Ellynne http://www.ellynne.com jazz music, culture and friends Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:24:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 TO CONTACT ELLYNNE http://www.ellynne.com/2012/01/08/to-contact-ellynne/ http://www.ellynne.com/2012/01/08/to-contact-ellynne/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:16:58 +0000 Ellynne http://www.ellynne.com/?p=121 PUBLICITY:

Jazz Promo Services:  Jim@jazzpromoservices.com         www.jazzpromoservices.com          (Tel)  845-986-1677

RADIO

Neal Sapper at New World ‘n Jazz:                                             neal@newworldnjazz.com       510-705-1660

Contact the artist directly at:   EllynneDotCom@aol.com

Booking/Scheduling and Related Inquiries:  ShadesofBluemgmt@aol.com          (Attn:  Rachel Sanchez)            917-940-9588

 

 

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Last night 1/7/12, Dan Furman and I did a duo performance at the Sundance Cafe in downtown Stamford.

Look for us again on 1/14/12 (sat. night) from 7:00-10:30pm.   It’s always fun singing with Dan (www.danfurman.com).

This Spring, I have a few private engagement listings on my calendar.  Please check back for updates.

]]> http://www.ellynne.com/2012/01/08/performances-upcoming-2012/feed/ 0 Sonar Es/To Dream Is… Listen/Watch this Video from my new CD “I Will”! http://www.ellynne.com/2011/06/30/the-light-at-tunnels-end-june-2011/ http://www.ellynne.com/2011/06/30/the-light-at-tunnels-end-june-2011/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:03:30 +0000 Ellynne http://www.ellynne.com/?p=99 Sonar Es video

Video:  “I’m Sorry. I Really Mean it This Time”

 

The song Sonar Es (should have a tilde over the “n”) was inspired loosely by the poetry of South American poet Pablo Neruda. I composed the song and wrote lyrics.  The song is about creating and keeping your dreams because dreams give you the power to change your life.

The lyrics are in Spanish.  If you want an English translation or want to send a comment, please send me an email at:  ellynnedotcom@aol.com

 

The second song (Youtube video) is a song for those who have a really hard time saying “I’m Sorry”.

Kisses and Hugs/   Muchos Besos   / Muitos Beijos,

XXXOOO

Ellynne

]]> http://www.ellynne.com/2011/06/30/the-light-at-tunnels-end-june-2011/feed/ 2 Ellynne Plotnick 4tet Life is Beautiful CD Release Party http://www.ellynne.com/2010/04/12/ellynne-plotnick-4tet-life-is-beautiful-cd-release-party/ http://www.ellynne.com/2010/04/12/ellynne-plotnick-4tet-life-is-beautiful-cd-release-party/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:08:12 +0000 Ellynne http://www.ellynne.com/?p=3 Ellynne Plotnick - Life is Beautiful

Life is Beautiful made it to #1 on KFAI (CMJ issue 1132); #3 M3 Radio (CMJ issue 1128)l #5 on WRCU (CMJ issue 1123); #10 on WQAL (CMJ issue 1130); and #10 on WDPS (CMJ issue 1132)

Several dozen radio stations coast to coast and in Canada have added Life is Beautiful to their playlists. Thank you DJ’s & station managers.

Please save the date! On May 25th, me and my wonderful quartet will play 2 sets of songs from my recent CD of all original music “Life is Beautiful” as well as a few non-standard standards.

This very cool intimate basement club is the only Afro-Peruvian jazz club in NYC. They serve out- of-this-world drinks and food… AMAZING! I had dinner there with a friend to see for myself and we both wanted to try everything on the menu!

There is no cover or minimum, which is really great. Please come join the party. Order a Pisco Sour and relax!

More details to follow.

