Blue

Blue, her fifth solo recording, is the second installment of the internationally acclaimed vocalist’s “color series” collaboration with pianist/composer Mark Little. The project teaming the Polish born virtuoso singer with the veteran piano man from Texas, which began with the 2006 release of Black, takes on a new and exciting character with Blue.

The former date symbolized a beginning – rich, dark soils from which life springs – with modern, edgy, interpretations of timeless classics from the Great American Songbook that revealed Beata’s traditional jazz roots, displaying her rhythmic acuity and fine tuned control of tonality, solidly placing her in the lineage of great songstresses, such as Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McRae, Betty Carter and Shirley Horn.

On Blue she takes what was first developed on Black in different direction, eschewing the words of lyrics for a freer sound centered around her uncanny ability to achieve emotional depth through the melodic manipulation of rhythm and pitch.

Stations Playing Blue

Musicians of Blue

Mark Little – pianist, composer, producer
Jon Evans – bass, recording engineer
Ranzell Merritt – drums, voice
Darius Babazadeh – sax and flute
Scot Foster – guitar
Celia Malheiros – percussion
Josh Jones – percussion
Mikole Karr – clarinet/sax/flute
Carl Roessler – didgeridoo
David Sturdevant – harmonica

Label: B&B Records
Artist: Beata Pater
Title: Blue
Catalog Number: BB04-09
UPC Code: 82604900036
Media Release Date: June 14, 2011

Recording info

Produced by Beata Pater and Mark Little
Recording Engineer – Jon Evans
Recording Engineer – Mike Gibson
Mastering Engineer – Dale “D-Wiz” Everingham
Executive Producer – Mike Gibson