Kristen Lee Sergeant

Live Performance: “Oh my gosh. That was my immediate reaction to Kristen Lee Sergeant. Oh my gosh, oh my goodness, golly Moses, holy wow. OMG. Those are the thoughts that were going through my head as I watched the jazz set presented by Kristen Lee Sergeant and friends in the Birdland Theater. Kristen Lee Sergeant has risen to the occasion and has every tool, every skill, every intention of causing inside of her listeners every emotion a person can feel, all of which she achieves in the most splendidly excessive, intricately contained, theatrically subdued knowing sass. She is an enigmatic ball of fire, energetically laid back, and cool, oh so cool, from the pointed toe of her pump to last wild curl on her strawberry blonde head.” BroadwayWorld.com (full review here) Stephen Moser, Cabaret Editor (November, 2019) On “Smolder”: “Sergeant’s training as an actress and classical vocalist enable her to craft moments of engaging drama, whether she’s seductively sliding into a note with a near-whisper, delivering a breathy revelation or belting out a lyric with full-throated muscularity… This elegant album illustrates what can happen when admirable ambition is paired with vocal vibrancy.” DownBeat Magazine Bobby Reed, Editor (Editor’s Pick, March 2019) “As an arranger Sergeant paints with beauty and perspective…as a singer she balances passion and poise in her uncovering of the song’s hidden angles and inner truths

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Live Performance: “Oh my gosh. That was my immediate reaction to Kristen Lee Sergeant. Oh my gosh, oh my goodness, golly Moses, holy wow. OMG. Those are the thoughts that were going through my head as I watched the jazz set presented by Kristen Lee Sergeant and friends in the Birdland Theater. Kristen Lee Sergeant has risen to the occasion and has every tool, every skill, every intention of causing inside of her listeners every emotion a person can feel, all of which she achieves in the most splendidly excessive, intricately contained, theatrically subdued knowing sass. She is an enigmatic ball of fire, energetically laid back, and cool, oh so cool, from the pointed toe of her pump to last wild curl on her strawberry blonde head.” BroadwayWorld.com (full review here) Stephen Moser, Cabaret Editor (November, 2019) On “Smolder”: “Sergeant’s training as an actress and classical vocalist enable her to craft moments of engaging drama, whether she’s seductively sliding into a note with a near-whisper, delivering a breathy revelation or belting out a lyric with full-throated muscularity… This elegant album illustrates what can happen when admirable ambition is paired with vocal vibrancy.” DownBeat Magazine Bobby Reed, Editor (Editor’s Pick, March 2019) “As an arranger Sergeant paints with beauty and perspective…as a singer she balances passion and poise in her uncovering of the song’s hidden angles and inner truths. …Regardless of what material she’s working with, Sergeant makes her mark by molding a song and owning its intentions with wisdom and clarity…Kristen Lee Sergeant is most certainly deserving of greater recognition.” All About Jazz Dan Bilawsky (June 2019) “…Smolder promises to push her rise even further. The 10 tracks…crackle with warmth and feeling.” The New York City Jazz Record Suzanne Lorge (March 2019) “..a Chris Connor thrush for millenials. Handily wrapping a lyric around her little finger, as easily as she will you, with a great, clear voice expressing what the writer wanted from the 30’s to the 80s (and then on to her own stuff from now) this is a solid work of jazz vocal that’s modern but in the tradition. A most solid bet for those who appreciate solid vocal work surrounded by ace cats allowed to do their thing.” The Midwest Record “A special singer can evoke a thermometer’s span of temperatures while sustaining a singular fire within. Kristen Lee Sergeant is special.” Bob Blumenthal, Grammy Award winning author

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