Ella Gahnt - Third Stage of Elegance (2015)

Tracklist

01. What You'll Hear from Me
02. Let It Be Yesterday
03. Butterfly
04. To Be
05. A Gloomy Day
06. Some Other Spring
07. When You Walk Away
08. What Would It Take
09. The Golden Years


Ella Gahnt is a Philly-based Jazz vocalist who has been dubbed "Philly's Class Act" by local media and fans. She has performed throughout the Philly, Tri-State area and New York at various popular venues with her ensemble and other groups. Ella tells musical stories in her own unique way while honoring the vocal legacy of Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Carmen McCrae, Betty Carter and Ella Fitzgerald.

"Third Stage of Elegance" is Ella Gahnt's third CD, but unlike her other two - "Immaculate Union" and "By Request," this CD contains all originals written by Ella, Leon Mitchell, and a cut shared with songwriter-pianist Carol Frazier. In "Third Stage of Elegance," Ella Gahnt bends the fabric of Jazz with her voice and style. All of the different vocal influences like those treasured vocalists mentioned above and also Roberta Flack and Nina Simone, are evident and channeled through her singing. The stories she tells with these songs are her own that come from her life, love and spiritual experiences. Everyone from the hard-core Jazz enthusiast to the newly initiated will find something to relate to as Ella takes us on her personal journey - the third stage of her musical life.

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