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Silent Movie

by Melissa Stylianou

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Smile 03:11
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Silent Movie 04:57
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Onde Ir 05:43
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Swansea 06:02
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Moon River 03:01

about

It can be easily forgotten sometimes, but stories – telling them, hearing them – are at the heart of why we make music and are moved by it. Singer Melissa Stylianou feels this deep down, and with her fourth album – Silent Movie – she moves closer than ever to the essence of storytelling in song. Stylianou renews standards long beloved in jazz – “Smile,” “Moon River,” “The Folks Who Live on the Hill” – even as she helps broaden the field by putting a personal spin on songs by James Taylor, Paul Simon, Johnny Cash and Joanna Newsom, accompanied by such top New York players as saxophonist/clarinetist Anat Cohen. Channeling a venerable tradition in jazz, Stylianou also puts her own lyrics to the music of celebrated composers, breathing fresh emotional life into instrumental pieces by Edgar Meyer and Vince Mendoza. And the album’s affecting title track is a new Stylianou co-composition that underscores why Downbeat magazine described her as “an original.”

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released March 27, 2012

Melissa Stylianou, voice
Pete McCann, electric and acoustic guitar; Jamie Reynolds, piano
Gary Wang, bass; Rodney Green, drums
Anat Cohen, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet and clarinet
James Shipp, percussion; Yoed Nir, cello

Produced by Oded Lev-Ari
Recorded Dave Kowalski at Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ
Mixed by Brian Montgomery
Mastered by Gene Paul

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Melissa Stylianou New York, New York

Toronto-born, NYC-based jazz vocalist Melissa Stylianou has garnered acclaim as both a gifted songwriter and a bold, imaginative interpreter of wide-ranging repertoire. She is also one-third of the infectious, Boswell Sisters-inspired close-harmony vocal trio Duchess.

On "Dream Dancing", Stylianou has documented her close musical bond with guitar legend Gene Bertoncini and bassist Ike Sturm.
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