"GIANTS OF JAZZ"
2015
"MEMORIES OF DUKE"
A
RECOLLECTION ON THE MUSICAL MARRIAGE OF THE
GREATEST JAZZ SINGER OF THE ERA
AND THE GREATEST
JAZZ COMPOSER-BANDLEADER OF ALL TIME IN THE LAST
TWO
YEARS OF HIS CAREER, AS TOLD BY SHE WHO WAS THERE.
PERFORMED BY
AURA
and
THE
PAUL HOFFERT TRIO
FEATURING
BEN
RILEY - JIM
SEXTON
PAUL
HOFFERT
MULTI-AWARD
WINNER
MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF CANADA
"AURA,
A REMARKABLE AND BEAUTIFUL SOPRANO, OUTSTANDING SINGING."
THE NEW
YORKER
"AURA
FLOATS THE VOICE, ALMOST ETHEREAL ON PERFECT PITCH."
DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
"A
PHENOMENAL SINGER…"
NAT HENTOFF - THE GROVE INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF JAZZ
"I
HAVE HEARD AURA SING UP TO THE HIGH B FLAT, ABOVE CLEO LAINE'S HIGH G."
HENRY
PLEASANTS - THE GREAT AMERICAN POPULAR SINGERS
"THE
STUNNING VOICE OF AURA, WHOSE INCREDIBLE RANGE IS
MATCHED BY HER TASTE, IMAGINATION
AND TONE CONTROL."
JOHN NORRIS - CODA MAGAZINE
"AURA,
A VOICE WITH CLARITY, RICHNESS AND ADMIRABLE MUSICIANSHIP."
TORONTO
STAR
"AURA,
AN ORIGINAL!"
STAR WEEK
"STUNNING
SINGING!" RICHARD FOHIL - CANADIAN COMPOSER