TUTUMA Social Club
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
8:00pm – 11:30pm
TUTUMA Social Club, 164 E. 56th Street, NYC
tutumasocialclub.com
]]> http://www.ellynne.com/2010/04/12/ellynne-plotnick-4tet-life-is-beautiful-cd-release-party/feed/ 0 Non-Profit Humanitarian Update Coming Soon! http://www.ellynne.com/2009/09/20/life-is-beautiful/ http://www.ellynne.com/2009/09/20/life-is-beautiful/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:04:32 +0000 Ellynne http://www.ellynne.com/?p=31 Please stay tuned for exciting news about a wonderful nonprofit doing things to improve lives both locally and globally.  This humanitarian organization, THAAL inc. is committed to improve the world, especially for those considered most “at risk”. 

They: Help refugee families; build wells/provide potable water in India*; stop human trafficking -just to name a few of the many things THAAL inc. does here in the U.S. and around the world.  I am proud to be associated with this organization as a performing artist.   Check back for updates.

 

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                              THAAL . i n c…

 

The Transnational Humanitarian Advocacy Alliance, (THAAL) is a global non-profit structured to respond to natural and man-made disasters; to provide quality, effective human services to refugees, internally displaced populations, and victims of human trafficking.

THAAL seeks to protect, preserve, and restore the human tapestry by promoting wholeness and dignity of individuals through the advancement of education, business innovation, and cultural arts.

Vision

It is our aim as a humanitarian organization to serve the global community at their point of need. THAAL values the dignity of each person and employs a holistic approach in preserving and restoring the individual. This enormous task is executed through twelve subdivisions of the organization, and a global network that is strategic.

*(The Dimapur Project in India) For more information visit:  THAALinc.org

 

 

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By Jack Goodstein (published by the Seattle Post Intelligencer on 3/30/2012)

Talk about keeping it simple, jazz singer/song writer Ellynne Plotnick’s latest album I Will has her singing her vocals with only a guitar and bass accompaniment, and not only does she manage to make it work, she makes it magical. It just goes to show, if you have the voice and if you have the material, you don’t need all that lavish production. To coin a cliché, less is more.
The new album’s ten tracks include three covers and seven original compositions. The covers are excellent, but the originals are something special. Plotnick writes lyrics with the pen of a poet, and she delivers them with cool elegance. “Falling,” which opens the album, plays tantalizingly with the myth of Icarus, the son of Daedelus who donned a set of wings created by his father, but flew too close to the sun. The wax that held the wings together melted. The youth fell to the earth and became legend. Usually thought of as a cautionary tale aimed at over-reaching ambition, Plotnick’s song suggests that flying too high may not be all that bad. The falling woman in her song ends up as a goddess leaving a “broken world.” The more you listen to the lyric, the deeper it grows. It is a good indication of what is to come.
“Rosa Lee” looks at what has become of a girl who “used to chase tornadoes” and “tip the neighbor’s cows” when she is trapped by the hard knocks of life. “Anywhere But Here” is a bluesy take on lost love with some truly original images: “I’m snowblind in the trees/Stumbling through the cold wet dark;” “If your love was a sailboat?/I’d want to be the sea.” Surprisingly since the words are hers, although these last are the lines in the liner notes, when she actually sings them, she changes them slightly. In “Please Forget Me,” a break-up song, she tells the lover to wash her off “like a fake tattoo” and ends ironically by saying forget me, because “I can’t forget you.” These are just a few samples of Plotnick’s prowess with a lyric; each of the seven originals offers examples equally evocative.
Perhaps as important, this is a woman who can sing. She is a mistress of the cool. Her phrasing is stylish. Her voice is crystalline. She is at home with low key blues, Brazilian dance rhythms, and even an almost folksy vibe in the album’s closing song, “I Want a Place in Your Heart.” Her coquettish slyness with “I’m Sorry, I Really Mean It This Time” shows something of her playful side. Moreover, she is as creative with the covers as she is with her own songs. McCartney and Lennon’s “I Will” and the classic “Manha de Carnaval” are handled with appealing assurance.
The stripped down accompaniment is terrific. John Tropea plays guitar and Harvie S handles the bass. They do some exciting solo work on the vocalist’s Latin composition “Sonar Es,” as well as “I’m Sorry, I Really Mean It This Time” and “Please Forget Me,” which also has a little scatting from Plotnick. These are three musicians who work well together. If you like cool jazz singing with songs that will keep you thinking, I Will is an album you’ll want to hear.

