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Audrey Silver

With a growing catalog of outstanding recordings and a warm, swinging performing style, Audrey Silver is one of the most elegantly creative singers in jazz today. Known for what Hot House Jazz has called “extraordinary artistry” and “a velvet-laden timbre with impeccable phrasing,” Audrey has more recently become known for her compelling takes on well-known pop tunes and her own poignant originals. 

Her latest recording project and her fourth album, Let Me Know Your Heart, was released in early September 2019.  The album features a remarkable group of musicians including Bruce Barth on piano, trumpeter Marcus Printup, upright bassist Paul Beaudry, drummer Anthony Pinciotti, Tom Beckham on vibes and guitarist Gary Ciprut. The album is centered artistically and emotionally on Audrey’s six newly-penned original songs (out of fourteen total tracks). 

Let Me Know Your Heart’s title song, written by Audrey, has the flavor of an Irish jig and features her singing and also playing the Native American flute.  It also features Audrey’s renditions of Abbey Lincoln’s “Up Jumped Spring,” Irving Berlin’s “How Deep is the Ocean,” and Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill.” It also includes a French song, "Plus Je T’Embrasse” by Max Francois and Ben Ryan.  Altogether the album is a wonderful example of Audrey’s superb ability to set a compelling scene in song. 

Audrey’s previous recording project, Very Early, was released in October 2016.  Included in the stellar line-up is Barth and the highly respected drummer Lewis Nash. Creatively arranged by singer, composer, and Berklee professor Steven Santoro, the album bravely stretches across the spectrum from the cherished show tune-turned-jazz-standard, “Surrey with the Fringe on Top,” to the late Mose Allison’s “What’s with You,” to several of Audrey’s own compositions including “The Cold Wind’s Embrace,” and “When the World Was New.”  Very Early also includes the French song, Jardin D’Hiver by K. A. Zeidel and B. Biolay. 

Born and raised in New York City, Audrey graduated from Brown University, where she founded The Higher Keys, the school’s first a capella singing group. After stints working in marketing for CBS Masterworks (now Sony Classical) and Chesky Records, Audrey returned to school and earned an MBA from Columbia University Business School. 

Audrey began her singing career in earnest in 1998 when she teamed with Jon Raney, son of pianist Jimmy Raney and produced her first demo with the help of Ronnie Zito (Woody Herman, Bobby Darin) and Jay Leonhart (Judy Garland, Tony Bennett). 

In the meantime, she honed her craft through private study with singers Shelia Jordan and Mark Murphy, that latter who eloquently described her voice as having “that rare quality of light infectious swing that lights up her tall willowy persona.” Audrey has built a respected and successful career by performing at an array of New York’s best-known jazz clubs and music venues including Zinc Bar, Jazz at Kitano, 55 Bar, & the Cornelia Street Cafe. Nationally, Audrey performed at large festivals and venues around the country including the Tanglewood Jazz Festival and the JVC Jazz Festival. She was a semi-finalist in the 2016 edition of the international Songwriting Competition. 

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Album Review

Audrey Silver: Very Early

Read "Very Early" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


There's immediate comfort in encountering Audrey Silver's music for the first time. Her voice is an open invitation, an instrument of confession and creation that immediately transports you to someplace else. That's evident from her first utterances through her last words on Very Early. In putting together this program, Silver thought long and hard about song selection. It shows, both in the eclectic playlist she created and through the unique arrangements born of her thoughts and Steven ...

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Audrey Silver: Dream Awhile

Read "Dream Awhile" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


eviews touting a singer's perfect diction are reminiscent of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion (or the Lerner and Lowe 1956 musical and 1964 movie, My Fair Lady), and the plight of Eliza Doolittle to straighten out her coarse Cockney into the Queen's speech). Diction has been a driving force in describing singer Audrey Silver's sophomore recording Dream Awhile. The issue is not that Silver has perfect diction (she has) but why it is so perfect. Silver's first recording, ...

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Audrey Silver: Dream Awhile

Read "Dream Awhile" reviewed by Wilbert Sostre


to tell, by the pure joy of Audrey Silver's voice on Dream Awhile, that this 2009 collection is the singer's favorite jazz standards. Silver amazing, glimmering tone shines all throughout, especially on the up-tempo, swinging tracks “I Will Wait For You," “Exactly Like You" and Irving Berlin's “The Song Is Ended." She even adds some Ella Fitzgerald-like scatting on “Falling In Love With Love." Silver's sophisticated, classy phrasing makes her an equally good interpreter of ballads. Her delivery ...

