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MP3 Diana Clark - Breathe into Time
6 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Jazz Vocals, POP: with Live-band Production
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Diana Clark''s debut EP ‘Breathe into Time’ is a collection of songs reflecting the spirit of a life lived from the Australian outback to the culturally rich cities of Melbourne (Aust) & Rio de Janeiro.
Diana Clark:
From a new generation of outstanding and innovative contemporary jazz & folk singers, Diana embraces the world’s music with imagination and warmth. She received arts-critics awards for her first two albums with acclaimed guitarist Doug de Vries (‘…a knot in the wood…’ – top 10 Australian Albums for 2003 – Rhythms Magazine, and ‘…three shadows of blue…’ – top 10 Albums for 2005 – Cadence Magazine, USA).
Diana, a co-founder of the Melbourne-based award-winning vocal/percussion group AKASA (Best World/Folk Album 2000 CARA, USA), has a Bachelor of Music Performance (Improvisation) from the Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne). Her Albums and concerts with Doug de Vries are widely appreciated for their beauty and elegance.
Clark, a finalist in the Australian (Wangaratta) and International jazz vocal competitions, won fourth place in the 2002 International Jazzconnect Vocal Competition with her version and English lyric of classic afro-samba Canto de Ossanha (Baden Powell & Vinicius de Moraes).
Highly regarded across Australia and the Pacific for her conducting work with community choirs, Diana created, directed and recorded Australia’s first Brazilian choir Borboleta and has published the first choral book of Brazilian vocal scores in Australia.
She is the recipient of Australian Arts Council (Gov) Grants including a professional development study in Portugal with European jazz vocalist/lyricist Maria Joao and two study trips to Brazil, learning to sing in fluent Portuguese.
In 2006, Diana released her debut solo recording ‘Breathe Into Time’ – The CD leads with the metaphysical ‘Breathe into Time’, winner of the open section composition award, 2006 Eltham Jazz & Blues Heritage Festival.
It’s an EP of six original songs (in her mother tongue, English) recorded with jazz musicians including three generations of Melbourne’s most distinctive pianists; Bob Sedergreen, Joe Chindamo & Will Poskit with a rhythm section of guitar, bass, drums and percussion.
"Clark''s warm vocals can soften the melancholy of a yearning lyric, or coax the vibrant rhythms around her into a dance of celebration."
Jessica Nicholas, the Age, Melb, Australia.
“…Her voice is so intimate it could make you blush.”
Jerome Wilson - Cadence Magazine, USA, Sept 2005
…breathe into time…
Diana Clark vocals, compositions
with:
Doug de Vries acoustic, electric guitar
Joe Chindamo piano, piano accordion
Bob Sedergreen piano
Will Poskit piano
Simon Starr acoustic bass
David Beck drums
Ray Pereira percussion
Irine Vela bouzouki mandolin
Review:
DIANA CLARK
“… breathe into time …”
The opening notes of some CDs mesmerise you; you can tell you’re going to enjoy the whole experience. This is one such example.
The six tracks of Diana Clark’s first solo recording – an EP of original songs – take the listener on inner and outer journeys across a world and jazz influenced landscape. There are city songs here … and rural landscapes (‘bird songs right outside the door’). There are sounds influenced by Brazilian music and by Australian diversity.
These are also songs about healing and support and respect. The themes of these songs reflect Di’s experiences, interests and hopes. She dedicates the EP to “anyone struggling with anxiety and depression” and offers the music as “a place of solace, even if for only a moment”. The voice and the warmth she brings to that promise and dedication enable her to translate grand ideas into great emotions.
Supported by a strong line-up of Melbourne musicians who intersect jazz and world genres – Doug de Vries, Joe Chindamo, Bob Sedergreen, Will Poskitt, Simon Starr, David Beck, Pay Pereira and Irene Vela – Diana presents an apparently laid-back CD that effortlessly insinuates its way into your heart and head.
Roger Holdsworth, Trad and Now Magazine [Australia], ex-presenter “The Global Village” PBS-FM
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