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FROM NEW YORK TO MONTENEGRO JAZZ AT IT'S FINEST!
Monk by Martel
..."Nora’s vocal identity, aside from a basic jazz orientation, defies classification, and makes spare use of reflexive stylistic mannerisms. In the placement of her voice, Nora can evoke the power of a Malian Diva’s fearless candor, or perhaps a Corsican Voceratrice’s call to invisible worlds in the language of dreams, or the earthiness of an early blues singer’s unvarnished autobiographical witness. She has been attentive to the fluid articulation, phrasing and timbre of the jazz trumpet, the instrument that most clearly has influenced her vocal development. Her shaping of pitch often foregoes the fluid note-bending of the jazz singer in favor of the full press of a sculptor’s touch against viscous clay."...Ramsey Ameen, musician, technologist, educator, and mathematician. , 12/2005 (Hear the article "Conceptual Dream Music" in its entirety narrated by Ramsey Ameen on the Music Page - It can also be found in A Gathering of the Tribe's Magazine www.tribes.org) front page.
"Complete Passion! Absolute Creativity! Total Confidence!" ... NIRANJAN JHAVERI (10/06)
Mr. Jhaveri is a jazz critic, author, lecturer, educator, panelist and organizer (director) of JazzYatra Festivals (since 1978) and Founder of Jazz India Vocal Institute (JIVI)
" TO A SUPERB ARTIST,
HAPPY 2008!
FROM YOUR FAN,
JOÃO DA PENHA
"JAZZ & BOSSA NOVA"
BRASIL"
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LISTEN: FAITH IN TIME (aka Jimmy's Song), Copyright 2005, my tribute piece dedicated to the Great Vocal Artist Jimmy Scott. Hear soundclip on the music page. Beautiful accompaniment supplied by John di Martino
UPCOMING NEW RELEASE
"CIRCLE COMPLETING" Piano and Voice Duo with John diMartino - LOOK FOR IT ON CD BABY!
WHITE STROKE
Kandinsky’s Concepts
by Nora McCarthy, ©2006
“ form without content
is not a hand,
just an empty glove
full of air.
Just because an artist uses “abstract” methods,
it does not mean
that he is an abstract artist.
It doesn’t even mean
that he is an artist at all.
Just
as there are enough dead triangles
(be they white or green),
there are just as many dead roosters,
dead horses
or dead guitars.
One can just as easily be
a realist academic
as an abstract academic.
Just Because……
HELLO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE:
Welcome to my world of music and creativity. Thank you for visiting my website. Whether you are new, just exploring or returning for more, I hope you discover something real and inspiring here. I also hope that you will contribute your thoughts and share your ideas with me. Enjoy what you find and leave some healing positive vibrations behind.
I have several projects that I produce and several that I co-lead with alto-saxophonist Jorge Sylvester. They are respectively: The NORA McCARTHY Qu'ART'et - in the classic tradition of - piano, bass, drums and voice with an innovative approach that includes spoken word and on-the-spot improvisations - a mixture of the old with the new - original compositions with classically contemporary jazz standards and collected favorites from everywhere; The Sidhe - People of Peace, a collaboration of musical, visual artists, poets & actors dedicated to the advancement of creative music and the human race; RED VOXX - the familiar, the unfamiliar and the unlimited voice, sax, bass & drums; the ConceptualMotion Orchestra, is a 20-piece all original music orchestra that also includes spoken word with a serious focus on creating a human collective consciousness of sound; A Small Dream In Red - an avant garde, expressionist voice and saxophone duet in keeping with the concepts of Wassily Kandinsky and extending into creating a new genre of creative and improvised music; and, the ACE Collective - Afro-Caribbean-Experimental Sextet - based off of the piano-less trio expanded to include various textures of sound within the Afro-Caribbean idiom and beyond.
I also teach a course for singers that I developed called the "Zen of Singing .. the Spiritual Path to Finding Your Voice" (www.thezenofsinging.com) that deals with the art of singing, removing creative blocks and issues relating to improvisation. Please contact me if you are interested in a free consultation.
My music is about change. My concepts are about evolution and healing. I am a vocal artist, composer and poet that doesn't believe in imitations or limitations. My musical experiences are many and have led me on a journey through the Great American Songbook, R&B Music, Funk Music, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Classic and Contemporary Jazz, World Music to the Avant Garde and Free, Experimental Music genres and Beyond. It's the "Beyond" - the Unknown element in life and living, performing, experimenting and creating, that keeps me both fascinated and humbled.
