Kirsten Carey - Mature Defense Mechanism - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

After beginning as a vocalist for numerous house music producers, Karen Souza participated in the successful series Jazz and 80's and it's successors. Now, Karen has launched her solo career with Essentials, a summary of her career as a jazz singer, where her unique and seductive voice draws you in. This album brings us recreations of classics such as Every Breath You Take (The Police), Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? (Culture Club), Creep (Radiohead) and Tainted Love (Soft Cell), which have become classics over the past few years. Essentials is a different album, where jazz appears at it's most elegant, thanks to Karen's amazing voice. Album Tracks 1. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (Essentials) 2. Creep (Essentials) 3. Strawberry Fields Forever (Essentials) 4. Tainted Love (Essentials) 5. Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) (Essentials) 6. Every Breath You Take (Essentials) 7. Personal Jesus (Essentials) 8. New Year's Day (Essentials) 9. Billie Jean (Essentials) 10. Wake Up and Make Love with Me (Essentials) 11. Have You Ever Seen the Rain (Essentials) 12. Bette Davis Eyes (Essentials)

In Kristen Lee Sergeant's highly anticipated third album, she arrives fully as songwriter and auteur, exploring the idea of falling by way of myth and imagination. Featuring almost all original song and her own arrangements, FallingInch is a dramatic odyssey of ideas and sound.The album features the inventive talent of Jeb Patton on piano and Grammy winner Ted Nash on explosive soprano saxophone features. The band is made complete with the talents of Jay Sawyer (drums,) Hannah Marks (bass,) and Jody Redhage Ferber (cello.)Inch Album Tracks 1. Let's Fall 2. Sisyphus 3. Birdsong 4. Chiaroscuro 5. Honey 6. Infinity Blues 7. Better Off 8. Orpheus 9. Autumn Nocturne 10. That Old Black Magic

Three years after the of her successful Essentials II, Jazz diva Karen Souza is back with her fourth studio album. Velvet Vault is the title of a collection that combine jazz standards with jazz reworks of pop classics plus two songs co-written by Karen herself. Japan's superstar Toku duets with Karen on the track You Got That Something. Also part of the album are Robin Banerjee (Amy Winehouse guitarist) and legendary Tom 'Bones' Malone (Blues Brothers, Saturday Night Live Band). Vocals has been recorded in New York at The Orchard studios and produced by Richard Gottehrer (of Blondie, Richard Hell and Dr. Feelgood fame). The album's first single Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, will be available on November 10th. Velvet Vault is without a doubt, Karen Souza's most accomplished record to date and will definitely surpass the success of her previous efforts. Album Tracks 1. I Fall in Love Too Easily (Velvet Vault) 2. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (Velvet Vault) 3. I'm Beginning to See the Light (Velvet Vault) 4. Valerie (Velvet Vault) 5. I'm Not in Love (Velvet Vault) 6. You Got That Something (Velvet Vault) 7. In Between Days (Velvet Vault) 8. In the Blink of An Eye (Velvet Vault) 9. Walk on the Wild Side (Velvet Vault) 10. Angel Eyes (Velvet Vault) 11. Kids (Velvet Vault)