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Praised By All About Jazz For Her “warm And Supple Instrument That Serves As A Dispensary Of Emotional Power ” Nicky Schrire Is A Vocalist Composer And Arranger Whose Adventurous Spirit Reflects Her International Upbringing. London-Born And South African-Raised After Living In New York For Five Years She Recently Returned To Live In London. Schrire Graduated In 2011 From The Manhattan School Of Music Where She Earned A Masters Of Music Degree Under The Tutelage Of Peter Eldridge Theo Bleckmann And Dave Liebman. Growing Up In Cape Town South Africa Schrire Performed With Artists Such As Arno Carstens Judith Sephuma Sibongile Khumalo And Abdullah Ibrahim. Since Then She Has Performed Her Music In New York 55Bar The Kitano Boston Scullers Jazz Club Los Angeles The Blue Whale London The Forge Pizza Express Dublin National Concert Hall And South Africa Standard Bank Youth Jazz Festival . Often Praised For Her Choice Of Repertoire Hardbop Jazz Journal Described Her As “clever And Understated” While The Ottawa Citizen’s Peter Hum Noted That “while Schrire’s Esthetic May Be Free And Unbounded Her Music Is Anything But Casual.” A Semi-Finalist In The "Jazz Voices" Competition Klaipeda Lithuania And A Finalist In The "Voicingers International Vocal Jazz Competition" Zory Poland Schrire’s “irrepressible Style” LondonJazz Makes Her An In Demand Musician Both As A Bandleader And As A Sideman. She Lent Her Voice To New York Drummer Brian Adler’s “Helium Project” Which Featured Artists Such As Kate McGarry Dave Eggar And Ben Monder And Most Recently Basak Yavuz’s Debut Album Which Also Features Dave Liebman Richie Barshay And Peter Eldridge. Her Debut Album “Freedom Flight” Was Released In 2012 To Critical Acclaim And Landed On “Best Releases Of 2012” Lists From All About Jazz Jazz History Online Step Tempest And Popdose. Jason Crane The Jazz Session Described The Project As “an Album By A Talented Confident Singer With A Fresh Approach And The Voice To Bring Her Ideas To Life.” Hardbop Jazz Journal’s Steven Lewis Noted That “ Freedom Flight” Sounds Like The Work Of A Seasoned Veteran… Clever And Understated… It Is An Exceptional Debut.” Schrire’s 2013 Sophomore Release “Space And Time” Features Duets With Pianists Fabian Almazan Gerald Clayton And Gil Goldstein. Produced By Matt Pierson The Album Has Been Described As “breathtaking Stop-You-In-Your-Tracks Stuff…an Intimate Stunner” Dan Bilawsky All About Jazz And “fifty Minutes Of Emotionally Eventful Richly Crafted Music” Peter Hum Ottawa Citizen . Schrire Has Toured In Support Of The Album Performing In Los Angeles Boston South Africa And New York. Schrire’s Work Has Given Rise To Comparisons To Artists Such As Norma Winstone Tori Amos And Joni Mitchell Among Others. Her First Originals-Only EP “To The Spring” Was Released In March 2014 And Features Pianist Fabian Almazan And Bassist Desmond White. In July 2014 Schrire’s Composition “To Be” Was Selected One Of Six Chosen From Twenty Five Submissions To Be Performed By Juice Vocal Ensemble At Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre As Part Of The New Music Biennial. Jazz Journalist Jon Garelick Wrote “though Schrire’s Approach Has Earned Her Comparisons To Gretchen Parlato And Becca Stevens The Similarities Are Superficial. Like Parlato She’s An Assured Technician With A Whole Bag Of Impressive Tricks. Like Stevens And For That Matter Esperanza Spalding She Has An Affinity For Folk. But…she’s Got Her Own Thing And It’s Very Much Worth Listening To.” read less