lisa engelken (aka: lisa e.)

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Caravan (Title Track)

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Released: Jan 1, 2010

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Caravan (Title Track)
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From the Earth (Red Clay-lyric version)
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We'll Be Together Again
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Canto de Ossanha
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General Info

Genre: Jazz / Nu-Jazz / Samba
Location SAN FRANCISCO, Un
Profile Views: 19932
Last Login: 11/9/2011
Member Since 5/1/2006
Website lisaengelken.com
Record Label Little Angel
Type of Label Indie
Bio
CARAVAN dropped in 2010, was produced and arranged by Lisa and has been named to the "Best of 2010" by the Jazz Journalists Association. Get your copy of "Caravan" at www.lisaengelken.com. _________________________________________________________________________ Jazz critic Christopher Loudon writes in JazzTimes Sept. 2010 Issue: "She is an utter original. Blessed with superlative power, control and range. Engelken can, as mood requires, be as soft as dew or as intense as a sleet storm; her interpretive instincts are astounding. In short, Engelken defines the 'extra' in extraordinary." _______________________________________________________________________ LISA ENGELKEN is a fearless singer, a tonic performing artist, with an original compositional & arranging sensibility. "Part freight train, part junkyard trombone, ENGELKEN alternately locomotes and floats through tunes." ................... "BOLD, LUSH, EXOTIC, and just a little bit dangerous; like EVEL KNIEVEL and JANIS JOPLIN. Like EVEL, she is a fearless daredevil, but never reckless, knowing exactly whether her voice can jump through a ring of fire and over 30 elephants--or whether it can go 31. And like JANIS, she gives every ounce of herself onstage." (Erin Gray, columnist for the Monterey Herald.) ....................................................CARAVAN features 10 of her arrangements: standards, Brazilian, & contemporary tunes adapted to the jazz idiom (e.g., Billy Idol's "White Wedding", Joni Mitchell's "Trouble Child"). Lisa is grateful to have received FREDDIE HUBBARD's approval before he passed last December of her arrangement with original lyrics to the jazz-funk classic "Red Clay" (under the title "From the Earth"). ........................................................As a jazz vocalist, Engelken is dubbed the "second trumpet" for her 4-octave range, horn-like scatting and tonal clarity, careening through a myriad of moods & vocal styles, spicing her repertoire with Portuguese, French, Spanish & Italian. ...............................................With her theatrical training, Lisa places strong emphasis on telling the story particular to each song & insists on harmonic arrangements that further convey the song's subtext. Her classical voice training permits her to roller coaster 'round an impressive 3-octave range. ....................................................Lisa has performed with JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL (Down the Rabbit Hole, Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Shortbus) and has previously worked with JCMI & composer STEPHEN TRASK on the highly acclaimed SF production of the rock musical HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH (2003-2004). Lisa portrayed Yitzhak, for which she received the BAY AREA THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD as BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ........................................................................Recent appearances include the 2010 SFJAZZ Summer Fest Concert Series, the Fillmore Jazz Festival 2010, and the San Jose Jazz Festival. She has shared the stage with TOM WAITS, LOW, T-BONE BURNETT, YO LA TENGO.....................................................................Cutting her teeth in clubs in Italy, Lisa eventually landed in DC to become the notorious front-woman for DC urban lounge sextet THE ZIMMERMANS- for which she garnered the WAMMIE Award for Best Female Vocalist. LISA has performed at such prestigious festivals as SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST (SXSW) in Austin; NORTH BY NORTHEAST (NXNE) in Toronto, NEW YORK NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL, and the PHILADELPHIA MUSIC CONFERENCE. She has played The Knitting Factory, the Bottom Line and the Mercury Lounge in New York; Blues Alley, 9:30 Club, and the Black Cat (Wash., DC). .................Lisa also fronted the theatrical, chaos-pop ensemble the SUGAR LA LAS (Birminham, AL) and co-founded & fronted the velvet-lounge quintet BLACK OLIVE. She also funked out with an explosive all-woman FUNKADELIC/PARLIAMENT band in NYC, featuring powerful women from groups ANNEX, LUNA CHICKS and SEX POD. ........Engelken's current projects/collaborations include the original chamber jazz group the MUTUAL ADMIRATION ORG. & the Zappa-esque orchestral bliss & madness of ADMIRAL TED BRINKLEY. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ................MUSIC HERE on myspace: 8 excerpts from "Caravan"; an original song by Lisa AIN'T DEAD YET, described as a "Salvation Army swamp gospel" composed for the stage production A LIE OF THE MIND (Sam Shepard). TWISTED, was performed live in concert at the JAZZSCHOOL in Berkeley. .. .. V4.4..
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"CARAVAN" is now available for purchase at www.lisaengelken.com and at iTunes and CDBaby.com. The album is a collection of 10 fresh arrangements by Lisa and includes Lisa's NEW LYRIC VERSION of Freddie Hubbard's jazz-funk classic "Red Clay" & fresh takes on standards, Brazilian and contemporary tunes by Joni Mitchell, Billy Idol.......................................................... Excerpts from "Caravan" have just been uploaded to this site. Also included here are two original tracks ("Ain't Dead Yet" & "Foggy Bottom").................................................. MUSICIANS Lisa has been working with Sam Bevan, bass, Matthew Swindells, drums; and Grant Levin, piano. Featured on "Caravan" are: Adam Shulman, Jarrett Cherner (piano); Sam Bevan, Gabe Davis (bass); Matt Swindells (drums); Mike Olmos (trmpt); Joel Behrman (flugelhorn, trumpet, trombone); Doug Beavers (t-bone); David Alt (tenor & clarinet); Brian Rice (percussion); Jon Monahan (guitars), Jeannette Sarmiento & Chabela Yrigoyen (backing vox). ...."Caravan" was produced and arranged by Engelken and engineered by Dan Feiszli at Bay Records (Berkeley) & "What's for Lunch?" Recordings (Albany, CA). ____________________ Lisa's ORIGINAL tracks feature Lisa on bass & vocals, piano/keys, kalimba, &percussion. Joining Lisa on "AIN'T DEAD YET": Tad Mondale, Dan Barry, Chris Wilson, Lonnie Showtime, Renee Tyler, Margie Perez and Andre Morgan Santos; on "FOGGY BOTTOM": Ara Anderson, Ryan Low, Ron Fischer, Renee Tyler. Jazz standard "Twisted" LIVE in concert @ the jazzschool (Berkeley) with Adam Shulman, Mike Olmos, Fred Randolph & Matt Swindells.
Influences
jed clampett, bill frisell, madeline kahn, chaka kahn, genghis khan, charles mingus, kiss, henry mancini, marcello mastroianni, peter sellers, billy idol, tom waits, joni mitchell, henry miller, peggy lee, mel brooks, wes anderson & dante
Sounds Like
peggy lee and tom waits on a double-date with professor snape and lotte lenya ...OR... a fine Chianti poured over menstrual cramps