The Michelle Lordi & Matthew Parrish Trio

Come enjoy an evening of music that explores this romantic duos deep bond and stripped-down aesthetic, centered around the intimate interplay of voice and bass.Michelle Lordi has received international accolades for her jazz and genre bending recording projects. Lordi has performed in jazz clubs, festivals and performance venues all across the US and in Europe. Whether Lordi is performing American Songbook standards with jazz legends, exploring experimental soundscapes in her original music or delivering her taut, mesmerizing interpretations of pop ballads, a profound love of the music she chooses to sing and the musicians she creates with is evident in every note of her vividly expressive and elegantly communicative voice. An emotionally insightful performer with an arrestingly beautiful sound (SF Chronicle) Lordi has established herself as a singular voice in modern jazz. DownBeat praised Lordis flawless and weighty sound, Japans JazzLife has called her work fresh, and her original music powerful. Matthew Parrish is a sought-after bassist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator. Matthew has traveled the globe recording and touring with jazz masters such as Al Grey, Harry Sweets Edison, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Stefon Harris,Regina Carter, Freddy Cole, Houston Person, Wynton Marsalis, Orrin Evans, Marion McPartland, and many others . Renowned for his deep swing and heartfelt playing, he brings uncommon warmth and integrity to every performancequalities that shine through his compositions and collaborations alike.Life partners Lordi and Parrish step forward as co-leaders on Their latest album, Live at Dirty Dog It is thrilling to make music and a life with Matthew. Living together, raising children together, touring together, teaching together at Princeton University you can feel this shared rhythm in the music we create, says Lordi.Wherever we play and whomever we play with, we carry our sound and connection with us.

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