Red
Jazz Weekly
Vocalist/violinist Beata Pater mixes and matches a variety of sounds and styles here, with a combination of old school acoustic and Headhunter funky modern. Electric fusion sounds from the late…
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Red
“Pater puts together some spunky, perky, florid, sassy, rambunctious songs that transport the listener”
Beata Pater's 6th solo CD, the 3rd in her color series, might best be remarked by her choice of covers: Freddie Hubbard's Red Clay, Herbie Hancock's Butterfly, and Marek Balata's…
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Red
“a tour de force performance that goes beyond scat singing and takes vocalese to another level”
Red is the third album in jazz singer Beata Pater’s color series. Beginning in 2006 with Black, she (in collaboration with pianist/composer Mark Little) put together a set of familiar…
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Red
“Beata Pater gets 4.5 Stars. The future of vocal jazz is in good hands!”
The follow up to "Blue" finds Pater reinventing some standard fare utilizing her voice not as the lead instrument as with Blue but instead as part of the effervescent hooks…
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Red
“a highly personal, joyful & exhilarating musical statement”
I'm really in love with "Red", the kind of music that moves me, and possesses that kind of energy that attracted me to jazz via fusion in my childhood. Beata's "Red" is superbly electrifying, full of high-speed energy.
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Red
“music that pushes the envelope of vocal jazz and R&B”
Pater draws every bit of creativity from her mezzo-soprano voice. Her capability is elastic like that of Betty Carter and Cheryl Bentyne, with the midrange guts of Sarah Vaughan.
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