Miss Tess - When Tomorrow Comes

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:37
Size: 110,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:19)  1. Honeysuckle Rose
(3:31)  2. When Tomorrow Comes
(3:52)  3. Comes Love
(2:53)  4. Yes Mother
(3:13)  5. Sugar In My Bowl
(5:58)  6. Caravan
(5:09)  7. Stars Fell On Alabama
(5:10)  8. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
(3:31)  9. Lullaby Of The Leaves
(4:29) 10. Mood Indigo
(3:32) 11. Love Me Or Leave Me
(1:55) 12. Dream A Little Dream Of Me

Miss Tess is a young songwriter, guitarist, and accomplished jazz singer currently involved in the thriving Boston music scene. She first began her performing career in Charm City (ah beloved Baltimore), but has since moved to Boston and found a new happy home in the jazz/roots/folk scene. She is making the scene with help from her band, “Miss Tess & The Bon Ton Parade”, in which she is accompanied by upright bass, sax/clarinet, drums, and a lead guitarist. Dig this swingin’ show!  Miss Tess is the Modern Vintage Queen. Her melodies and lyrics are very real and current, yet definitively infused with reveries of 20s and 30s swing, jazz, and blues. Fans are often surprised to learn that most of the songs are original. You can tell that she is an old soul would who has spent a lot of time listening to the wistful melodies of classic jazz and blues. “My dad told me that when I was only 2 years old, I used to fall asleep listening to his big band practice going on right under my room in the basement. Now I can sleep through anything- haha.”  "When Tomorrow Comes" is her second album consisting mostly of jazz standards and a few originals, with some high-profile jazz musicians from the dc area (Steve Abshire-guitar, John Jenson-trombone, Robert Redd-piano, Ralph Gordon-bass, Rusty Mason-sax, Steve Larrance-drums, Nate Leath-fiddle, Berklee grad). https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/misstessmusic

When Tomorrow Comes

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Miss Tess - Modern Vintage

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:51
Size: 125,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:26)  1. When Tomorrow Comes
(3:15)  2. Pokey McMumbles
(3:28)  3. Stormy Baby
(2:31)  4. I Don't Need That Man
(3:22)  5. Ladykiller
(2:54)  6. Streetcorner
(4:56)  7. Mike's Blues
(4:04)  8. I Only Really Miss You When I'm Stoned
(4:15)  9. Child of the Devil
(4:25) 10. I Got The Fever
(4:30) 11. Under My Skin
(5:38) 12. I'm on Top of the World

Miss Tess is a young, Boston-based songstress, who mingles freely across eras and styles, equally at home in the elegant and the low-down. Styling her sound “Modern Vintage,” Miss Tess strums and picks her way through an array of rhythms from ragtime to 30s swing to jump blues, her vocals soaring, powerful, but smooth as satin. She writes songs from her own life, infused with the flavors of early jazz, that conjure a cast of dreamers and lovers, down on their luck and charming their ways in and out of trouble. Familiar faces are known to mix in this crowd courtesy of folks like Bessie Smith and Tom Waits, perpetual muses to her style. Having found her way to Boston and the storied Cambridge folk scene, Miss Tess put together The Bon Ton Parade, a dynamic, solo-swapping combo, comprised of drums, upright bass, lead guitar, sax and clarinet. This second album, "Modern Vintage", features this band playing all original material. ~ Jason Rabin https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/misstess2

Modern Vintage

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Miss Tess - Darling, oh Darling

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:09
Size: 129,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:21)  1. Riding Home
(2:22)  2. That oo oo oo
(3:34)  3. Darling, oh Darling
(3:30)  4. Thinking of Shore
(3:26)  5. Saving All My Love
(3:26)  6. Train Ride to Caroline
(3:13)  7. I Just Wanna Make Love Again
(4:13)  8. Time Can Take the Pain Away
(3:45)  9. Oh No
(3:10) 10. Love
(4:45) 11. Awake
(3:08) 12. I Don't Wanna See You Anymore
(5:09) 13. Darling, oh Darling (unedited)

Equipped with her 1920s Weymann guitar, a satchel full of new songs and joined by a stellar band that includes upright bass, saxophone & clarinet, and drums, Miss Tess is ready to make sweet music for your ears with her fifth release Darling, Oh Darling. The Boston-based singer-songwriter is best known for her ability to invoke the sounds of Classic Jazz and Roots Americana circa the 1930s-50s with a distinctive spunk and imagination that shows that she is much more than a tribute act. She springs a new life into some of the best styles of yesteryear with the dozen original compositions on her latest record. The hallmark of Miss Tess’ music is her breathy and unpretentious alto voice. From the first sultry note of Darling, Oh Darling she evokes memories of greats such as Sarah Vaughan or Bessie Smith. 

The sincerity of her vocals and lyrics are immediately personal and inviting. The approachable nature of her sound makes the record feel as if it is being performed just for you and a group of close friends. Miss Tess’ adaptability as a musician and a writer is also striking. On the record she tackles genres ranging from the classic swing of “That oo oo oo” and “I Just Want to Make Love Again,” to slow county-tinged ballads like “Darling, Oh Darling” and “Awake,” or even rockabilly as in “I Don’t Wanna See You Anymore.” Throughout the album her band performs the retro styles with spotless nuance and subtlety, capturing the true spirit of the music much as it must have been performed in its own era. Many people have already taken notice to Miss Tess’ modern vintage flair. The Boston Globe selected her as the 2008 Local On The Verge artist and she was awarded Outstanding Folk Artist of the Year at The Boston Music Awards. She spends much of her time on the road as Miss Tess & The Bon Ton Parade with current members Alec Spiegelman on sax & clarinet, Ben Davis on upright bass, and Matt Meyer on drums - bringing her songs to locations all around the country and performing at venues large and small. https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/misstess4

Personnel:  Miss Tess: vocals & rhythm guitar;  Alec Spiegelman: clarinet, sax, horn arrangements; Paul Dilley: upright bass; Gillian DeLear: drums, recording engineer; Lyle Brewer: guitar on tracks 3, 6, 9, 10, 12; Jerry Miller: pedal steel on tracks 3, 9; James Rohr: piano on 1, 2, 5, 7; Jeff Galindo: trombone on 1, 5, 8Scott Aruda: trumpet on 1, 5, 8; Matt Boucher: tuba on 5, 8; Charlie Rose: banjo on 11; Rachael Price: vocals on 3; Avi & Celia: vocals on 7

Darling, oh Darling

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