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With one step into the world of Julie Hardy, it is clear that she is not a typical jazz singer. The Wish, her new release on World Culture Music (September 2007), shows us a highly trained composer, improviser and re-inventor of jazz standards, backed by a spectacular collection of some of New York's best young jazz talent.
Through a diverse program of wordless originals and re-workings of timeless standards, Hardy has developed a sound that is truly unique and honest. She aims to tell a story with or without lyrics and she carefully chooses repertoire based on a strong, personal connection. "Arranging is a way of making standards my own and connecting to the song." Hardy's unique and modern approach puts a fresh spin on the standards she sings, helping to bring them into the here and now instead of looking back towards the past. "I chose the songs on this record because they move me and not because it is expected of me as a jazz singer."
Julie is backed by a spectacular collection of some of New York's best jazz talents including Jaleel Shaw (alto saxophone), Ben Monder (guitar) Sam Sadigursky (soprano and tenor saxophones), Randy Ingram (piano), Matt Clohesy (bass), and Kendrick Scott (drums).
Look for Julie's next CD The Wish this Fall on artist collective label World Culture Music. Julie has performed at the Jazz Standard, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Sweet Rhythm, Birdland, Smoke, Cornelia Street Café, and 55 Bar among others. In 2006 she received the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award.
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Julie Hardy: The Wish
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by Budd Kopman
With The Wish, composer and vocalist Julie Hardy has immediately established herself as an identifiable force of the next generation. By combining a very attractive voice with deep interpretations with a high degree of compositional and arranging skills, Hardy has created an album of grace and depth. She is a member of drummer Kendrick Scott's musical collective and record label World Culture Music, which gives the artist total control over the creative process. Mike Moreno, whose release ...
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Julie Hardy at The Jazz StandardThe Jazz StandardNew York City, New YorkOctober 16, 2007 This gig was partly a CD release party for vocalist/composer Julie Hardy's new release The Wish and partly a label party for drummer Kendrick Scott's artist collective label World Culture Music, on which it was released. Scott himself played drums (as he did on Hardy's record) as did guitarist Mike Moreno (instead of Ben Monder from the record), whose latest ...
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by Mark F. Turner
Julie Hardy proves that she is more than just your average jazz singer on The Wish. Hailing from New Hampshire with extensive studies in jazz and classical music, she continues to grow and hone her craft since her auspicious debut recording A Moment's Glance (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2005). The recording is significant for a number of reasons. First, she is now teamed with the fledgling label World Culture Music, which has released two very notable recordings ...
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by Michael P. Gladstone
Julie Hardy's first album, A Moment's Glance, is a good representation of the hard-working jazz vocalist as she pursues frequent appearances in lower Manhattan's jazz clubs with her working band.
Hardy is New Hampshire-educated and received a Masters in Jazz Performance from the New England Conservatory in 2001. A year leter, she was one of two nationwide vocalists selected for the Jazz Academy Snowmass in Aspen, Colorado. In 2003, Hardy placed in the Top Ten, from a field ...
read moreJazz Musician of the Day: Julie Hardy
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JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Julie Hardy
Jazz Times critic Christopher Loudon states that Hardy lives, like [Kurt] Elling and [Bobby] McFerrin, in a musical world of her own, and it is a marvelously dynamic place." With one step into the world of Julie Hardy... more
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World Culture Music Presents: Julie Hardy and Mike Moreno at the Jazz Gallery
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Friday, June 27th: 9 & 10:30 p.m. ($15) at the Jazz Gallery Mike Moreno & Julie Hardy Group featuring Mike Moreno - guitar, Julie Hardy - vocals, Aaron Goldberg - piano, Doug Weiss - bass, Jochen Rueckert - drums Guitarist Mike Moreno and vocalist Julie Hardy are two of World Culture Music's signature artists, each with an album to their credit on the World Music imprint. Tonight they'll be pooling their considerable talents and making music together in the company ...
