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Album Review

Monika Herzig: Sheroes

Read "Sheroes" reviewed by Jim Worsley


Composer and pianist Monika Herzig embarks on carefully scored passages against a bevy of broad sonic palettes on her 2018 release Sheroes. Herzig has long championed female empowerment in jazz, as well as other forms of music. For Sheroes she assembled an international cast featuring many of the finest musicians in the world. A total of nine musicians, including Herzig, brought their wealth of talent and band leading skills into the studio. The results are rewarding and sophisticated ...

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Monika Herzig: Sheroes

Read "Sheroes" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Pianist and composer Monika Herzig pays tribute to women in jazz, on her captivating Sheroes. The artistically superlative, all-female band explores various cadences, harmonies and moods on this exquisite album, all the while deftly maintaining thematic unity. Eight of the tracks are originals by ensemble members, and two are Herzig-arranged covers. These are the traditional “House of the Rising Sun" and singer-songwriter Valerie Simpson's (of Ashford/Simpson fame) classic “Ain't No Mountain High Enough." The latter opens ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

La Dégustation

Self Produced
2021

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Eternal Dance

Savant Records
2020

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Sheroes

Whaling City Sound
2018

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Eternal Dance

From: Eternal Dance
By Rosa Avila

Bubbles

From: Sheroes
By Rosa Avila

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