John Stowell - guitar
Kendra Shank - voice, electronic looper & effects

From "New York Conversations" CD - to be released April 8, 2014 on TCB--The Montreux Jazz label. Available on Amazon: lnkd.in/dgEjyF6

Composed by:  John Stowell - music, Kendra Shank - lyrics
The lyrics are names of New York City neighborhoods, in tribute to the city where this album was recorded.

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5.  New York Conversations

John Stowell - guitars
Kendra Shank - voice, electronic looper & effects

From "New York Conversations" CD - to be released April 8, 2014 on TCB--The Montreux Jazz label. Available on Amazon: lnkd.in/dgEjyF6

composed by:  Woody Guthrie / traditional

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3.  Hard Travelin' / Motherless Child

Kendra Shank - voice, shaker
John Stowell - guitars

From "New York Conversations" CD - to be released April 8, 2014 on TCB--The Montreux Jazz label. Available on Amazon: lnkd.in/dgEjyF6

Composed by:  Irving Berlin

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1.  Blue Skies

New York vocalist KENDRA SHANK and Portland, Oregon guitarist JOHN STOWELL, have been having musical conversations for over two decades, resulting in a deep synergy.  Their highly personal, interactive and original sound infuses a mix of modern jazz compositions, standards, free improvisations, and original material.  Shank sometimes takes an instrumental role, coloring her voice with electronic effects and live looping to create wordless, layered textures upon which Stowell weaves sensuous, harmonically inventive guitar lines.  "New York Conversations," their first recording together, was described as "magical" and "ingenious" by The Wall Street Journal and "a thrilling excursion" by Jazz Times.  Released in 2014 by TCB--The Montreux Jazz Label with U.S. distribution by Allegro.

JOHN STOWELL's 40-year career includes performances with Tom Harrell, Lionel Hampton, Art Farmer, Milt Jackson, David Liebman, Larry Coryell, and a 7-year touring and recording association with bassist David Friesen which included 6 albums and performances in Europe, Canada, Australia, and the USA.  A harmonically adventuresome player and talented composer, Stowell has released 9 critically-acclaimed CDs as a leader, with festival appearances at Monterey, Saratoga, Telluride, Berlin, Molde, Montreal, and more.  Chosen “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” by DownBeat’s International Critic’s Poll, he is also an in-demand teacher and clinician of jazz guitar and has taught at the country's most prestigious schools of music, including numerous "Artist in Residence" series.  www.johnstowell.com.

KENDRA SHANK's 5 critically acclaimed CDs have won numerous “Best of the Year” awards and DownBeat poll recognition.  Since her 1992 debut at the Village Vanguard (presented by Shirley Horn), Shank has become a mainstay on New York's jazz scene and has toured in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Canada, and the USA.  She has been featured on NPR's JazzSet and Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz and at jazz festivals including JVC, Saratoga, Port Townsend, Vienne, Marciac, Calgary, and Edmonton, among others.  In addition to leading her New York quartet of 15 years with Frank Kimbrough, Dean Johnson, and Tony Moreno, she has performed and/or recorded with Abbey Lincoln, Fred Hersch, Geoffrey Keezer, Jay Clayton, Gary Bartz, Victor Lewis, Matt Wilson, Ben Monder, and many more.  www.kendrashank.com.

Shank-Stowell Duo