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Julie Hardy

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Kendrick Scott’s World Culture Music Proudly Releases THE WISH from Vocalist/Composer JULIE HARDY
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New York City-based vocalist and composer, Julie Hardy will perform at the Kitano on Thursday, February 28th, sets at 8PM & 10PM.
One of the most distinctive voices among the growing ranks of female jazz singers in New York City belongs to Julie Hardy, whose Kitano appearance coincides with a new CD entitled The Wish. This is Julie's most fully realized recording to date and her first release through World Culture Music, an artist collective label and multi-faceted music company created by drummer/composer Kendrick Scott. Hardy has performed at the Diet Coke "Women in Jazz" Festival (Jazz at Lincoln Center), the Jazz Standard, Birdland in NYC and received a 2006 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award for her composition "No Turning Back."
Hardy grew up in Fremont NH and attended Oyster River High School in Durham. She then moved on to study music composition at UNH and received her Masters degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
"On her new album, The Wish, Ms. Hardy burnishes her growing reputation as a musically astute and thoughtfully modern jazz singer." - Nate Chinen, New York Times
“[Hardy’s] is a serious art, based in songs of longing and reflection with arrangements that challenge anyone's notions of what constitutes forward-thinking music.” – Ken Micallef, Downbeat
"Three years ago, with her debut release "A Moment's Glance", Julie Hardy proved herself, as both singer and songwriter, a fresh force to be reckoned with. [With “The Wish”] Hardy is back to make good on that promise with an even finer, more bracingly intuitive, assortment of originals and covers.” - Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes
“Julie Hardy's new CD, The Wish, builds on the reputation of a singer well equipped to handle everything modern jazz vocalism demands: candlelit standards (“I Wish I Knew,” “All Or Nothing at All”), repurposed pop hits (Lennon/McCartney's “I'm Looking Through You”), effortless improvisation and a strong writer's pen. See her now, while it's easy.” - K. Leander Williams, Time Out New York Visit www.juliehardy.com for more info!

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Member Since: 1/4/2005
Band Website: juliehardy.com
Band Members:

Click here to purchase "The Wish".

On the recording: Sam Sadigursky - soprano/tenor saxophones, clarinet; Jaleel Shaw - alto saxophones, Ben Monder, guitar, Randy Ingram - piano, Matt Clohesy - bass, Kendrick Scott - drums.
In the photo of the Jazz Standard: John Ellis, Randy Ingram, Mike Moreno, Matt Clohesy, Kendrick Scott

photo by Lucy Wood
At the Jazz Standard

photo by Lucy Wood
Influences:
Wayne Shorter, Kenny Wheeler, Dominique Eade, Norma Winstone, Ben Monder, Theo Bleckmann, Fred Hersch, Luciana Souza, Kate McGarry, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder and Danilo Perez.


Record Label: World Culture Music (www.worldculturemusic.com)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New - JazzTimes review

"Three years ago, with her debut release "A Moment's Glance", Julie Hardy proved herself, as both singer and songwriter, a fresh force to be reckoned with. Now Hardy is back to make good on that promi...
Posted by Julie Hardy on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:02:00 PST

Pema Chodron

Been reading Pema Chodron's "When Things Fall Apart" a paragraph at a time. It's just so rich. I've posted below a particular paragraph that really blew my mind. "Hope and fear come from feeling that ...
Posted by Julie Hardy on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:13:00 PST

Julie plays in Boston....also in NH and VT

Hey everyone - Hope you can come out to Ryles, Tuesday, Dec 11 at 9pm. I'll be celebrating the release of my CD "The Wish".For those of you in NH I'll be performing at the Press Room in Portsmouth, S...
Posted by Julie Hardy on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:24:00 PST

Live review of Jazz Standard - check it out!

Julie Hardy at The Jazz StandardBy Budd Kopman New York City, New YorkOctober 16, 2007This gig was partly a CD release party for vocalist/composer Julie Hardy's new release The Wish and partly a l...
Posted by Julie Hardy on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:45:00 PST

New Press for "The Wish"

"On her new album, "The Wish" (World Culture Music), Ms. Hardy burnishes her growing reputation as a musically astute and thoughtfully modern jazz singer." Nate Chinen, New York Times Click here to r...
Posted by Julie Hardy on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:26:00 PST

Jazz Standard

Dear Friends - A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who came out this past Tuesday night to the Jazz Standard. We had two full sets. Yay! Your support means so much to me. It felt so good to see all your smi...
Posted by Julie Hardy on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:24:00 PST

"The Wish" Now Available on World Culture Music

World Culture Music presents: Julie Hardy, LIVE AT THE JAZZ STANDARD, OCTOBER 16, celebrating the release THE WISH, featuring WCM artists guitarist Mike Moreno and label founder, drummer K...
Posted by Julie Hardy on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:23:00 PST

lil preview review for my upcoming cd!

Lil preview review for my upcoming cd.for all of you living in New England i hope you can make it to one of my performances!June 9th Maine Jazz Festival Series, Yarmouth, ME June 10th Acton Jazz Cafe,...
Posted by Julie Hardy on Wed, 30 May 2007 10:01:00 PST

which one for the CD cover?

hey all - i promised you photos and here they are. these are the final pics. which one is best for the cover? see below in my slide show or view my pics. I also posted pics of the band members in the...
Posted by Julie Hardy on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:06:00 PST