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An accomplished singer and performer, Yardena has an extraordinary, sultry alto voice and stage presence that captivates an audience. Yardena brings warmth, subtlety, and power to a repertoire of Gershwin, Cole Porter, Ellington, innumerable other jazz and blues classics, and even her own material. she is comfortable performing with a full orchestra or a single piano, rendering a range of styles from haunting torch songs to Latin jazz to swinging standards with equal assurance. Yardena has been appearing in many clubs and cabarets in the New York area, including The Apollo Theater, Blue Note, Village Gate, Birdland, Iridium, Five Spot, Zinc Bar, Copeland's, Metronome, Central Park's Boathouse Cafe, Lola, Sign of the Dove, Garage Restaurant, American Park Restaurant, Metropolis, Louisiana, Deanna's, Tatou, Five Oaks, and Wilson's. She has performed at Harrah's Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, and also at the United Nations, including a special appearance for the Defense of Democracy Award dinner. Touring many venues in Morroco, Yardena entertained at Marrakech's La Mamounia Hotel in a gala charity benefit for young women's literacy programs, and is currently a member of International Women in Jazz. As a bandleader Yardena has worked with new talents as well as with great established performers such as John Benitez, Santi Dubriano, Harvy Shuartz, Boris Koslov, Edsel Gomez, Larry Willis, John di Martino, Bob Albanese, Gary Fisher, Vinny Valentino, Matt Ray and many others, with whom she has recorded a compilation CD. Yardena has also formed the band "Zona Tropical," heard on her second CD with original material composed in collaboration with Mark Holen. Her television appearances include the Tonight Show, Showtime at the Apollo, USA Cable's national rock video show, and Jazz Corner, among others. Yardena has explored other musical styles, having created the New Wave band "KOSME." As lead singer and songwriter, she was heard on radio and television and performed in New York clubs Magique and Panache. As lead performer for the rock band "Fat Alice from Dallas," Yardena did recording sessions for Atlantic Records and played at CBGB's and the Ritz. Yardena enjoyed three hit singles of her own material in Israel, and has performed at numerous festivals and concerts in Isreal and Europe. REVIEWS THE WALL STREET TRANSCRIPT "YARDENAis a vivacious ,sultry torch singer with good stage presence.she's an attractive women with a rich ,very musical voice.sensuality flows thru the room when she floats her gutsy blues into the air:her low notes will give you shivers .she plays in clubs around town-- look for her" YARDENA Spanish spice, rolled Rs, and piercing piano are this jazz vocalist's tango-tongued tools. Her unsubtle band bangs and bounces alongside her fiesty, fiery voice, making me forget that I usually discredit creamy-voiced singers as cartoonish.Wanna be transported to times long ago on continents not your own? Me neither, but enjoy this music anyway for its thrilling, thumping theatrics. Dec 26, 02 Daniel king The village voice CADENCE 'Yardena is a vocalist doing upbeat standards and on occasional ballad on YARDENA SINGS SWING ,LATIN& BLUES...SHE HAS THRATY ,SENSUOUS VOICE AND SINGS WITH AN EXUBERANT AIR. YARDENA HAS SURROUNDED HERSELF WITH STRONG PIANO-LED COMBO THAT NOT ONLY ACCOMPANY HER SINGING BUT ALSO SET A SWINGING MOOD OF THEIR OWN. THE INSTRUMENTATIONAL PORTION OF THE RECORDING ADDS GREATLY TO THE PERFORMANCE WHILE GIVING YARDENA A STRONG PLATFORM FROM WHICH TO EXPOUND. YARDENA IS BY NO MEANS A TIMID VOCALIST. SHE BELTS OUT THE TUNES WITH FORCEFULNESS TO ACCOMPANY THE EARTHINESS THAT PERMEATES THE SESSION. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG INSTRUMENTAL COALITION WITH YARDENA'S BOLD SINGING MAKES THE RECORDING ENJOYABLE...IT IS VOCAL JAZZ WITH UMPH... Check out the artist's website: http://www.yardena.com Track List: 1. But Not For Me 2. Lets Get Lost 3. Mood Indigo 4. Wild Is the Wind 5. Slightly Out of Tune 6. I Remember You 7. Caravan 8. Old Eyes 9. You Go to My Head 10. Beyond the Sea 11. What Is This Thing Called Love Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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