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MP3 Kim Nalley - Christmas Time is Here
12 MP3 Songs in this album (42:33) !
Related styles: Holiday: Spiritual, Jazz: Soul-Jazz, Type: Vocal
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"GOD, CAN THIS WOMAN SING! It''s as if a vocalist from the great post-war blues and jazz combos had been transported to the end of the century." Blues Access Magazine
"Nalley is the best singer, any style, I have heard in years." Phil Elwood- San Francisco Examiner
"KIM, UNA PRIMADONNA DALLA VOCE PROFUNDA!
Last year it was Roy Hargrove, this year it is the splendid voice of Kim Nalley that is driving the fans wild at Umbria Jazz. Her voice gives you goosebumps. She is like Jessica Rabbit and Louis Armstrong at the same time." Il Corriere dell''Umbria
"Nalley is a triple threat -- a powerful blues singer, a song stylist who can put her stamp on American songbook standards and an assertively lascivious vaudevillian with an entire book of bawdy songs brimming with double entendres. Kim Nalley has pipes to burn and works the stage like she means it." San Francisco Chronicle
"Sultry voiced Kim Nalley brings an irresistibly sexy sense of swing, rhythmic dexterity and beautiful sound to the classic, with her crisp diction and playful delivery of earthy lines." Down Beat
Awarded "Most Influential African American in the Bay Area," vocalist Kim Nalley, at her young age, is already being called "legendary" and "San Francisco institution." With an international reputation as one of world''s best jazz & blues vocalists, no trip to San Francisco is complete without seeing Kim Nalley perform.
In looks, Kim Nalley exudes the aura of a diva from a by-gone era. Vocally, she has pipes to burn, packing a 3 1/2 octave range that can go from operatic to gritty blues on a dime, projection that can whisper a ballad yet is capable of filling a room with no microphone, and the ability to scat blistering solos without ever losing the crowd''s interest or the intense swing. She has been compared to all the greats, but in the end, it''s Kim Nalley and no one else - an unforced instrument with clarity and jazzy musicality, effortlessly delivered, and a sense of humor to boot.
A born singer from a family that boasts several generations of jazz musicians, Nalley was taught piano by her great-grandmother and studied opera and theatre in high school, before relocating to San Francisco in the footsteps of the Grateful Dead. Working her way through college by singing in small dives and jam sessions, Nalley learned all of the intricacies of jazz the old fashioned way. Music critic Phil Elwood and SF Symphony director Michael Tilson Thomas quickly discovered Kim Nalley and brought her to national attention after they noticed her singing nightly at the Alta Plaza to packed audiences - without amplification.
Since then, Kim Nalley has performed globally, including most of the major jazz festivals in United States, Europe, Japan and Canada such as Monterey, Umbria Jazz and Lincoln Center and lived in Europe for several years before returning to San Francisco to re-open the jazz club Jazz at Pearl''s. During her tenure from 2003 to 2008, Nalley raised the club to iconic international acclaim as the owner and artistic director.
She frequently collaborates and performs with artists such as Rhoda Scott, David "Fathead" Newman, Houston Person, James Williams, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony. She has recorded several critically-acclaimed CDs on both major and indie labels, including She Put A Spell On Me, which was short-listed for a 2006 Grammy Award, and Million Dollar Secret, which charted in the Jazz Top 40.
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