Melissa Stott- 100 jazz songs
“ a witty, accomplished songwriter with the ability to deliver her material with beguiling, informal intimacy…” (Chris Parker)
Melissa is at a very exciting stage in her career, having released two CDs of original songs with a division of legendary British label Leo Records, and has been described as "an exquisite jazz voice with the ability to communicate with twenty-first century audiences with all the ease of popular music". Her songs have been called "standards in the making", and this year she celebrates the writing of one hundred songs, a remarkable achievement for the thirty-six year old who only started writing in 2003.
Melissa Stott and her group present quirky jazz songs and some great playing. The subject matter goes way beyond the traditional jazz repertoire; lyrics about love and delusion mingle with Melissa's thoughts on Doctor Who, smoking grandmothers, computer buffs and chocolate cake.
London February-March 2009: Melissa wrote a specially commissioned piece for the multimedia exhibition A Cup of Tea Solves Everything, curated by Hamja Ahsan. Visitors heard the song while watching a specially created video/slideshow and saw the original sheet music, as well as admiring conceptual art and sculpture by some of London's most exciting artists. Other events included film screenings and live performance.
Melissa's second cd "The Picture", released on Leo Feigin's FeetFirst Records label is available from HMV, Tower Records and Virgin, as well as The Bebop Shop, Jazz Loft, Amazon, leorecords.com and specialist outlets. For a detailed list of distributors, please visit leorecords.com.
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Pieces from "Why Now" and "The Picture" have been receiving extensive airplay recently on Mariella Frostrup's Green Room (BBC Radio 2), Courtney Pine's Jazz Crusade (BBC Radio 2), BBC3,Lyric FM (RTE), World Service,Anima Jazz, Taran's Free Jazz Hour and other music programmes on stations around the world. Melissa is one of the featured artists on Jazz Women- volume 6. |
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Have a peek at the new Gallery section featuring the work of photographers Tony Rodgers, Sergio Cimmino, Filippo Arena, Matteo Tommaso Petri, Silvia Pedrini and Licia Rossi.
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Italian jazz singer Chiara Pancaldi has recorded some of Melissa's tunes. Check out her myspace page here to listen to a duet of "Dream a Little More" with guitarist Davide Brillante.