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World Culture Music Recording Artist Jazz Vocalist and Composer Julie Hardy to Perform at the Kitano
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World Culture Music Recording Artist Jazz Vocalist and Composer JULIE HARDY to perform at the Kitano Thursday, February 28th, sets at 8 & 10PM On her new album, The Wish, Ms. Hardy burnishes her growing reputation as a musically astute and thoughtfully modern jazz singer." - Nate Chinen, New York Times Hardy never throws off a frivolous phrase or relies on a hackneyed standards approach. Hers is a serious art, based in songs of longing and reflection with arrangements that ...
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Julie Hardy Quartet at the Kitano - Thursday, February 28
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All About Jazz
New York City-based vocalist and composer, Julie Hardy will perform at The Kitano on Thursday, February 28th sets at 8PM & 10PM.
One of the most distinctive voices among the growing ranks of female jazz singers in New York City belongs to Julie Hardy, whose appearance at The Kitano coincides with a new CD entitled The Wish. This is Julie's most fully realized recording to date and her first release through World Culture Music, an artist collective label and multi-faceted ...
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Julie Hardy Performs at an Die Musik Live! In Baltimore
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World Culture Music Recording Artist Jazz Vocalist and Composer JULIE HARDY To perform in Baltimore at An Die Musik Live! On her new album, The Wish, Ms. Hardy burnishes her growing reputation as a musically astute and thoughtfully modern jazz singer." - Nate Chinen, New York Times [Hardy's] is a serious art, based in songs of longing and reflection with arrangements that challenge anyone's notions of what constitutes forward-thinking music." - Ken Micallef, Downbeat ...
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Vocalist/Composer Julie Hardy on Tour - Including December 11 at Ryles in Cambridge
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Vocalist/Composer JULIE HARDY ON TOUR
In Support of THE WISH - Now available on Kendrick Scott's World Culture Music Label
On her new album, The Wish" (World Culture Music), Ms. Hardy burnishes her growing reputation as a musically astute and thoughtfully modern jazz singer." - Nate Chinen, New York Times
Julie Hardy's new CD, The Wish, builds on the reputation of a singer well equipped to handle everything modern jazz vocalism demands: candlelit standards ("I Wish ...
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Julie Hardy Boston CD Celebration at Ryles Jazz Club
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New York City-based vocalist and composer and New Hampshire native, Julie Hardy will perform at Ryles Jazz Club on Tuesday, December 11th at 9PM.
One of the most distinctive voices among the growing ranks of female jazz singers in New York City belongs to Julie Hardy, whose Ryles appearance coincides with a new CD entitled The Wish". This is Julie's most fully realized recording to date and her first release through World Culture Music, an artist collective label and multi-faceted ...
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World Culture Music Presents Julie Hardy at the Jazz Standard on October 16
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
"On her new album, The Wish" (World Culture Music), Ms. Hardy burnishes her growing reputation as a musically astute and thoughtfully modern jazz singer." --Nate Chinen, The New York Times Hardy lives, like [Kurt] Elling and [Bobby] McFerrin, in a musical world of her own, and it is a marvelously dynamic place." --Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes Kendrick Scott's World Culture Music Proudly Presents Vocalist/Composer JULIE HARDY Live at The Jazz Standard CD RELEASE Celebration for The Wish" ...
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World Culture Music Presents: Julie Hardy, Live at the Jazz Standard, October 16
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
World Culture Music presents: Julie Hardy, LIVE AT THE JAZZ STANDARD, OCTOBER 16, celebrating the release THE WISH, featuring WCM artists guitarist Mike Moreno and label founder, drummer, Kendrick Scott Boston CD release party/performance: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 at RYLES! Hardy lives, like [Kurt] Elling and [Bobby] McFerrin, in a musical world of her own, and it is a marvelously dynamic place." - Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes On September 12, 2007 World Culture Music will proudly release The Wish from ...
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