Kristin Berardi - Jenna Cave: Grief, Hope, Love (2024) [Hi-Res]

In April 2022, at the age of 38, my life was completely turned on its head. I became a solo parent to my three-year-old daughter and was thrown into the depths of grief and trauma and when my husband died from suicide.

Commissioned by ABC Jazz, “Grief, Hope, Love” is a suite of 6 songs I wrote in the 12 months after his death. With themes of hope and resilience in the face of loss and despair, these songs became an outlet for me to articulate, process and express my raw emotional states during the early stages of grief, including my sheer gratitude for the love and joy that still existed alongside my pain. Sung with deep empathy by the exceptional vocalist Kristin Berardi, I hope that this music may allow listeners suffering from grief and loss (particularly due to suicide) to feel heard and held, and that sharing my stories may increase grief literacy in the community.

Jenna Cave (composer/musical director)
Kristin Berardi (vocals)
Yutaro Okuda (guitar)
Tom Avgenicos (trumpet/flugelhorn)
Loretta Palmeiro (saxophones, clarinet)
Hannah James (double bass)
Chloe Kim (drums)