Imagine a landscape where progressive rock, classical art song, jazz and electronic music converge into battle for the territory.

11 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Jazz Vocals, POP: Quirky



Details:
Moon in Grenadine, Emily Bezar's second independently released recording, is a song cycle about love, marriage and permanence, portraying couples in various stages of matrimony. These are songs for lovers who have seen their moon inflamed... Bezar careens from rock arias of operatic intensity to intimate piano/voice episodes to sophisticated, horn-infused chamber jazz. Her vocal style hovers around the intersection of pop, jazz and classical often shifting mid-phrase to an unexpected inflection. Mostly acoustic in flavor, this album hints at the lush electronic sound Bezar explored in her 1993 debut album Grandmother's Tea Leaves, but gains a new dynamism and immediacy with the addition of a blazing rhythm section.

"An album that puts the listener into a luxurious world of pure sonic beauty."

- East Bay Express


"Bezar's intelligence is overwhelming - there's enough richness, rigor, allusion, and surprise here to keep you thinking till next year."

- Stereophile Magazine

"Art rock is alive and well in Berkeley."

- Keyboard Magazine