IMANI UZURI

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Her Holy Water

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Released: Jan 1, 2008

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Her Holy Water
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Love Story
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Sun Moon Child
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Indigo
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Calming Water
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General Info

Genre: Folk / Rock / Soul
Location NEW YORK, New York, Un
Profile Views: 106149
Last Login: 3/29/2012
Member Since 2/8/2006
Website www.imaniuzuri.com
Record Label HER HOLY WATER MUSIC
Type of Label Indie
Bio
"Put your hand where it hurts and this sound may heal you...there is no way you can hear such music and not be transformed." -Greg Tate (excerpt from liner notes for Her Holy Water: A Black Girl's Rock Opera) Recently featured in the New York Times, innovative vocalist/composer/performer IMANI UZURI is an eclectic artist who creates, performs and collaborates across various genres including concerts, recordings, experimental theater, performance art and sound installations. New York Magazine has recently called her work "stunning". Provocative and dynamic, UZURI is often compared to artists like Grace Jones and Nina Simone as one who defies category. Featured at numerous international venues/festivals from Morocco to Moscow, including Lincoln Center, Le Lieu Unique (France), Apollo Theater, Performa09, The Kitchen, Blue Note, World Festival of Sacred Music (Japan), CrimeJazz (Netherlands), Central Park Summer Stage, Barbican Center and ICA (London) Joe's Pub, Whitney Museum and The United Nations, this bohemian spirit "... never fails to mesmerize audiences with her narcotic blend of...ethereal sounds." (Time Out New York). Her nomadic world travels and her interest in sacred music, world culture, and experimentation are reflected in her various projects including collaborations with artists as diverse as Herbie Hancock, Wangechi Mutu, King Britt, Vijay Iyer, Sanford Biggers, Sly and Robbie, and John Legend. She is featured in a cameo on Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek's(Reflection Eternal) timely 2010 anthem "Ballad of the Black Gold" which they all recently performed Live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with the Roots. Other television credits include David Letterman with Peter Gabriel and Afro Celt Sound System and she was recently featured in her own BET 2010 Black History Month campaign spot walking down 125th singing in front of the legendary Apollo. UZURI's critically acclaimed solo debut album "Her Holy Water: A Black Girl's Rock Opera" was heralded as "one of the best of the decade" by BoldAsLove.us. She is currently working on music for her forthcoming new album, a meditative and spiritual exploration. "The temple of God is within...I was in the temple of God...in a Holy place because of the music." ~Alice Coltrane www.imaniuzuri.com
Members
I am blessed to be in a community of amazing musicians/collaborators. HER HOLY WATER: A BLACK GIRL'S ROCK OPERA album credits include: .. .. Imani Uzuri-Vocals, Arrangements,Co-Producer .. Vijay Iyer - Piano, Keyboard, Arrangements,Co-Producer .. Swiss Chris - Drums .. Maximina Juson - Electric Bass, Arrangements .. Kirk Douglas - Electric Guitar, Arrangements .. Marvin Sewell - Acoustic Guitar, Arrangements .. Tarrah Reynolds - Violin, String Arrangements .. Jeannie Oliver - Viola, String Arrangements .. James D. Coleman-Viola .. Julia Kent-Cello .. Nioka Workman-Cello .. Brad Jones-Upright Bass .. Graham Haynes-Cornet .. Daniel Moreno-Percussion .. Thom Loubet - Electric Guitar .. Jeremiah Hosea - Electric Bass .. .. Scotty Hard-Engineer/Co-Producer .. Peter Karl-Engineer .. Michael Fossenkemper-Turtletone Studio-Mastering .. .. ALBUM COVER PHOTOGRAPHY-Larry Link .. ALBUM COVER DESIGN-Charlotte Taylor .. .. ..............
Influences
INSPIRATIONS AND INFLUENCES: Alice Coltrane, Bjork, Chavela Vargas, Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys,Oumou Sangare, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Zora Neale Hurston, Elizabeth Cotten, Sonia Sanchez, Odetta, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Dianne Reeves, Carleen Anderson, Queen, 80's Music, Betty Davis, Om Kalthoum, fragrant incense, Maxayn, Bessie Smith, North Carolina, John Coltrane, Octavia Butler, God, World Music, 4Hero, Nina Simone, healing energy and light, Supertramp, Queen, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Minnie Ripperton, The Clark Sisters, Barbra, Julie Andrews,Carol Burnett, Millie Jackson, Laurie Anderson, Louise Bourgeois, Bette Midler, rainy windy days, Marian Makeba, Aung San Su Kyi, beautiful flowers (tulips, lillies, birds of paradise, baby's breath),Virgen De Guadelupe, Latch Drom (The Film), Frida Kahlo, Rigoberta Menchu, Paul Robeson, Sojourner Truth, Mary Pickford, Harriet Tubman, Freedom Fighters, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, Karen Carpenter, Northern California,Grace Jones, tempetuous oceans, Jessye Norman, Julie Taymor, Ntozake Shange, Shirley Horn, traveling this beautiful earth, The Green Tara, Malcolm X, Freedom Songs, Roberta Flack, Mary Crow Dog, Mary J. Blige, Sade, delicious food, Mercedes Sosa, Virginia Rodriguez, wind,Mary McCloud Bethune,blood oranges,Black Girls, Sandra Cisneros, Toni Morrison, silence,Betty Carter, 70's classic soft rock, , Ray Charles,Tina Turner, Fela Kuti, collard greens, cayenne pepper, okra, pecans, blackeyed peas, lima beans, sweet potatoes and yams, granny, Bayard Rustin, MLK jr, Sarah Vaughan, Assata Shakur, Kathleen Battle, Beverly Sills, Judith Jamison, Dusty Springfield, Wangari Matthai, sun,moon, stars,clouds, love, loss, joy,pain, faith, victory, eternal life, Jesus, sufism, buddhism, islam, mysticism, ancestors, orishas, Donny Hathaway, Judy Blume, Winnie Mandela, the universe, Oumou Sangare, Anne Frank, Hair (The Musical), Simon and Garfunkel, Trance and Sacred Music, family, friends, my world community, the Holy Spirit, my fellow artists, the children in my life/world, meditation and prayer truth,justice,integrity,sweetness,grace,healing,compassion,love,freedom, forever, illuminating light and The Sound of Music (The Musical)-the hills are indeed alive!!! .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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