Marilyn Kleinberg - Let Your Heart Lead the Way (2022)

You’ve heard Will Galison’s unique, soulful harmonica sound on the themes of “Sesame Street”, “The Untouchables”, “Bagdad Café” and hundreds of other movie scores, albums and commercials. Harmonica master, Toots Thielemans, called Will “The most original and individual of the new generation of harmonica players”. He has recorded and/or performed with stars as varied as Sting, Donald Fagen, Tommy Emmanuel, Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, Chaka Khan, Ruth Brown, Jaco Pastorius, Madeleine Peyroux, the O’Jays and Peggy Lee.

Will has released numerous albums under his own name as a multi-instrumentalist and also as a singer/songwriter.. His collaborations include “Got You On My Mind” with Madeleine Peyroux, which Jazz Times called “A match made in musical heaven”. Downbeat’s Bill Milkowski wrote: “Galison reveals himself to be an accomplished guitarist and he delights with a few vocal numbers as well, which make him a real triple threat.”

Marilyn’s stage presence, confidence and time-honored soulful voice hearkens back to that ol’ diva style. It’s as if the internationally renowned and much loved American jazz and blues singers passed the torch to her in gratitude for keeping the jazz flame alive. She’s the real deal.

Marilyn, child of the Bronx and daughter of comedian Bernie Allen, started her singing career in schoolyard a cappella groups. As a teenager, she toured the U.S. with various rock, pop and soul bands and it was on this journey that she found JAZZ.

With her sassy, sultry and sometimes rather bawdy style, she quickly became an admired vocalist in the Greenwich Village venues, such as Seventh Avenue South (The Brecker Brothers Hip Club), 55 Grand St. (a mecca for musicians ), Sweet Basil (Rhythm), the Blue Note, Smalls and Mezzrow. Her star list of accompanists along the way, included Kenny Kirkland, Harry Whitaker, Larry Willis, John DiMartino, Ron Carter, Jaco Pastorius, Buster Williams, Alex Blake, Hiram Bullock, Saul Rubin, Cindy Blackman, Buddy Williams & Victor Lewis.

Marilyn Kleinberg & Will Galison CD Release party: “Let Your Heart Lead the Way” will feature John DiMartino -piano, Noriko Ueda-bass, and Willy Jones lll – drums.