About the Artist
SUZI STERN
Based in the Live Music Capital of the World (Austin, Texas), jazz vocalist Suzi Stern has been delighting audiences across the United States and Europe.
Aside from recording and live performance, Suzi is a respected jazz educator also making time to present innovative vocal workshops wherever her music takes her.
Suzi’s previous cd releases include Seven Stars on Mad Moon Records and Inside Stories on Viewpoint Records. Both have received acclaim from such eminent composers and performers as Joe Henderson, Sheila Jordan, David Friesen, Denny Zeitlin, Red Mitchell, Jerry Hahn, David Shire, Bobby McFerrin and Leroy Vinegar.
TERRY BOWNESS
An electrical engineer tapping away at a piano keyboard sounds about as promising as a musician designing computer chips. Until you meet Terry Bowness.
Terry, whose knack for both is now manifested in multiple cd releases and a host of technical feats you probably don't want to hear about, started playing piano twenty-five years ago, shortly after his eighth birthday. His early musical tastes were influenced as much by his older brother’s eight-track tape collection as they were by his piano teacher.
Think Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, alongside Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and The Beatles. Now throw in some Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett and a bit of Radiohead.
Product Description
Lament is a product of a two year collaboration between pianist/composer Terry Bownes and Stern. They are joined by Chris Maresh on Bass, Mike Koenning on drums and Mitch Watkins on Guitar.
"This CD evokes a warm and profoundly personal feeling and creates a mood as a whole that will hit the heart in the most honest and personal way . . . it is simply beautiful music."
