A fun jazz salsa about a tourist who stumbles on love in Europe. (by Cheryl Hodge, c. 2013) from the 2014 jazz album, "One Day When I Wasn't Looking".

The Cheryl Hodge Group - Cara Mia - One Day When I Wasn't Looking

I just love this Gershwin classic!  From the 2014 CD release "One Day When I Wasn't Looking" with John Stowell on guitar, Cheryl Hodge (vocals/keys), Dave Captein (bass), Charlie Doggett (drums)

The Cheryl Hodge Group  - It Ain't Necessarily So - One Day When I Wasn't Looking

The Way You Deliver

Friend In Me

Submitted to the Grammy's as "Best Jazz Vocal Album".  As an Indie songwriter/producer, I will say there was some Steely Dan influence in making my new Concept Album, "Living Off the Grid", for sure. I'm not a complete iconoclast. Ha! On board for the adventure: Stu Hamm (formerly with Joe Satriani & Steve Vai), Jim Cox (currently on tour w/James Taylor), David Longoria (world class brass man), Dee Daniels (one of the top jazz vocalists in the world), Pat Mastelotto (drummer for King Crimson), jazz guitar god John Stowell, Sax phenom Josh Cook, Bassmen Dave Captein & Dylan Hodge, drummer Charlie Doggett, Guitar greats Cliff Maddix & Brian Cunningham, Sherrie Montgomery - and a host of GREATS. Dang. This was fun to make.

Living Off The Grid

On Senegal (from the album Living Off the Grid): Vocalist/piano: Cheryl Hodge, Synth: Jim Cox (currently on tour w/James Taylor), Trumpet: David Longoria (world class brass man),  jazz guitar god John Stowell, Sax phenom Josh Cook, Bassmen Dave Captein, drummer Charlie Doggett

Senegal

I will say there was some Steely Dan influence in making my new Concept Album, "Living Off the Grid", for sure. I'm not a complete iconoclast. On this cut: "Darryl's Organic Farm": Vocals/piano: Cheryl Hodge; Synth: Jim Cox (currently on tour w/James Taylor), Pat Mastelotto (drummer for King Crimson), Guitar great Brian Cunningham, Sax phenom Josh Cook, Bassman Dylan Hodge, drummer Charlie Doggett.

Darryls Organic Farm

From The Cheryl Hodge Group's Concept Album, "Living Off the Grid", this is about the state of the planet: with Stu Hamm (formerly with Joe Satriani & Steve Vai), Cheryl Hodge (keys/vocals), Sax phenom Josh Cook, Bassmen Dave Captein & Dylan Hodge, drummer Charlie Doggett, Guitar great Brian Cunningham. (Co-written with Josh Cook.)

High Noon At The Earths OK Corral

Submission for the 59th Grammys:  Best R&B Traditional Performance; Best R&B Song . From The Cheryl Hodge Group's new Concept Album, "Living Off the Grid".  On this track: Vocalist/pianist Cheryl Hodge, International Jazz Star Vocalist: Dee Daniels, jazz guitar great Brian Cunningham, Sax phenom Josh Cook, Bassman Dave Captein, drummer Charlie Doggett.

One Step At A Time Duet Cheryl Hodge And Dee Daniels

The final track in the concept album, "Living Off the Grid" features an entirely different vocalist and group:  Sherrie Montgomery and the Luau Girlz.  The album is part of a show which centers on the slow destruction of the planet.  This is the final track when the island sinks slowly into the sea.

Blue Hawaiian Moonlight Featuring Sherrie Montgomery And The Luau Girlz

This song is about having an epiphany as to why you're on the planet! Written while on an eerie walk thru a graveyard... (whah???) by Cheryl Hodge  NOMINATED FOR BEST BLUES SONG, Hollywood Music In Media Awards, 2011

Written by Cheryl Hodge, Copyright 2009. Produced (with thanks) at Selkirk College. Engineering/Mixing: Steven Parish. Arranged by Don MacDonald. Keys: Gilles Parenteau. Horns: Rick Lingard, Tim Bullen, Keith Todd. Vocals: Cheryl Hodge, Laura Landsberg, Don MacDonald. Guitar: Darren Mahe. Bass: Mark Spielman. Drums: Steven Parish.

That's Why I'm Here

This song is dedicated to all who struggle with dementia, and have recently discovered the healing power of Music.

"To Walk In My Shoes (Dementia Blues) (c. 2019, Cheryl Hodge)
Woke up this morning not knowing high from low Woke up this morning not knowing where to go Woke up this morning not knowing left from right They don’t know what it’s like to walk in my shoes.
Hey voodoo lady, just singing over there Hey voodoo lady, what you got to share Sing voodoo lady and do not leave my sight Seems you know what it’s like
To walk in my shoes
Everyday’s an uphill climb
No one even knows that I’m alive
But somewhere deep inside me
There’s an old familiar tune
And your music can’t come to me too soon.
Start to see the light of day, the music’s in my head Start to see the light of day, it’s everything they said Start to sing the blues; that just might make things right *And they’ll know what it’s like
To walk in my shoes.
*(Tag:)
And they’ll know what it’s like And you’ll know what it’s like You’ll all know what it’s like To walk in my shoes.

To Walk In My Shoes (Dementia Blues) - Cheryl Hodge - 01 To Walk In My Shoes (Dementia Blues)

Owner of CherylHodge.com Records (formerly known at JazzBoulevard.com Records). Founder of Dementia Singalong Therapy Program. Cheryl at Hollywood Music In Media Awards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ijstwChAVU Lively touring jazz/blues/R&B & piano bar performer, Cheryl Hodge, is always on the scene. She is a dual citizen (U.S./Canada), and both passports are current. Recently she was nominated for Best Jazz Song, 2016; and received the award for BEST JAZZ SONG, 2013 (Hollywood Music In Media Awards) at the Fonda Theater in Hollywood. Hollywood critic Jim DeCicco (of the Hollywood Music In Media Awards) called her Blues recording: "A masterfully produced contemporary (Chicago) jazz/blues release that is fresh and vivid. World class performances and arrangements – a must for any true music lover's collection." Downbeat critic, Bob Protzman said of Indigo: "In the seemingly eternal debate about who or what is or isn't a jazz singer, anybody with ears would without hesitation and with great enthusiasm cite Cheryl Hodge as the real thing." Hodge is the winner of the GRINDIE Award (RadioIndy.com). Author of "A Singer's Guide to the Well-Trained & Powerful Voice". As a professor, she served for 8 years on voice faculty at Berklee College of Music, and for 21 years at Selkirk College in Nelson, BC. Career extends back to 1990, when she sang hundreds of commercials in Boston, as well as on ATCO Record's 1990 "Record of the Year": Lost Souls, The Raindogs.

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