Velvet Voices

Founded in 2002,  Velvet Voices is a women a cappella quartett performing a wide range of jazz and popsongs as well as own compositions. At the Ward Swingle Award competition (Graz) Velvet Voices won already twice a gold placement in the category of Jazzmusic. In 2003 Velvet Voices opened Voicemania (Vienna Voice Festival) and since the year 2004 they were singing for Jeunesse. They performed several times at Vokal Total and cellebrated great successes for example at their concert debut in Szeged (Hungary), at the Bregenzer Festspiele and at the  Donauinselfest (Vienna). The concert at the Radiokulturhaus Wien was broadcasted live by ORF and WDR. Portraits of VelvetVoices were featured by Deutschlandradio, WDR 3, Radio Wien, Radio Arabella, BR and Ö1. Velvet Voices performed with Louise Martini in Nylons, Swing und Chesterfield a production of the Wiener Volkstheater and were invited to take part in the TV Shows Licht ins Dunkel and Willkommen Österreich and in several local TV station programms as well.

Discography

Essence

Come Together Don't Get Around Much Anymore With Every Breath I Take Try to Remember Quarter to Five You Take my Breath Away Stop Somewhere over the Rainbow A Child is Born Essence It's Raining Men Surprise

Founded in 2002, all-women Dutch Vocal Jazz quartet Velvet Voices has been appearing in some serious European and international events, like the 2003 Voice Mania in Vienna, the Jeunesse—the largest German a cappella festival in Munich), and they won the Jazz Gold at the international "Ward Swingle Awards." There are 11 finely-crafted tunes on "Essence," the group's 5th excellent album, some wonderful covers like Lennon/McCartney's "Come Together," Duke Ellington's "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," Cy Coleman's "With every breath I take," Freddie Mercury's "You take my breath away," Brown, Sutton and Brody's "Stop," a fine faux trumpet solo on Harold Arlen's "Somewhere over the rainbow," Jones and Wilder's "A child is born," and Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer's "It's raining man." There's also a pair of very nice originals by group member Gerda, the moody "Try to remember" and "Quarter to five," and one original by group member Monika, the title tune. Each of these beautiful young women can easily sing perfect solos and leads, so even a difficult, dissonant piece like "A child is born" comes off as effortless, and the harmonies are clean, sharp and on perfect pitch. Even a powerful rocker like "It's raining man," which is reprised as a surprise bonus cut with amped-up vocal percussion, is cleanly nailed both times with no sweat. The voices here are so perfect, the sound so effortlessly clean, we had to listen to it again just to fully appreciate it. "Essence" is a gift for the ears by the Velvet Voices, who have, in a very short time, risen to a level attained by only a few elite Vocal Jazz groups, like the Real Group, Vox One and the Swingle Singers. Treat yourself to one of the best of the year!

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