Country: Abbie Gartner

23.06.2009

Elle fait partie du trio " Red Molly ". (Cliquer pour voir le billet)

- The ind of a soldier
- Mama
- I'd Rather Be
- Honey on myGrave Live
- Crazy in love
- Long Island

"I take too many planes, know too many names and I forget them..." Shawn Colvin
"Je prends trop d'avions, connais trop de noms et je les oublie... " Shawn Colvin

Just got back from a trip to Texas, Nashville, Shady Nook Island, and Rhode Island (with NY, NJ and CT gigs in between). It's so amazing to be able to travel like this, but I very happily put my suitcase in the closet today.
Juste récupéré d'un voyage au Texas, Nashville, Shady Nook Island et Rhode Island (avec NY, NJ et concerts au milieu). Il est si étonnant d'être capable de voyager comme cela, mais j'ai heureusement posé mes valises aujourd'hui [...?].

- Lire la suite sur son site: c'est ici

En cours de traduction

ABBIE GARDNER BIOGRAPHY

HISTORY (anglais...pour ceux qui ne s'en douteraient pas)
HISTORIQUE (français... traduction aproximative avec des [...] lorsque j'ai du mal...)

Abbie began singing Jazz standards with The Galvanized Jazz Band in 2001 and has since cut her teeth as a vocalist with Stan Rubin's Tigertown Five, The Stan Rubin Orchestra, Vince Giordano's Nighthawks, The New Deal Orchestra and Herb Gardner's Groundhog Band. Her singing style has been compared to Billie Holiday and Norah Jones.

Abbie débute sa carrière en chantant des standards du jazz avec le groupe "The Galvanized Jazz Band " en 2001 et fait ses premières armes de vocaliste avec Stan Rubin's Tigertown Five, The Stan Rubin Orchestra, Vince Giordano's Nighthawks, The New Deal Orchestra et Herb Gardner's Groundhog Band. Son style est à comparer à celui de Billie Holiday ou Norah Jones.

Abbie's interest in music started as a young child. She played flute classically throughout school and began singing in a cappella groups in 1992. As the musical director for the Boston University Treblemakers, Abbie released an a cappella CD in 1997 called "Treble in The Waters." In 1998, Abbie began playing guitar and has been writing and performing original acoustic blues/folk songs since then, with independent recording efforts "Tea and a Cookie, " "Southern Rain," and self-titled CD "Abbie Gardner". Performing in coffee shops across the country led Abbie to develop the "Open Mic Directory," a portion of her website that has been an invaluable resource to independent musicians nationwide since 1999.

Son intérêt pour la musique débute très tôt, losqu'elle est encore enfant. Elle joue de la flûte classique à l'école et commance à chanter dans la chorale de l'église en 1992. [...] Abbie réalise en 1997 un CD à capella intitulé "Treble in The Waters". En 1998, elle commance à jouer de la guitare et écrit et exécute des chansons de blues/folk acoustiques originales. Depuis lors, avec des moyens d'enregistrement indépendants, elle enregistre "Tea and a Cookie", "Southern Rain", et un CD dont le titre est "Abbie Gardner". Sa prestation dans les cafés à travers la région, mène Abbie Gartner à développer un répertoire ( "Open Mic Directory" ) qui est une source inestimable pour les musiciens indépendants dans le pays depuis 1999.

RECORDING

Abbie's debut jazz recording, "My Craziest Dream," is a father-daughter effort, featuring Herb Gardner on piano and consummate and in-demand NYC musicians Dan Levinson (reeds), Robbie Scott (drums) and Mike Weatherly (bass). These cats bring to life such favorites as "Mean to Me," "Them There Eyes" and "Paper Moon," while Ms. Gardner's vocals glide along top like Fred Astaire in a movie made long before her time.

L'enregistrement de jazz des débuts d'Abbie, "My Craziest Dream" ("Mon Rêve le Plus fou) est un partenariat père-fille, avec Herb Gardner au piano et des musiciens de New York comme Dan Levinson (reeds), Robbie Scott (drums) et Mike Weatherly (basse). [...]

HERB GARDNER BIOGRAPHY

Soon after moving to New York in 1963, Herb Gardner began touring with Wild Bill Davison, Kenny Davern and Dick Wellstood as well as becoming a regular at the Metropole, Jimmy Ryan's and Eddie Condon's nightclub. During the '60s and '70s he appeared with virtually all of the classic jazz musicians in the New York City area, including Roy Eldridge, Gene Krupa, Henry "Red" Allen, Bobby Hackett, Jimmy Rushing, Doc Cheatham, Max Kaminsky and even Wingy Manone.

For many years, Herb served as co-leader of Vince Giordano's Nighthawks, playing for the inauguration of George Bush, Bill Clinton's victory party and countless other society affairs. In June, 1997 he conducted the "Big Broadcasters" in the opening concert of the New York City JVC Jazz festival.

Through his association with Al "Jazzbeaux" Collins and the Smith Street Society Jazz Band, Herb has written the music and words to many specialty songs heard regularly on New York radio, including "Jazzbeaux's Time of Night" and theme songs for many other radio personalities.

Herb's latest CD, "Groundhog's Day", features 14 original songs and several Jazz Age classics. This adds to an extensive discography of over 20 recordings, including two albums with the great Leon Redbone. For more information go to www.herb-gardner.com

Honey On My Grave - Abbie Gardner

Abbie Gardner has released a collection of songs on "Honey On My Grave" that puts on full display a degree of complexity and range of musical influence that is rarely equaled. Gardner, also a member of the Appalachia-based group Red Molly, blends together multiple genres throughout the CD, and it is that mixture of styles that becomes her greatest strength. "Honey" finds a voice in pop, blues, Appalachia, torch songs, bluegrass, and folk. It is impossible not to be excited as each new track approaches, wondering what Gardner will do next.

Some songs will sound familar to everyone, such as "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Hit the Road Jack," the former sensually alluring and the latter done with a poignant simplicity and fortitude. Gardner's vocal range comes forth on "Ain't Misbehavin," but also on songs such as "Honey On My Grave," and "Breath Again" in unique and interesting ways. All her efforts provide the listener with a sense of passion, intensity, heartfelt emotion, and a bit of the rascality so evident in Gardner's live shows.

The playfulness that comes out in those live shows is most clearly revealed in Gardner's fan favorites "Caffeine" and "Ohio." You don't get any of Gardner's jokes on this CD(come on Abbie, tell us the one about the antenna wedding!), but her clever charms are wide open for viewing on these songs. What makes "Ohio" particularly fun is in the knowing that it was inspired by the first word Gardner came upon while watching TV - a song was born from a seeming nowhere.

Abbie Gardner is an accomplished musician as well, and her trademark dobro can be found throughout the various tracks of "Honey On My Grave." However, Gardner has also surrounded herself with an array of skilled artisans that are up to the task of keeping pace with her. Matt Munisteri, guitar, Peter Carr, banjo, Benny Rietveld, bass, and fellow Red Mollyer, Laurie MacAllister, background vocals, shine in support. Pat Wictor joins in on a duet to end the CD,"You Got To Move," that is a wonderful closing number to a great eleven songs.

Abbie Gardner is an incredible talent, vocally, instrumentally, as a songwriter, and through her presence. "Honey On My Grave" is a testament to all of those marks of skill that she possesses. I have my copy. Why don't you have yours?