Julie Michels

Bill Warfield and the Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra: Smile

by Jack Bowers
June 21, 2020

Having no idea what to expect from an ensemble labeled the Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra, the game plan must be to advance with caution, as any orchestra with trumpeter Bill Warfield at the helm can't be all bad. After listening, it becomes clear that the game plan was sound and the premise accurate: Smile, the HKFO's second recording, isn't all bad. The question is: did Warfield and the orchestra have its own game plan? If snatching every ingredient within reach ...

Toronto: Julie Michels and Parley, Friday, February 8, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2008

Live at La Belle Epoque Friday, February 8, 2008 Doors open 6:30PM Music at 8 and 10 PM Music Charge: $15.00 (Full dinner menu available - NO MINIMUM) Reservations: (416) 532-2782

Vocalist Julie Michels' intense, original, and joyous sound grabs familiar melodies from every decade and welds them to original and wonderfully thick chords influenced by every international tradition. Her ability to phrase a lyric and improvise over a melody ...
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