TESSA SOUTER SEXTET AT SWEET RHYTHM ON VALENTINE'S DAY
Singer/songwriter Tessa Souter will present a special Valentine's
Day show on Valentine's Day, February 14th at SWEET RHYTHM (88 Seventh
Avenue South, NYC - 212-255-3626 -
http://www.sweetrhythmny.com/
) with sets at 8:00 & 10:00 pm. She will be joined by Spiros Exaras
(Guitar) Essiet Essiet (Bass), Dana Leong (Cello), Marcello Pelliteri
(Drums) and Kahlil Kwame Bell (Percussion).
Previous to her SWEET RHYTHM appearance, Ms. Souter
will perform at PIZZA ON THE PARK (11 Knightsbridge, Hyde Park Corner,
London - 020-7235-5273 - http://www.pizzaonthepark.co.uk/
) on February 2nd & 3rd along with Nikki Iles (piano), Duncan Hopkins
(bass) and Winston Clifford (drums and voice).
Born of Trinidadian and English parents, New York-based
vocalist, composer, and lyricist Tessa Souter (soo-ter) infuses
jazz with the soul and passion of flamenco, Indian and Middle Eastern
music. Taught to sing at the age of three by her mother, Tessa took
up the guitar at 12. She was encouraged in her early teens to pursue
a singing career, but took a detour - early motherhood, university
and journalism. In 1992, she moved to San Francisco, where she wrote
for the British press, including Vogue, Elle, The Guardian and The
Times, and became one of the original six members of The Writer's
Grotto, along with Po Bronson, Ethan Canin, Ethan Watters, Josh
Kornbluth and David Munro. Her own book, Anything I Can Do You Can
Do Better, was recently published in the UK by Vermilion-Random
House.
After moving to New York in 1996, she started sitting
in at jazz jams, before winning a scholarship to study at New York's
Manhattan School of Music in 1998. She left to study privately with
jazz vocal legend Mark Murphy. Since her professional debut in 1999
Tessa has performed with some of the world's jazz greats, including
Mark Murphy, Essiet Essiet, Joe La Barbera, Marvin Sewell, Larry
Koonse, Latin Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria and jazz tuba legend
Howard Johnson.
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