SVETLANA IS AN "ENERGETIC” (WALL STREET JOURNAL) “ERUDITE, PURIST TORCHY JAZZ CHANTEUSE" (LUCID CULTURE), THAT LEADS NEW YORK COLLECTIVE "UPPER ECHELON OF JOY" (POP MATTERS) PLAYING MUSIC THAT IS BASED IN THE JAZZ TRADITION BUT IS ALSO FOR "HERE AND NOW" (NEW YORK MUSIC DAILY), "SOPHISTI-POP… EXUBERANT, FOOT-STOMPIN’ MUSIC THAT COMBINES SWING WITH POP-SINGER/SONGWRITER SENSIBILITIES”. (WPIX11 NEWS) SVETLANA AND HER "NYC DARLINGS" (TIME OUT NY) BAND HAVE HEADLINED SOLD OUT SHOWS IN THE PREMIER VENUES AND FESTIVALS ACROSS THE US AND INTERNATIONALLY GAINING CRITICAL ACCLAIM FROM AUDIENCES AND PRESS ALIKE BY PRESENTING EXHILARATING SHOWS THAT COMBINE SVETLANA'S EXCITING VOCALS, WITH THE POWER, AND UNPREDICTABLE IMPROVISATIONAL ASPECTS OF HER VIRTUOSO BAND.

FAR FROM THE STAGE, BUT CLOSE TO THE HEART. THAT WAS THE BIRTH OF RHONDA, THE ALBUM FROM SINGER-SONGWRITER SILVIA MACHETE. CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LEAVE BEHIND THE IMAGE OF A FLAMBOYANT PERFORMER WHO ENCHANTS THE CROWD WITH CHARISMA AND SEDUCTION. IN RHONDA, RELEASED BY THE LABEL BISCOITOFINO, THE ENCHANTMENT COMES FROM ELSEWHERE. SILVIA STILL SEDUCES – AND ALWAYS WILL, SHE WAS BORN WITH THAT GIFT – BUT HERE HER VOICE AND SOUND TAKE CENTER STAGE. THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE ALBUM, IN 2019, WAS DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RENOWNED BASSIST ALBERTO CONTINENTINO, WHO ALSO PRODUCED THE ALBUM ALONGSIDE LALO BRUSCO. COSMOPOLITAN BY NATURE, SILVIA WAS BORN IN BELO HORIZONTE, LIVED IN BUENOS AIRES, RIO, NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, PARIS AND NOW SAO PAULO. “I NEED CHANGE: ITʼS THE FUEL FOR MY LIFE,” SHE SAYS. THE FACT SHE HAS LIVED ABROAD AND LEARNED SEVERAL LANGUAGES (ENGLISH, FRENCH AND SPANISH) FREED HER TO MOVE THROUGH MUSIC.

LONG A BELOVED STAPLE ON THE NYC JAZZ SCENE AND WORLD-RENOWNED AS A MULTI-FACETED CONCERT HALL AND SYMPHONY PERFORMER, HILARY KOLE HAS EMERGED TRIUMPHANTLY FROM A DIFFICULT THREE-YEAR LEGAL STRUGGLE TO PUT OUT A RECORDING – AND FOUND HER TRUE MUSICAL HEART IN THE PROCESS. ON HER NEW INDEPENDENT FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, THE ACCLAIMED VOCALIST AND MUSICIAN PAINTS A SELF-PORTRAIT WITH ILLUMINATING STYLISTIC BRUSHSTROKES AND AN EXPANSIVE REPERTOIRE THAT TAKES HER FAR BEYOND HER STORIED ROOTS AS A PURVEYOR OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK. BACK, BETTER THAN EVER AND BARING HER JAZZ AND POP SOUL LIKE NEVER BEFORE, HILARY CELEBRATES LIFE FREE OF LIMITATIONS AND FULL OF OPTIMISM.

DANI GURGEL & DEBORA GURGEL MIX JAZZ AND BRAZILIAN ROOTS SERENDIPITOUSLY. DANI GURGEL’S VOICE IS A SCATTING INSTRUMENT, STITCHED ALONG DEBORA GURGEL’S LEFT HAND PIANO GROOVES, PUTTING JAZZ IMPROVISATION INTO BRAZILIAN RHYTHMS. DANI AND DEBORA ARE JOINED BY DRUMMER AND PRODUCER BIG RABELLO, AND BASSIST SIDIEL VIEIRA IN THEIR DANI & DEBORA GURGEL QUARTETO, NICKNAMED “DDG4” BY THEIR JAPANESE FANS. THEIR MUSIC IS DYNAMIC AND ENERGETIC, FILLED WITH THE DELIGHT OF THIS UNITED QUARTET THAT COMBINES THEIR LONG-ESTABLISHED MUSICAL INTIMACY WITH THE SERENDIPITY OF CONSTANT IMPROVISATION AND INTERACTION AMONGST THEMSELVES AND WITH THE AUDIENCE, RENDERING ALWAYS FRESH AND ORIGINAL CONCERTS. FOR THEIR 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN 2023, DANI GURGEL AND DEBORA GURGEL HAVE INVITED 15 MORE MUSICIANS TO JOIN DDG4, IN ORDER TO BECOME THE DDG19 BIG BAND. IN FEBRUARY 2024, DDG4 WILL BE TOURING THE USA FOR A RESIDENCY AT BERKLEE SCHOOL OF MUSIC, QUARTET PERFORMANCES AND COLLABORATIONS WITH LOCAL BIG BANDS.

EMILY BRADEN IS THE WINNER OF NEW YORK CITY'S 'BEST OF THE BEST' JAZZMOBILE VOCAL COMPETITION AND TWO-TIME CULTURAL AMBASSADOR WITH THE US EMBASSY’S ARTS ENVOY PROGRAM. ORIGINALLY FROM BOISE, IDAHO, BRADEN IS A HARLEM-BASED VOCALIST, SONGWRITER AND LYRICIST WHO EFFORTLESSLY BLENDS JAZZ, SOUL AND POP TO WIN THE HEARTS OF AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD. NYC PERFORMANCES INCLUDE BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB, BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB (GROOVE SERIES), THE 55 BAR AND MINTON’S PLAYHOUSE.

ALEXA BARCHINI IS A VOCALIST, BANDLEADER, COMPOSER, AND LYRICIST BASED IN NEW YORK CITY. SINCE RELOCATING FROM PHILADELPHIA EIGHT YEARS AGO, SHE HAS BEEN LIVING IN BROOKLYN AND PERFORMING REGULARLY IN THE NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA AREA TO GROWING AUDIENCES. RAISED IN A CULTURALLY DIVERSE FAMILY AND THE DAUGHTER OF AN OPERA SINGER, ALEXA BEGAN SINGING AS A YOUNG GIRL, FUSING HER VOICE WITH THE CULTURAL TAPESTRY THAT SURROUNDED HER, AND SOAKING IN THE JAZZ TRADITION FROM ANY RECORDS SHE COULD GET HER HANDS ON. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE SHE CAUGHT THE PROVERBIAL ‘BUG,’ AND HAS SINCE GONE ON TO STUDY AND PERFORM IN VARIOUS SETTINGS. HER WORK AS A BANDLEADER AND SIDEMAN HAS TAKEN HER ON TOURS BOTH WITHIN THE U.S. AND IN EUROPE, WHERE SHE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM ON STAGES SUCH AS DIZZY’S CLUB COCA COLA, THE BLUE NOTE, NATIONAL SAWDUST, CORNELIA STREET CAFE, SMALLS, SMOKE JAZZ CLUB, THE KIMMEL CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA, THE REGATTA BAR IN BOSTON, AND OTHERS.