Lisa Sokolov
Lisa Sokolov is a frontline New York jazz vocalist, improviser and composer. Her work embraces the best of new music, free and straight ahead jazz. Her recordings angel Rodeo, Lazy Afternoon and Presence have all received Best CD of the Year citations and press kudos. DownBeat magazine cites “Presence” as 5 stars, Best new Release of 2004 and their 2005 critics poll adds Sokolov onto their rising star vocalist list. Her new long awaited “A Quiet Thing” has once again made the CMJ Music charts and is being met with wide critical acclaim. Her own studies began as a classical pianist and singer with conservatory prep education and traditional musical training. Her intrigue with the music of John Coltrane led her to search out Coltrane's bassist Jimmy Garrison at Bennington College in Vermont. Choosing this school, she found herself able to study with trumpeter Bill Dixon, saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, and drummer Milford Graves, as well as composers Vivian Fine and Louis Calabro.
Arriving on the New York scene in 1977, Lisa began collaborating with bassist William Parker. This collaboration continues. These years included working in trio with singers Ellen Christie and Jeanne Lee. Lisa also was heard regularly with pianists Wayne Horvitz and Robin Holcomb in the days of Studio Henry. Indeed over the years she has worked with many new music and jazz notables including Cecil Taylor, Rashid Ali, Badal Roy, Andrew Cyrille, Mark Dresser, Jimmy Lyons, Irene Schweitzer, Steve McCall, Butch Morris, Gerry Hemingway, Didi Jackson, Blue Gene Tyranny, Hilton Ruiz, Mike Richmond, and Jim McNeely.
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- Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World by Giuseppe Segala
- A Quiet Thing by Donald Elfman
- A Quiet Thing by Eyal Hareuveni
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Read more articlesMarch 03, 2016
New Work From William Parker Featuring Lisa Sokolov & Cooper-Moore To...
June 08, 2009
The Jazz Session #61: Lisa Sokolov
December 18, 2007
Lisa Sokolov Solo Live New DVD
January 10, 2006
Lisa Sokolov Quartet Sunday January 15 at The Stone 8:00 PM
September 19, 2005
Lisa Sokolov Quartet At Sweet Rhythm Tuesday September 20th 8pm and10pm
September 02, 2005
Lisa Sokolov Quartet At Sweet Rhythm Tuesday September 20 8pm and10pm
December 21, 2004
Lisa Sokolov's "Presence" Five Stars Best of 2004 Down Beat Magazine
December 06, 2004
Jazz Vocalist Lisa Sokolov Headlining Jazz Celebration
December 06, 2004
Primary Instrument
Voice / vocals
Clinic/Workshop Information
A Workshop in Embodied VoiceWork with Lisa Sokolov "Voice through the Body to the Self" is a workshop exploring the resources and the power within the process of finding and freeing one's voice. Through free vocal improvisation each person connects with their own music, as well as the experience of improvising with others. The tools of this work are breath, tone, touch, imagery and vocal improvisation. Through a series of developmentally sequenced exercises we use these tools to connect to impulse and information in the body