Kristin Berardi & James Sherlock - Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out

Size: 84,9 MB
Time: 36:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Change Partners (3:20)
02. Tangerine (3:16)
03. If I Only Had A Brain (4:01)
04. Embraced I (5:07)
05. The Bass (3:27)
06. Budgie (3:51)
07. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry (3:54)
08. Charade (4:16)
09. Like A Lover (4:55)

Originally from Koumala, a tiny country town in North Queensland, jazz vocalist Kristin Berardi made National headlines when she won the Montreux Jazz Festival’s International Vocal Competition in 2006.

In 2007 Kristin was the recipient of the Music Council of Australia/Freedman Fellowship which allowed Kristin to commission some of the worlds most dynamic young composers to arrange her compositions for the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra.

The Kristin Berardi Band led by Kristin Berardi was the 2008 debut release. The group performs Berardi’s original compositions, showcasing her stunning voice.

2011 and Kristin Berardi Meets The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra is the exciting new collaboration representing many of the finest, dynamic, young improvisers in Australia, with Berardi as guest vocalist.

Kristin’s warmth and incredible vocal control have made her a favourite with Australian, European and NY audiences and has established a reputation as Australia’s finest young singer.

Kristin lectures in jazz voice at the Australian National University in Canberra and has held the position of guest lecturer in jazz studies at the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music for the past five years.

Kristin’s debut duo release with master guitarist James Sherlock was short listed for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album at the renowned Bell Awards.

Career Highlights:
Winner 2012 National Jazz Awards (Voice)
Winner 2012 Australian Jazz Bell Awards Best Jazz Vocal Album
Winner 2007 Music Council of Australia Freedman Jazz Fellowship
Winner 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival / Shure International Vocal Competition
3rd Place 2005 National Jazz Awards (Voice)
Invited to record in NYC (2004) with Jim Pugh and Kenny Werner

Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out

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Kristin Berardi - Just As You Are

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:53
Size: 142,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:48) 1. Yellow
(3:46) 2. Just As You Are
(7:21) 3. Better Day
(5:38) 4. Embraced I
(5:05) 5. Just Squeeze Me
(6:09) 6. Sara's Sea
(6:39) 7. Memories Of You
(4:27) 8. Ode To Oli
(5:43) 9. White Flag
(7:42) 10. Mr Jackson
(5:30) 11. Body And Soul - Live

If you are looking to play something that will bring a smile to your face then the search is over as this week’s featured album at the station is an album that is full of joy. On last week’s Album of the Week show we played a track featuring Kristin Berardi which was ‘Ode to Oli’, now this week it is time for Berardi to take centre stage as we focus on her latest release.

Originally from the country town of Koumala in North Queensland Berardi has well and truly established herself within the Jazz community of Australia and the world, known for her lovely voice she brings pleasure to the ears. Having toured Australia and Europe and played at numerous Jazz events and festivals such as the Montreux Jazz Festival where she supported Al Jarreau and George Benson, the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival and many more. Picking up plenty of awards and nominations along the way Kristin’s career is only getting bigger and bigger which means her album collection is expanding as well.

Released on the 11th of March this year, however it was actually first recorded before her last album was released ‘Where or When’ which got her a nomination for a Jazz Bell Award. On the this album we get to her from Greg Coffin on piano, Carl Morgan on guitar, Brett Hirst on bass, Tim Firth on the drums and of course Kristin Berardi singing with her powerful voice. As we are brought on a journey from experiences that Berardi and friends have encountered in life there is happy tones but there is also some tones that come from times of heart ache.

Featuring original compositions by the band themselves there is also some nice covers added to the mix such as Duke Ellington’s ‘Just squeeze me’ a song that was first released back in 1941 Berardi really makes it her own, being able to transfer from high notes to low notes it really shines through in this one as it starts off nice and mellow like the original and then Berardi shows us her powerful voice as she rises throughout the track. Half way through we are greeted with a nice piano solo by Coffin which breaks it up nicely for Berardi to come back in and finish it off on an uplifting tone.

Another cover that is beautifully done, that is quite a daring one to do as so many of the greats have done it in the past such as Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday to name a few is the famous Jazz standard ‘Body and Soul’, here Berardi and her band do a wonderful job, on the album they use a live in concert version of the track and what a concert it must have been to attend as the passion gone into these words are as deep as they are meant to be and as smooth as only a great Jazz singer like Kristin Berardi herself could do.

An album that showcases the talent that is coming out of Australia and that proves that the young artists of today still love to cover the golden oldies and do an excellent job with them is this one right here. As Berardi’s career into the music industry is growing at a fast pace as she is currently touring the country with this album. Kristin also passes on her talents to the next generation of musicians as she was once a student at the Brisbane Conservatorium of Music she now teaches there and also travels around the country giving guest lectures. If you want a record to brighten up your day with stunning vocals and a talented band then get a hold of ‘Just as you are’ and give it a listen it is sure to put a smile on ones face. https://eastsidefm.org/album-week-just-kristin-berardi/

Personnel: Kristin Berardi- voice; Greg Coffin- piano; Carl Morgan -guitar; Brett Hirst – bass; Tim Firth -drums

Just As You Are

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Kristin Berardi - Where or When

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:32
Size: 130,0 MB
Art: Front

( 4:34)  1. Where or When
( 4:43)  2. Lucky 13
( 6:09)  3. Suzanne
( 5:06)  4. Born to Be Blue
( 6:12)  5. Brad
( 5:05)  6. Unity Village
( 4:42)  7. Cool Baby
(10:10)  8. Limbo
( 5:04)  9. Is It Ok for Clowns to Cry?
( 4:41) 10. Young at Heart

Kristin Berardi is one of Australia’s ‘first call’ jazz vocalists.Having won a swag of awards including Montreux Jazz Festival’s International Vocal Competition and twice winner of The Australian Jazz Bell Award for Best Vocal Album she is also the recipient of a National Freedman Fellowship as well as the National Jazz Award for Voice at The Wangaratta Jazz Festival. A graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium,where she now lectures, she has toured internationally to Japan,Germany,New York and Indonesia and is probably one of the best jazz singers that Australia has produced. Where or When is a collection of songs that showcases Berardi’s astonishing talents delighting the listener with her warm and beautiful tone.Leonard Cohen’s Suzanne from the 1960’s is a brilliant simplistic rendition of that frequently covered song. 

It sits comfortably alongside of Rodgers and Harts’ Where or When superbly complementing Johnny Richards soulful million selling hit from 1953 Young at Heart. Could this be the version to finally rival that of Frank Sinatra’s? One of Berardi’s original compositions on the album Lucky 13 is a tribute to the good fortune behind this album’s creation when she was able to gather all her chosen musicians in one studio in Melbourne on 13th September 2013 and another original composition, Is It OK For Clowns To Cry , shows the jazz ballad at its most touching and poignant. The intimacy of the band is heightened by the decision to record without drums anchoring the album’s sound with the richness of Sam Anning’s faultless bass playing. James Sherlock is as impressive as always on guitar and Steve Newcomb is flawlessly superb on piano.Julien Wilson adds that final magic touch with his tenor saxophone that makes this the perfect jazz vocal album of 2015. ~ Barry O’Sullivan  http://jazz.org.au/where-or-when-kristin-berardi/

Personnel:  Kristin Berardi -vocals and composition;  Steve Newcomb – piano;  James Sherlock – guitar;  Julien Wilson – tenor saxophone; Sam Anning – bass

Where or When

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