:31] 12. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
[0:53] 13. Farewell Fontana

Q’d Up has a unique and infectious sound that is a product of the personalities of the players, the arrangements and compositions of Steve Lindeman and Jay Lawrence and Kelly Eisenhour, the blend of a wide variety of sounds and styles stemming from the impressive versatility of each of the group members, and the energy and synergy that come with the love of the music and of each other. Q’d Up has existed in various incarnations since 1983 and has established itself as a musical force in Utah and the West. Quintessential is the fourth CD project since the group began using the Q’d Up name. The first is self-titled Q’d Up. The second is SQ’d Horizons, and the third is simplyQ’d Up 3. The second, third, and fourth albums include vocals by Kelly Eisenhour, and the third album also includes the amazing trombone wizardry of Andy Martin, top call trombonist from Los Angeles. The CD’s have received much critical acclaim and have enjoyed considerable airplay around the country.

Q'd Up 3

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Kelly Eisenhour - Now You Know

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 54:01

Size: 123.7 MB

Label: (Self released)

Styles: Vocal jazz

Year: 2005

Art: Front

[2:56] 1. Now You Know

[4:58] 2. Lazy Afternoon

[3:54] 3. Moondance

[5:02] 4. My Funny Valentine

[3:02] 5. You Do Something To Me

[4:56] 6. Gentle Rain

[4:49] 7. The Right Thing

[4:08] 8. God Bless The Child

[3:03] 9. Day By Day

[6:58] 10. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most

[3:00] 11. Just In Time

[4:02] 12. Love Is Here To Stay

[3:07] 13. It Had To Be You

A collection of original jazz and classic standards with a twist. Great arrangements with sultry, sophisticated, yet soulful vocals. Keith Lockhart, conductor of the Boston Pops says "...she's the real thing."

Kelly Eisenhour is a prolific jazz vocalist, and the winner of the 6th annual Seattle-Kobe Female Vocal Jazz Competition in 2010. Her last album released in 2007, "Seek and Find" featuring Bob Mintzer, reached #14 on JazzWeek national radio airplay charts, #11 on College radio, and #3 on the respected national jazz radio show, "The Bob Parlocha Show." It received continuous airplay for 7 months after it's release. Kelly has performed in various jazz festivals and has toured as guest soloist with the Boston Pops conducted by Keith Lockhart. She is also a songwriter and arranger, and has done numerous projects in that capacity, including the 2006 Grammy award winning album, Gladys Knight: One Voice, in which she serves as songwriter, soloist, co-arranger, and assistant choir director. Kelly has two more jazz recordings, "Kelly Eisenhour, Now You Know," released in 2001, and "Kelly Eisenhour with the Jeff Hamilton Trio." She is a graduate of Berklee College of Music as a vocal performance major, and has an M.M. from the University of Utah in jazz studies, composition and performance. Her career has taken her many places, starting as a jazz singer in her hometown of Tucson, Arizona (sometimes working with another native Tucsonan -Brian Bromberg), and then diving into the various music scenes in Boston, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and currently in Seattle. Other career highlights: opened for Ramsey Lewis at the Park City Jazz Festival, performed live at the Apollo Theatre, and was an invited performer at the 2007 International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) conference. As an educator, Kelly is a sought after clinician, and was the vocal jazz instructor for the 2006 3-day Teacher's Training Institute for IAJE, as well as workshops for UMEA. She was the vocal jazz director at Brigham Young University as an adjunct instructor, and made the move to a full-time faculty position as the choral director at Green River Community College in Washington state where she now resides. Kelly loves the combination of teaching and performing and feels she has the best of both worlds. The great sax player Bob Mintzer says, "I truly enjoyed playing on her recording and I look forward to watching Kelly's rise to the recognition level she deserves."

Now You Know      

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