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Vocalist Audrey Silver's Jazz-Inspired 'Oklahoma'—A Soulful Tribute To Iconic Musical

Vocalist Audrey Silver's Jazz-Inspired 'Oklahoma'—A Soulful Tribute To Iconic Musical

Source: Mouthpiece Music

Audrey Silver has loved musicals since she was little. As a child, she went to Broadway shows, watched movie musicals and listened to her father’s collection of soundtracks. One of her favorites was “Oklahoma!,” which she adored so much that when she turned 11, she asked her parents if they would play the film for her friends at her birthday party. Although her friends thought her movie selection was a bit quirky, her early passion developed into a life-long love ...

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Audrey Silver Sings At Club Bonafide On September 17 - Featuring Bruce Barth, Steve LaSpina & Tony Romano!

Audrey Silver Sings At Club Bonafide On September 17 - Featuring Bruce Barth, Steve LaSpina & Tony Romano!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations

Singer/Songwriter Audrey Silver CLUB BONAFIDE on SEPTEMBER 17 ONE NIGHT ONLY. SATURDAY, 9:30PM With Bruce Barth, Steve LaSpina and Tony Romano New Release “VERY EARLY"- Next Month Audrey Silver brings her beautiful voice and the highly respected Bruce Barth (piano), Steve LaSpina (bass) and Tony Romano (guitar) to Club Bonafide on September 17. Silver is one of the most elegantly creative singers in jazz today. Known for her smooth, effortless sound, sensitive ...

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Vocalist Audrey Silver Appearing At Sweet Rhythm Tuesday, December 5th sets at 8pm and 9:30pm

Vocalist Audrey Silver Appearing At Sweet Rhythm Tuesday, December 5th sets at 8pm and 9:30pm

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

Vocalist Audrey Silver

Appearing At

Sweet Rhythm 88 Seventh Ave. South (bet. Grove & Bleecker) 212-255-3626 http://www.sweetrhythmny.com/

Tuesday, December 5th sets at 8pm and 9:30pm

Jon Cowherd - Piano John Hart - Guitar Joe Fitzgerald - Bass Anthony Pinciotti - Drums

“A sincere, multi-talented singer and an intelligent entertainer with class and vibrant originality. You will love her lyrical style ... and luxurious voice. ...

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Vocalist Audrey Silver Appearing At Sweet Rhythm Tuesday, December 5th sets at 8pm and 9:30pm

Vocalist Audrey Silver Appearing At Sweet Rhythm Tuesday, December 5th sets at 8pm and 9:30pm

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

Vocalist Audrey Silver Appearing At Sweet Rhythm 88 Seventh Ave. South (bet. Grove & Bleecker) 212-255-3626 Tuesday, December 5th sets at 8pm and 9:30pm Jon Cowherd - Piano John Hart - Guitar Joe Fitzgerald - Bass Anthony Pinciotti - Drums “... A sincere, multi-talented singer and an intelligent entertainer with class and vibrant originality. You will love her lyrical style... and luxurious voice. This ...

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Audrey Silver at 55 Bar in NYC - 3/29/06

Audrey Silver at 55 Bar in NYC - 3/29/06

Source: All About Jazz

Vocalist, bandleader, and arranger Audrey Silver will perform with her Quartet at 55 Bar on Wednesday, March 29th - 7PM - 9PM. Audrey Silver (vocals), Sonny Barbato (Fender Rhodes) Joe Fitzgerald (bass), Ed MacEachen (Guitar) Anthony Pinciotti (drums) LISTINGS INFORMATION: 55 Bar is located at 55 Christopher St. just east of Seventh Avenue. 1 or 9 train to Sheridan Square. West Village in New York City, NO COVER, 7PM to 9PM For more information go to www.55bar.com or ...

“I knew from the opening track that Silver was something special. Indeed, if a name ever fit a performer it is Silver’s, for her voice is like pure sterling. Her phrasing is exquisite, her clarity and enunciation on par with the great Jo Stafford and her breath control—a talent so often, and so wrongfully, overlooked—rivals Sinatra’s.” —Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes.com "Audrey Silver has a voice that’s unforgettable. [Her] voice is deep and rich, and she has a way of really emoting that makes the songs more intimate.... Audrey’s... voice of gold create(s) an album that jazz fans and casual listeners won’t want to miss." —Andrea Guy, CD Review Blog “A sincere, multi-talented singer and an intelligent entertainer with class and vibrant originality

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Oklahoma

Messy House Records
2023

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Very Early

Self Produced
2016

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Dream Awhile

Self Produced
2011

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Here in My Arms

Self Produced
2003

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