| |
|
|
|
|
Swing and Standards
When You’re Smiling
Blue Moon
My Baby Just Cares For Me
When I Fall In Love
I Get A Kick Out of You
Winnipeg At Night
|
|
Photo:
Stephan McNeill
|
|
|
There is chemistry between Julie Michels and her audience. Rising out of her love for interpretation
and her penchant for bringing songs from other genres into the jazz oeuvre,
this chemistry is rooted in her ability to vocalize arrangement and instrumentation,
flowing effortlessly from within.
Michels’ intense, original and joyous sound grabs familiar melodies
from every decade and welds them to original and wonderfully thick chords
influenced by every international tradition.
Her ability to phrase a lyric and improvise over a melody gives every
song a clarity that stays in your mind long after the band stops playing.
|
|
Latin
Cravo e Canella
Nature Boy
One Note Samba
Girl From Ipanema
|
|
|
|
Photo: Greg King
|
|
She studied with legendary bassist, Richard Davis. She has worked with George Koller, Ottawa’s
Chelsea Bridge, Kevin Barrett,
Michael Danso and her bands Sutra and the
Human Music Project creating magic at many popular jazz venues, including
The Montreal Bistro, Top of the Senator, The Rex, Hugh's Room, The National
Arts Centre, Statlers Lounge
and Canadian and European music
festivals to great responses and packed houses.
|
|
|
Bebop and Blues
All Blues
Valerie’s Song
Donna Lee
Ain’t No Sunshine
|
|
Photo: Greg
King
|
|
|
Julie's CD’s include "Singing Naked" (with
bassist George Koller), "Live at Statlers" (with
guitarist Kevin Barrett), the soundtrack for "Pivoting Echoes"
(debuted in January 2004, a series of pieces written by Julie, George Koller
and Kristian Alexandrov for the Decidedly
Jazz Danceworks, one of Canada’s premier dance companies), with her
latest appearance on the big band jazz release, "Seriously Happy”, rounded
out by years of work as a studio singer on many projects in many genres,
including the award-winning “Ancient Voices”.
|
|
Click here to stream a play list of all of the above songs
|
|
Julie Michels’ big, multi-coloured voice is the perfect compliment to
every genre she touches. Between
shivers, heat and chills up the spine, the audience is dancing in the aisles,
hearts echoing her penetrating rhythms.
|
|
