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this is the first jazz-quartet album and features anthony d’alessandro on piano, thomas hainbuch on bass, and jacob wutzke on drums. it was recorded in her hometown at the national music centre. while both the originals and covers have sophisticated and elegant arrangements, gyorgy admits that many of the songs also have, by necessity, a bit of a spontaneous vibe. part of the motivation was to build up a new body of work because she had grown a little tired of playing the material from featuring, her juno-winning 2023 album, while on tour.
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of course, to get to the level where songs come so freely doesn’t happen overnight and gyorgy has been a conscientious student of jazz since she was in her final year of high school at central memorial and discovered the genre after joining the jazz choir. she then left for toronto for humber college’s jazz program. as with past albums, hello! how are you? showcases gyorgy’s love of scat singing, but even that improvised form required a lot of prep work over the years.
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since graduating from humber, she has amassed an eclectic body of work that has included 2023’s you’re alike, you two, which featured gyorgy and pianist mark limacher performing jerome kern composition. featuring followed her 2022 ep, now pronouncing: caity gyorgy , which she recorded in toronto while still a student at humber. the prolific artist has another album recorded with limacher of american songwriter frank loesser, who wrote the music and lyrics for broadway musicals guys and dolls and how to succeed in business without really trying and the standard baby it’s cold outside. but before she releases that, she is waiting to hear back about a grant for another project of original compositions written for a 41-piece orchestra and recorded at the national music centre.
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