Heard a concert last night with Montreal based jazz vocalist Caity Gyorgy and my favorite local (Calgary) pianist, Mark Limacher. Fantastic!!
Caity posts wonderful vocal performances of transcriptions of jazz instrumental solos on liftaday, her Instagram account. Very cool.
I posted this in What are you listening to a few days ago, but thought it might fit better here.
I added this for an earlier scott1 entry that showed “video unavailable” on my device. Great thread.
@james18 - Just went down a Caity Gyorgy rabbit hole and loved what I heard. I especially love her scat, and it makes sense after seeing the Instagram you mentioned - liftaday - what a cool concept and I JUST love how easily she interprets a wide variety of instruments, not just horn. Very inspiring. Here’s a few videos I enjoyed of her talent…
She has such a bright, authentic voice. I love her range, and how light her high end touch is… very uplifting.
She is a songwriter too, and was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2021 John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the Jazz category for her song "Secret Safe”.
This next one is not my favorite song, but I love how she handles some of those tricky spots in the melody at the end.
Also, Id love to do a duet next time you are in the USA, but since it’s harder to meet up these days, wondering about doing a long distance Duet this way @Hayden ?
Finally, I watched this and thought I’d share. She seems to truly love transcribing/lifting and it’s contagious. Watching her lift the guitar has got me inspired to do much more transcriptions for 2022~~ yes, my resolutions for the new year has begun! Not sure I could do every day, but maybe 1 a month.
Thanks for the inspiration and all the beautiful music shared. The Christmas Waltz was fun, and I believe I was able to hear that Beautiful Love by Tierney Sutton and Christian Jacob before but heard lots more beautiful details this time around @BrianP
You’re right. The Caity Gyorgy video on transcription is “contagious.” It does make you want get to it.
Thanks for your input here at PianoGroove–and have a very Happy New Year! 
beautiful song and arrangement
HNY to all pianogroovers !! 
the cover of this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyjyNw3OKFk
Thanks @scott1! I’m very thankful to be part of the PG community! Such talent and kindness that I find here, it supports musical growth in a way that is so important and yet so rare.
And in that spirit, hoping everyone has a safe and healthy Holiday! Wanted to share a bluegrass version of Old Lang Syne since it’s close to my roots, and a tradition steeped in improvisation and vocal harmonies - 2 of my favorite parts of music.
Love your bluegrass version of “Auld Lang Syne.” I was a fan of country and bluegrass long before I became interested in jazz. My roots are in NW Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
And now for something completely different. Yilian Cañizares has a new EP on the way, and this is the first release, “Plumas en en el viento” (Feathers in the Wind). Her voice and her violin are captivating. Enjoy! 
I’ve been spending a lot of time studying Brazilian pianists. I came across a few really fine tunes frorm Tania Maria, a pianist/vocalist (b. 1948). I posted one of her videos here some time ago.
The first is a live recording of “Estate” that I thought you would like. (Hayden has a transcription of it somewhere.) That tune and the other two–“Dee Dee Vee” and “Senso Unico”-- are from the album Tempo (@2011 Naive ). On “Dee Dee Vee” she doesn’t sing but does some interesting vocal effects that include a conversation with the bassist toward the end. That bassist is Eddie Gomez who spent 11 years with the Bill Evans Trio. The last tune is “Senso Unico.” It’s an instrumental, but I thought it worth including to show a bit more of her piano style. I hope you enjoy.
Yilian Canizares’s song and video are esquisite. And I Love Tania Maria! What a fun bounce to the groove in Dear Dee Dee and she is just so commanding of voice and hands. I’m in awe of such a Master.
We have similar roots - Texas and Louisiana. I was raised on Old School Country like Willie Nelson and Robert Earl Keen. Later I fell in love with Bluegrass in the Austin late 90’s early 2000’s music scene. I frequented a blue grass jam in Wimberley, Texas that left a mark on me. It was a huge circle of mainly elders but they welcomed any serious enough student, of any age. They all played together, a huge circle of stringed instruments. It was outside so no piano. But they all sang harmonies and most took solos. I loved the sense of community and lack of pretense. It was a great way to gain confidence in your music and in particular, there were quite a few young musicians who have made great musical careers since then.
This video shares that spirit of elders supporting youngsters in music and showcases one of those great young stars Sarah Jarosz. She is singing and playing here with my favorite singing violinist Alison Krauss and I believe that’s the great Jerry Douglass on Dobro.
I went to Paris and NYC to be amongst a strong jazz tradition, but after almost 20 years, seems I’m returning to my roots:) I love music in general, but when there’s improvisation AND harmonies involved? Count me in!
I share your love of bluegrass, and I love Alison Krauss. The sessions she has shared with Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin are incredible.
Here’s something that I think you will like from the Brazilian pianist/vocalist/composer Tania Marīa (b. 1948). These clips are from her album Viva María (℗ 1980 Concord Picante). I came to these to study the piano; you can study the vocals as well. Enjoy!
Here’s the Spotify link to the album if you’re interested:
One critic said that Antonio Carlos Jobim was the heart of Bossa Nova and that Elis Regina was the voice. Here are some videos from Elis Regina’s 1973 live MPB [Musica Popular Brasileiro] television broadcast special that showcase that voice. Apart from the intimacy of her voice, of interest is the understated piano accompaniment of César Camargo Mariano, her husband. Of all these tunes, she made Jobim’s “Águas de Março” her own. Enjoy! 
(A note: this session was set up as a tune followed by an interview. Stop each video at the end and click on the next one, unless you speak Portuguese 
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