Tessa Souter

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"One of the finest and most fearless jazz vocalists to have emerged in recent years." -The Boston Globe

Daughter of English and Trinidadian parents, award-winning, New York-based jazz vocalist Tessa Souter's gorgeous voice, and penchant for exploring strikingly beautiful music mostly untouched by other vocalists, has set her apart as “a must-see for lovers of world class jazz." [Los Angeles Times]"Singers like her don't come along every day." [Neil Tesser, Chicago Examiner] From the Philharmonic halls of Russia - four sell out national tours - to the intimacy of New York's jazz clubs, Souter mesmerizes audiences with her emotional depth, striking authenticity, charismatic stage presence and crackling humor that spice her individual style of jazz. Now, her fourth CD release, Beyond the Blue (Motema, 2012), which features her own hauntingly evocative lyrics set to jazz arrangements of exquisite classical melodies, is being lauded as her breakout recording. "Stunningly original" [JazzTimes], "scintillating" [Boston Globe], "startlingly fresh" [Washington City Paper], "The beauty of this project lies in the synergy of melodies, lyrics, and Souter's consummate musicality, carried by her clarion, gently burnished timbre." [Chicago Examiner]