View the original article on blogcritics.org

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Improvijazzation Nation – #124

Her lilting tones on the opener, “Falling“, will hold you in the enchanted vocal spell she weaves….

(read full review at:  http://rotcodzzaj.com/wordpress/?page_id=3007)

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This appears to be a good time for a revival of stripped down combos matrixing showcases of individual talents, and Ellynne Plotnick’s I Will benefits from this…” (see link below to read full review by Mark Tucker for The Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange)

CD Review: http://www.acousticmusic.com/fame/p07847.htm

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” It’s nice to hear a vocal jazz album that keeps it plain and simple…”

(to read the rest of the review by John Book for This is Book’s Music see link below)

http://www.thisisbooksmusic.com/2012/03/31/review-ellynne-plotnick-i-will/

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Midwest Record – March 17, 2012

Volume 35/Number 148
March 17, 2011
MIDWEST RECORD
Chris Spector

PRINCESS MONKEY
ELLYNNE PLOTNICK/I Will: “Way more stripped down than her last release, this finds Plotnick really cutting close to the bone as a writer and interpreter putting a lot of herself into the bytes. With just a bass and guitar behind her (oh, yeah, they are Harvie S and John Tropea-but still…) this powerful, intimate work shows her as more of a jazz singer than the past fully rounded out sides. This is one of those simple but elegant dates where the singer really puts it out front with everything she’s got. Well done.”

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“Ellynne Plotnick may not be one of the most recognizable names of singers at the moment, but after this release of her singing with only guitar accompaniment the clarity, honesty and the simplicity of her presentation as a vocalist and composer…”

(Grady Harp review on Amazon.com – see full review see link below)

This review is from: I Will (Audio CD)

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 ”Ellynne Plotnick is out of the singer/songwriter mode that drives critics not to mention label executives nuts because she is not easily typecast into the myriad of sub-genres that are confusing the jazz idiom today. Naturally I felt compelled to add my own sub genre that is “N.P.R Jazz;” solid, well performed but a bit off the beaten path and this is a good thing…”

(for full review by Brent Black for Criticaljazz.com see link below)

CD Review: http://www.criticaljazz.com/2012/03/ellynne-plotnick-i-will-princess-monkey.html

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Please check out my newest CD, a very intimate recording titled “I Will”.  It was produced by Seth Glassman and myself.  Musicians also on the project are the exceptionally talented John Tropea on guitar and Harvie S* on bass.  Links are as follows:

www.johntropea.com

 www.harvies.com

www.sethglassman.com

The title song is my version of the classic Beatles song written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney.   Hope you like it.  You can purchase it on CD Baby by going to the link:  www.cdbaby.com/cd/ellynneplotnick

If you like what you hear, please leave me feedback through CD Baby, or contact me at: ellynnedotcom@aol.com

* Note that Harvie S does NOT have a period “.” after the S in his name.  It will be corrected in future printings.

Much Love!

Ellynne

PS:  Here’s a link to a cool YouTube video/slideshow for Life Is Beautiful.  Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW-UAg5H4q4

 

RADIO UPDATE:

A huge Thank You to Radio Stations that have added “I Will” to their playlists.  Please consider streaming these stations below on your computer.  It’s an amazing thing now you can hear great music on stations nationwide right from home!

A Big “Thank You” To JazzWeek stations:   

KSDS (San Diego, CA);  WWSP* (Stevens Point, WI);  KBEM (Minneapolis, MN);   KUNV (Las Vegas, NV);   WAER (Syracuse, NY);  WWOZ (New Orleans, LA); and WSHA (Raleigh, NC)

*CMJ

Check back for future station adds & other radio news. Please request that “I Will” be added to your favorite community radio station library. Support your local jazz radio stations.  They need our support now like never before.

 

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