//on "Exchange"//
Emily Bezar-voice, keyboards, arrangements, composer
Dan Feiszli-electric and acoustic bass
Mark Bernfield-drums
Michael Ross-guitar
Alan Lin-violin
Beth Vandervennet-cello
Phillip Greenlief-saxes
Chris Grady-trumpet
Jen Baker-trombone/////
other amazing players on my previous albums include//
Morris Acevedo-guitar
Andrew Higgins-bass
Steve Rossi-drums
Jon Evans-bass
Dan Foltz-drums
Laurence Cottle-bass
Ralph Salmins-drums
Dave Barrett-sax
Jeff Lewis-trumpet
Marika Hughes-cello
the Arlekin String quartet
Influences
formative years and beyond:
Joni Mitchell: Court & Spark, Hissing, Hejira
Rickie Lee Jones: Pirates
Streisand: Lazy Afternoon
the holy quintuplet: Exene Cervenka, Debbie Harry, Martha Davis, Pat Benatar and Chrissie Hynde
Kurt Weill: Mahagonny, Broadway
Bill Evans: the Paris Concert
Canterbury progressive rock
R. Strauss: Four Last Songs
LA New Wave 1979-1983
Ella sings Rodgers and Hart
Steely Dan
Earth Wind and Fire
Chick Corea: Return to Forever and 3 Quartets
Weather Report
Ravel: Scheherazade and everything
Duparc: the surviving 16 spectacular songs he wrote
Genesis: the Lamb (IT = ecstasy)
Costello: Imperial Bedroom
Strayhorn, Gershwin, Porter, Berlin
Hugo Wolf: Mignon lieder
the Bee Gees: Saturday Night Fever
Debussy: Ariettes Oubliees, Jeux, La Mer, Pelleas
Bartok: Mikrokosmos drills at age 12, Music for SPC
Sondheim: Sunday in the Park with George
Messiaen: Illuminations of the Beyond
the Clash: London Calling
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
Brahms Intermezzi and Capriccios
JSB Wohltemperierte Urtext
Adams: Harmonielehre
Pink Floyd: Meddle
Scriabin: Prometheus, piano wonders
Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
Wagner: Tristan and the Liebestod
Berg: Lulu
Puccini: those luscious chocolate arias
Handel: all 8.2 million operas and oratorios
Noah Bezar: opus 1
Emily Bezar has been writing songs since she was a little girl living three blocks from the beach in southern California. When she wasn't bodysurfing and checking out the lifeguards, she was practicing away at the piano, forging her unique blend of classical, pop and jazz. Emily spent her college years studying opera and electronic music at the Oberlin Conservatory, one of the USA's best music schools. But soon after graduating she abandoned her operatic ambitions to explore the maze of sounds in her head and began to experiment in her own small home studio. After putting out three independent albums and paying her dues in San Francisco's rock and jazz clubs during the 90's, she followed her muse to southern France in 2001 and in late 2004 she released her 4th album, "Angels' Abacus", written in a house on a hill near the Mediterranean. Her 5th album "Exchange" reminds her more of her childhood in California than anything she's done yet (or at least she thinks so.....?!?).
The way you described opera (UltraOpera), you will turn me into an opera fan in no time. I mean, where else can a person legally see a sexy soprano frolicking on the floor with a baritones bodiless head? Woohoo!
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shorts and artwork, photo and drumheads, as we get ready for our monthlong tour of the Great Northwest! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Look for us in Washington, Oregon and California between October 15 and November 15, when our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey returns to the Bay Area for 3 shows this week!
Wed. 6/17 - Elbo Room - SF,CA
Thurs. 6/18 - Starry Plough - Berkeley,CA
Fri. 6/19 - Starry Plough - Berkeley,CA (w/Antioquia!)
