Jazz-trio med vokal
Den prisvinnende kanadiske jazz-pianisten, vokalisten, komponisten og arrangøren, Laila Biali, har høstet oppmerksomhet over hele verden for sine konserter på prestisjetunge scener på alle kontinenter. Hun har turnert sammen med Grammy Award-vinnere som Chris Botti, Paula Cole og Suzanne Vega, og hun har gjort innspillinger med, og varmet opp for pop-ikonet Sting.
Laila tar det beste fra pop, rock, klassisk og soul, og smelter det sammen med sin jazzbakgrunn.
Henne siste studioalbum «Tracing Light» ble nominert til JUNO prisen i Canada for beste vokaljazz-album i 2011, og hennes siste livealbum «Live in Concert» (2012) ble tatt opp foran et lydhørt publikum i Glenn Gould Studio i Toronto, Canada.
Kritikerne kan ikke få nok av Laila, og her er noen sitater:
«Laila has the uncanny gift of making familiar songs sound brand new—and when we hear her new songs, it feels like we have known them for years. Laila invites us to a secret place that we never want to leave.»
– Robert Sadin, multi-Grammy award winning producer (Sting, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter)
«Biali has a voice that makes the listener shudder, it is so rounded and pure.»
– Montreal Gazette
«A keyboard virtuoso with a distinctive sultry voice – intimate and emotional.»
– Toronto Star
«Her ability to meld traditional jazz with contemporary pop allows Biali to easily move between both worlds – so effortlessly that neither style seems out of place on the same record.»
– Spinner Magazine
«Juno Nominee Laila Biali makes music that you can put on when you want the world out of your head. It’s familiar like a friend. It’s jazz… at ease.»
– Tim Tamashiro, host of Tonic (CBC Radio 2)
«Laila Biali is a rare find. She is not just a great pianist filled with an ever shifting and seemingly endless lyricism; she has the voice of an angel, and seems incapable of singing one bad note or a phrase not tied to the emotional landscape of the lyric. Laila Biali is a musical treasure.»
– Rob Mathes, producer, arranger & composer (Sting, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Yo Yo Ma)
«Laila Biali is one of the most naturally gifted musicians I’ve ever worked with.»
– Paula Cole, Grammy winning recording artist
