Tracey Whitney

”Live At The Outpost Performance Space” a 2017 New Mexico Music Awards Nominee for Best Vocal Performance!

Tracey Whitney's third release, “Live At The Outpost Performance Space” (June 2017) was recorded live before a sold out crowd at the legendary Albuquerque concert hall on August 18, 2016. Highlights include jazz classics Speak Low, Baby, Baby All The Time, I Want A Sunday Kind of Love and An Older Man Is Like An Elegant Wine. ***** A former “Raelette” with the legendary Ray Charles, Tracey Whitney began performing with The Whitney Family at age 11. After touring with Ray, she spent 5 years singing solo in Japan. Since relocating to Albuquerque in 2012, she’s been thrilling audiences throughout the city with her brand of classic jazz and sophisticated soul. In addition to concerts including The Santa Fe Bandstand, St John’s College “Music on the Hill,” Women’s Voices and Ladies Sing The Blues at the Albuquerque Museum, Tracey has opened concerts for contemporary jazz stars Marc Antoine, Euge Groove, Will Donato, Darren Rahn and Julian Vaughn. Under her Babydoll Entertainment label, she released her third independent CD “Live At The Outpost Performance Space” (May 2017), which received a “Best Vocal Performance” nomination from the New Mexico Music Awards (she was also a featured performer for the ceremony), and she was nominated for the ABQ-based Weekly Alibi’s 2017 “Best of the Burque Music Showcase.” Tracey serves as President of the Board of Directors of the African American Performing Arts Center Foundation, and has been elected President of the Albuquerque Musician’s Association/Local 618 of the American Federation of Musicians (her term begins January 2018)

SMOOTH JAZZ MAGAZINE ”Live At The Outpost Performance Space” June 2017 When artists release a live album, there is a certain element of risk attached. Will the performance meet or exceed expectations? Will it sound right? Can the vibe of the performance be captured? In the case of Tracey Whitney’s “Live at the Outpost Performance Space,” (a New Mexico Music Awards nominee for Best Vocal Performance) the answer to all of these questions is a resounding yes! The trademark of a great live album is the artist’s ability to make the audience, whether in person or listening, feel as if they are part of the album. Whitney’s exchange with the audience and overall performance does just that. On the smoky “Baby, Baby All The Time,” it is easy to imagine being in the front row, taking every nuance in. From Whitney’s interplay with the band and audience, to giving each member of the band a chance to showcase their chops, there is a shared musical experience that makes every second of this song matter.

SOUL BAG, Levallois-Perret, France Love… A Fable In 9 Acts ★★★: Like Millie Jackson’s Caught Up and Michael Franti’s Stay Human, ex-Raelette Tracey Whitney’s first solo CD, Love… A Fable In 9 Acts launches with the adventure of a concept album. She is in a long line of vocalists who reinterpret soul music in the classic style, while others in her genre can sound out of place. Included is the Barry White classic I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby, which elevates the collection. The disc is a revolutionary patchwork of coherent Influences (gospel flavored Amazing… A Song for Ron and the jazzy Ordinary Fool). We should point out that included in the CD is a video for I'm Gonna Love You, in which she used clips from North American film noirs from the 30’s & 40’s (including the celebrated Sepia Cinderella).

Jazz Syndicate Radio “Soul Sessions with Brian Hobson”, London UK: “The CD, Love...A Fable In 9 Acts has been put on my playlist ... playing: I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby”. Wicked Version... Love it.”

Soul Brother Records - London, England: Recommended New Soul TRACEY WHITNEY LOVE...A FABLE IN 9 ACTS Powerful voiced Tracey was formerly one of Ray Charles Raelette's. She makes a good solid soul album, which includes three outstanding tracks; the upper mid tempo foot tapper “Welcome To My Life”, the dancer “I Believe” and the 2-step ballad “A Woman In Love”. Also of note are the mid tempo “Amazing”, the ballads “How Can You Stop Loving Someone” and “Ordinary Fool” and the cover of “I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby”... Nice album.”

Radio Jazz Plus Montréal, Québec We love your album...1000 x merci for sharing your talent! “ I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More”, “How Can You Stop Loving Someone”, “A Woman In Love” and “ I Believe” made it to our playlist. Congratulations!!!! Honoré— http://www.radiojazzplus.com — smooth jazz without borders ... in French!

209 Radio UK Soul Discovery with Mick O'Donnell Tracey Whitney “Love A Fable In 9 Acts” - Babydoll Entertainment. A good debut LP for ex Raelette, Tracey Whitney … pretty solid throughout. The killer to these ears is the very Anita Baker sounding “A Woman In Love” written by Robert Brookins. Good backing vocals and overall feel on this one and the other track “Welcome To My Life”, excellent mid tempo winner well worth checking out.

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