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Rebecca Shrimpton

Jazz vocalist Rebecca Shrimpton is acclaimed for her rare melding of a sumptuous and agile voice with an eclectic approach that infuses her original compositions and arrangements with the full spectrum of American music.

Rebecca's newest CD, REQUITED, (Fall 2007) premieres a series of ten exquisite songs composed by pianist Bert Seager, with lyrics by international best-selling novelist Anita Diamant (The Red Tent). REQUITED features a spectacular band, including Bert Seager, piano; Rick DiMuzio, tenor sax; Jorge Roeder, bass (Kenny Werner); and Richie Barshay, drums (Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Kenny Werner). Rebecca's duo CD with guitarist Eric Hofbauer, MADMAN'S MOON (2005 CNM Records), has garnered international praise and earned a four-star review from the All Music Guide, as well as placing on two Top Ten CDs of 2005 lists (Harvey Siders, Jazz Times Magazine and Randy McElligot, CHUO FM).

Rebecca has appeared with such jazz luminaries as Joe Lovano, Steve Lacy, George Russell, Ran Blake, and George Lewis, and is also vocalist for Boston's Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, with which she has recorded four CDs. Rebecca has gained a reputation as a composer's singer, premiering new works for both large and small ensembles. She also brings freshness to jazz standards and stretches out to explore such diverse sources as Ray Charles, David Allan Coe, Ned Rorem, and the folk tradition, as well as writing her own compositions, one of which debuted in Jordan Hall with legendary bassist Cecil McBee. She has CDs on Rounder, Cadence, Red Toucan, Innova, and CNM Records.

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Album Review

Darrell Katz & OddSong: Galeanthropolgy

Read "Galeanthropolgy" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


OddSong is a chamber ensemble led by composer Darrell Katz, and distilled from the membership of the larger JCA Orchestra. It features vibraphone, violin, saxophones and voice, on music which veers between art songs and bluesy sax-led jazz tunes. Most of Katz's original compositions on this album feature poems by his late wife, poet Paula Tatarunis, but the tracks also stretch out to include songs by Jimi Hendrix, James Taylor, Charles Mingus and Duke Ellington. Katz's original writing, ...

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The JCA Orchestra: Live At The BPC

Read "Live At The BPC" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


The JCA Orchestra has been an important part of the Boston jazz scene since it formed in 1985. Several of its recordings are dominated by the compositions of its leader, Darrell Katz, but this live concert from the Berklee Performance Center features works by several orchestra members other than Katz and gives a fuller picture of the orchestra's range. Violinist Mimi Rabson contributes two atmospheric pieces. “Romanpole" is a musical culture clash inspired by the period when the ...

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Performance / Tour

Gnu Vox Festival: Alison Wedding/ Rebecca Shrimpton (Mon) Jen Shyu Band & Yoon Sun Choi and Kyoko Kitamura (Tue) & More This Week at Cornelia Street Cafe

Gnu Vox Festival: Alison Wedding/ Rebecca Shrimpton (Mon) Jen Shyu Band & Yoon Sun Choi and Kyoko Kitamura (Tue) & More This Week at Cornelia Street Cafe

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York 212-989-9319 between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St. This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe Mon Aug 13 6:00PM GNU VOX FESTIVAL: ALISON WEDDING (Alison Wedding, voice;Pete McCann, guitar) GNU VOX FESTIVAL: REBECCA SHRIMPTON (Rebecca Shrimpton, vocals;Dan Tepfer, piano;Eric Hofbauer, guitar) Tue Aug 14

“Rebecca Shrimpton is a simply exquisite vocalist…endowed with richness, clarity, and eclecticism.” --Mark F. Turner, All About Jazz

“Precise, flexible, and alluring, [Rebecca's] voice raptures, but she doesn't overplay the sensuality note. Shrimpton's sensuality is fully embedded in her vocal technique and in her mastery of the art of singing.” --François Couture, All Music Guide

Her voice "lingers in the memory, while her rich tones endow [the music] with a hefty significance." --Duncan Heining, Britain's Jazzwise Magazine

"She knows how to get the pulse and tick of every word." --Jerry D'Souza, All About Jazz

Primary Instrument

Vocals

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Galeanthropolgy

JCA Recordings
2021

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Live At The BPC

JCA Recordings
2020

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Madman's Moon

Unknown label
2005

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