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Sue Maskaleris: Love is the Key

Read "Love is the Key" reviewed by Geannine Reid


Jazz composer Sue Maskaleris has quite the arsenal of skills in her toolbox. A pianist, vocalist, and crack lyricist, she bestows wry wit in her approach to writing that harkens to Dave Frishberg. Maskaleris is a product of the rich hummus of New York schools. She studied arranging with Don Sebesky and composition at Manhattan School of Music with John Corigliano. This fertile beginning certainly was the seed to blossom her creativity. Maskaleris is a respected composer. Some ...

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Sue Maskaleris: Unbreakable Heart

Read "Unbreakable Heart" reviewed by Dave Nathan


She sings, she scats, she composes, she arranges, she plays piano, keyboards, percussion, recorder, and violin while she programs the synthesizer. Not all at once, of course, it just sounds like it. Sue Maskaleris is a very busy person on this her maiden album. This busyness permeates several of the tracks. The objective seems to be to create multi dimensional aural sensations. But the result is that so much going around Maskaleris as she tries to deliver her quite interesting ...

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Sue Maskaleris: Unbreakable Heart

Read "Unbreakable Heart" reviewed by Dave Nathan


She sings, she scats, she composes, she arranges, she plays piano, keyboards, percussion, recorder, and violin while she programs the synthesizer. Not all at once, of course, it just sounds like it. Sue Maskaleris is a very busy person on this her maiden album. This busyness permeates several of the tracks whose objective seems to be to create a myriad of multi dimensional aural sensations. But the result is that so much is going around Maskaleris as she tries to ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Love is the Key

Jazilian Records
2021

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Unbreakable Heart

Jazilian Records
2001

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