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Jaclyn Guillou
Unembroidered wide-ranging vocals, polished and playful with a distinct new sound that brings a unique style of songwriting to the jazz idiom. This is the diverse and eclectic style of Vancouver’s rising star and her debut studio album, “ToThe City.”
A colorful album full of texture and rich melody that features eight sparkling original tunes, highlighting Guillou's compositional prowess.
Interesting and unusual, undeniably bold and full of life, “To The City” has a cosmopolitan approach with shades of Guillou’s life story taking full swing across the entire album. Surely capable of wooing all sorts of music lovers of jazz, pop, soul and folk.
Recorded to tape with vintage gear and microphones “To The City” blends the perfect mixture of old meets new. Guillou is supported beautifully with an impressive cast of musicians from across North America.
Awards
2009 CBC Galaxie Rising Star award
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Jaclyn Guillou: Winter For Beginners
by Dan Bilawsky
If ever there was a voice that could balance an icy chill with fireplace comfort and warmth, it's this one. On Winter For Beginners, Jaclyn Guillou's intoxicating voice takes the ear through an odyssey of the seasons, communing with nature in all of its beauty, be it rich or stark. Guillou's originals are built in a contemporary and exploratory vein, eschewing form(al) simplicities for something more complex and meaningful, yet everything is easy and natural to grasp; ...
read moreJaclyn Guillou: The Lover's Walk
by C. Michael Bailey
Canada has long been the breeding ground for jazz musicians and vocalists, pianist Oscar Peterson and Diana Krall being notable examples. Vancouver-native Jaclyn Guillou is a multi-talented performer (song, dance and stage) who has carved out both an Old and New World presence. She released her first recording in 2011, To The City, a collection of standards are original compositions. She follows this recording with the present The Lover's Walk where she commands creation of seven probing compositions recorded in ...
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