BLOOD AND BONE -  a brand new album by Joanna Wallfisch

All songs by Joanna Wallfisch
Recorded at The Bunker Studios, New York. September 2016

Featuring:
Joanna Wallfisch - vocals, piano, keys, flute, ukuleles
Jesse Elder - piano, keys
Pablo Menares - bass
Kenneth Salters - drums
Elias Meister - guitar
Jared Engel - banjo
On 'Bo Ba Bo' - featuring the voices of the Songbound Children's Choir of Mumbai.

Blood And Bone

This is a collection of acapella compositions and arrangements I have created over the last five years, from live vocal looping tracks, to in studio recordings. I have taken inspiration from singers such as Laura Mvula and Joni Mitchell and turned their songs (Sing to the Moon / All I Want) into atmospheric, almost hymnal songs. My arranmgents of the well known jazz standards, such as Our Love Is Here To Stay is some of my more tongue in cheek, fun work. 
Since these recordings and demos I continue to write for voice, in both large and small ensemble formats. 
For more information about my music please go to: www.joannawallfisch.com

This Is How You Make Me Feel Bip

SING TO THE MOON RUFF

All I Want - Mix 4 - New

Our Love Is Here To Stay Ac V101

Our Love Is Here To Stay

Every Time We Say Goodbye

Original Songs 2013/14

Celebrate  This Love

"Hopeful Hearts"

written by Joanna Wallfisch and Dan Navarro June 2018
Performed by Joanna Wallfisch - vocals and tenor guitar
	 
LYRICS:
The river flows, its fingers gold
And from your eyes, a love grown old
I take your hand, you say goodbye, 
And so we go now where the river flows.

We walk in time to the open road, 
And on my mind the dreams we sowed, 
In the clouds and in the stars, 
A thousand wishes, two hopeful hearts. 

Ooooooh….

Next to the river, I lay my head,  
My heart, my memories, I made my bed,
I held the rushes as they moved slow, 
Now I go where the river flows

ooooh

The river flows, its fingers gold, 
The birds all sing a ray of hope, 
I’ll always love you, of this I know
And so we go where the river flows
So we go where the river flows…………………
Where the river flows

© 2018 "HOPEFUL HEARTS"

Hopeful Hearts

written by Joanna Wallfisch
Produced by Daniel Corral

©2018 It's A Perfect Day

It's A Perfect Day

"Pont Louis Phillippe" written by Joanna Wallfisch, March 2018 at The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

The lyrics in the song are based on Joanna's true life experience when she lived in Paris and met a musician named René Miller. His music drifted across the roofs of Paris and into her ears, and she followed the sound until she found him. She then proceeded to sing with him for the next three months, and this was the beginning of her journey as a professional musician.

Ballet of Birds BANFF 2018

PONT LOUIS PHILIPPE

Hailed by pianist Fred Hersch as “a real discovery—a first-rate musician in every way,” British vocalist / composer Joanna Wallfisch has built an impressive profile since her move to New York from London in 2012. She has emerged as an important voice, combining “the intimate purview of a singer-songwriter with the technical liberties of a jazz improviser” (Steve Smith, The Boston Globe). Underlying that voice is a composer who explores fresh aesthetics while highlighting her playfulness and fruitful imagination.
 
Her third record, Gardens In My Mind, due July 22, 2016, on Sunnyside Records, features pianist Dan Tepfer on piano and the award-winning classical string ensemble The Sacconi Quartet. Showcasing Joanna’s pure vocals and poetic lyrics, she weaves together singer-songwriter, folk, jazz, contemporary and indie pop music using her lush string arrangements and Tepfer’s inimitable pianistic talents.
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Joanna’s debut recording on Sunnyside Records, an intimate duo project with Tepfer entitled The Origin of Adjustable Things, received wide critical acclaim. In a 4.5 star review, Jon Garelick wrote in DownBeat: “This collection suggests the sung poetry of contemporary art songs. The subtle chiaroscuro effects of dynamics, dissonance or vibrato, and her focused, crystalline delivery will melt any purist’s heart.”
 
Born in London to a family of renowned classical musicians, Joanna earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree at Central Saint Martins College, London and École Superior des Beaux Arts, Paris. In 2011 she went on to complete a Masters in Jazz Performance from London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, during which time she released her debut album Wild Swan, featuring New York City jazz talents Rob Garcia, Joe Martin, Art Hirahara and Sam Newsome.
 
Her constant experimentation extends beyond composition and arrangement to her striking live performances. A master of vocal-looping, her innovative techniques allow her to generate riveting performances by creating beguiling vocal and percussive soundscapes to accompany her self-penned songs. Supporting that is her work with piano and ukulele, as well as her full band, Sea Gardens.
 
Joanna has had the opportunity to tour with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and has also appeared with the Lee Konitz Quartet. She has toured her own projects internationally, including in Europe, Australia, Japan and throughout the US. She is also a regular collaborator within the dance, circus and theatre worlds.
 
In addition to her work as a performer, she has worked on multiple film soundtracks—her song “Satellite” is featured in the movie Pressure, starring Danny Huston, while other credits include All the Beautiful Things (Sundance), Desert Dancer, Dear Wendy and Summer in February. She is also the featured voice in the national ad campaign of Hillshire Farms.
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Alongside Joanna’s performance and compositional work, she is a passionate educator, especially in the field of early music education. In February of 2016 she ventured to Mumbai to direct a choir of 200 children with Songbound, a charity bringing music to some of India’s poorest, most marginalized children.

International appearances include: The Ageas International Festival, UK (2014&15) / Smalls, NY / The American Ambassadors Residence, Prague / The Prague Castle / Sunside Jazz Club, Paris / The Blue Whale, LA / RugTime, Osaka, Japan / The Andaz, Maui / Sundance Film Festival, 2014 / The Kennedy Center, DC; Boston Symphony; Rose Theatre, NY - with JALCO, Wynton Marsalis and Chorale Le Chateau / The Barbican Center, London / Le Poisson Rouge, NY / The Lilypad, Boston / Ronnie Scotts, London...

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