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Jocelyn Medina - Common Ground (2017)

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Jocelyn Medina - Common Ground (2017)

Jocelyn Medina - Common Ground (2017)
Vocal Jazz, World | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 00:57:21 | 135 MB
Label: Running Tree Records

Jocelyn Medina is a New York-based jazz singer, composer, and lyricist. Her musical explorations have led her to travel to Brazil, Ghana, and most recently to India where she performed and studied while teaching full-time at a music school in Mumbai. Her latest collection -COMMON GROUND - fuses jazz harmonies with raga-based melodies from India and polyrhythms from Ghana to create a new and exciting soundscape.

Medina has a pure, fluid voice that's sometimes reminiscent of Flora Purim and sometimes of Joni Mitchell, but she clearly has her own style. Her lyrics reflect the influence of a Buddhist worldview and a strong social consciousness. Medina says, "I don't make up stories. My lyrics grow from the things I observe, from the flow of humanity, and from just living in New York City." Medina wrote and arranged all the compositions on this CD.

The ensemble is Jocelyn Medina, vocals, Steve Gorn, Basuri flute, Hadar Noiberg, flute, Pete McCann, electric and acoustic guitar, Art Hirahara, piano and Rhodes, Evan Gregor, bass, Mark Ferber drums, Samir Chatterjee, table, Robert Levin, percussion, and Achyut Joshi, vocals.

The tracks are Two But Not Two, Common Ground, Meant To Be, Slow It Down, Sink Or Swim, Simple, Break Through, Second Thought, and Waiting For. A Voice seductive, delicate, resonate, and crystalline – a major humanist who happens to communicate through singing.

TRACKLIST

01. Two But Not Two
02. Common Ground
03. Meant To Be
04. Slow It Down
05. Sink Or Swim
06. Simple
07. Break Through
08. Second Thought
09. Waiting For