Like Norah at the piano, doing spoken word and song in the jazz vein of Tom Waits. Sensuous, hip, dreamlike, and edgy; with poetry by Franz Douskey.

12 MP3 Songs in this album (34:41) !
Related styles: JAZZ: Jazz Vocals, SPOKEN WORD: Poetry

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Think of wood smoke in a midnight kitchen, the music of Miles, whirling topiaries of snow, mankindâs hapless rise from the mud and there you have but a few of the themes of Archeology of Night, Sarah Heathâs intimate musical settings of selected poems by noted New England writer Franz Douskey, whose work has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications such as Rolling Stone, The Nation, and The New Yorker.

Sarahâs velvety spoken word and jazz flavored songs will easily carry listeners over Douskeyâs unpredictable and often unsettling terrain of the human landscape, accompanied by piano, bass and percussion. The idea is reminiscent of Jack Kerouacâs explorations of jazz and beat poetry in the 50âs, but with an entirely different aesthetic. Ms. Heath is an expressive vocalist and composer who has thoughtfully combined music and spoken word here in ways that are both artistic and compelling. The result is a collection that is whimsical, irreverent, heartfelt, experimental, and utterly fresh.

Sarah Heath has previously performed and recorded extensively with The Heath Sisters, and has appeared in books and CDâs by Sandra Boynton, notably âPhiladelphia Chickens,â nominated for a Grammy in 2003.

Her solo projects include the 2009 instrumental Solstice recording, âWintersong,â for piano, guitar, celesta, and alto glockenspiel.

She is currently working on âThe Song Garden for Piano,â an illustrated Kodaly influenced teaching series for young beginners. She teaches middle school music and private piano students by day and plays in a steel drum band on Monday nights. In the summer she heads for the woods, due North.