Imagine - Mindi Abair at 5. Algarve Smooth Jazz Festival (2022)

Описание: Album: The Best Of Mindi Abair (2021) / www.mindiabair.com / The Band: Westley Joseph (Drums), Orefo Orakwue (Bass), Oli Silk (Keyboards), Mark Jaimes (Guitar) / www.algarve.smoothjazzfestival.de / www.smoothjazzeurope.eu
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Mindi Abair has been electrifying audiences with her dynamic live performances and sax prowess since her debut album in 1999. No one since Junior Walker has brought saxophone and vocals in one package to the forefront of modern music. Mindi got laid music in the cradle by her grandmother and her father. She has already taken up the piano at the age of 5. In the fourth grade she picked up the saxophone. Later, she attended Berklee College of Music, where she graduated with a degree in woodwind performance. In a career that spans nine solo albums, Mindi has made her mark on a broad stretch of the musical landscape that includes jazz, pop, R&B, funk, rock, soul and blues. She has toured and/or recorded with e. g. Aerosmith, Trombone Shorty, Booker T. Jones, Keb’ Mo’, Lee Ritenour, Richard Elliott, Dave Koz, Peter White, Gerald Albright, and Lalah Hathaway. Her latest CD was released in 2022. It’s a very personal album. Mindi says: “It represents a coming back to myself as a solo artist and feeling the strong sense of knowing who I am and what I stand for.”
(from Smooth Style, Magazine of the Algarve Smooth Jazz Festival on 3.-8. May 2022 at Pine Cliffs Resort)
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Seit 1999 ihr Debütalbum erschien, elektrisiert Mindi Abair das Publikum mit ihren dynamischen Live-Auftritten und ihrem Können am Saxophon. Seit Junior Walker hat es niemand mit Saxophon und Gesang im Gepäck an die Spitze moderner Musik gebracht. Musik bekam Mindi von ihrer Großmutter und ihrem Vater in die Wiege gelegt. Schon mit 5 Jahren hat sie Klavier gelernt und in der vierten Klasse ist sie aufs Saxophon gekommen. Später besuchte sie das Berklee College of Music, wo sie ihren Abschluss im Bereich Holzblasinstrumente machte. Während einer Karriere, die neun Soloalben hervorbrachte, hat Mindi schon viele Spuren in der Musikwelt hinterlassen: Von Jazz, Pop, R&B, Funk, Rock, Soul und Blues war alles dabei. Sie stand schon im Studio und/oder auf der Bühne mit Künstlern wie Aerosmith, Trombone Shorty, Booker T. Jones, Keb’ Mo’, Lee Ritenour, Richard Elliott, Dave Koz, Peter White, Gerald Albright und Lalah Hathaway. Ihre letzte CD ist 2022 erschienen. Es ist ein sehr persönliches Album. Mindi sagt: „Es repräsentiert ein Zurückkommen zu mir selbst als Solokünstler und das starke Gefühl, zu wissen, wer ich bin und wofür ich stehe.“
(from Smooth Style, Magazine of the Algarve Smooth Jazz Festival on 3.-8. May 2022 at Pine Cliffs Resort)
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Mindi Abair tem vindo a electrificar audiências com as suas dinâmicas actuações ao vivo e proezas com o saxofone desde o seu álbum de estreia em 1999. Desde Junior Walker que ninguém trazia o saxofone e a voz para vanguarda da música moderna. Mindi recebeu música no seu berço pela sua avó e pelo seu pai. Com 5 anos aprendeu a tocar piano. No quarto ano escolheu o saxofone. Mais tarde frequentou a Berklee College of Music onde se formou em instrumentos de sopro. Numa carreira que engloba nove álbuns a solo, Midi ganhou renome num largo espectro do panorama musical que inclui jazz, pop, R&B, funk, rock, soul e blues. Ela fez tournées e/ou gravou com por exemplo: Aerosmith, Trombone Shorty, Booker T. Jones, Keb’ Mo’, Lee Ritenour, Richard Elliott, Dave Koz, Peter White, Gerald Albright e Lalah Hathaway. O seu último CD foi lançado em 2022. É um álbum muito pessoal. Mindi diz: “Representa um regresso a mim própria como artista a solo e sinto uma enorme sensação de saber quem sou e o que represento.”
(from Smooth Style, Magazine of the Algarve Smooth Jazz Festival on 3.-8. May 2022 at Pine Cliffs Resort)