René Marie - Black Lace Freudian Slip(Motéma Music 2011)

"Black Lace Freudian Slip" is a study in contrasts, as Marie uses a sensuous delivery that shows off her feminine wiles, while also infusing her vocals with the type of boastful braggadocio usually reserved for male rappers, but that's only one side of this complex individual. Elsewhere, she touches on a folk-country hybrid that leans toward the sound of Ray LaMontagne ("Wishes"), boisterous pseudo-samba ("Rufast Daliarg"), stunning, soulful displays of vocal intensity ("Deep In The Mountains"), and music with earthy bass and tom grooves that wear textural designs often found in the work of Cassandra Wilson ("Ahn's Dream"). While Marie rails against the notion of people comparing her to other famous voices—like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan—during her aural response to a club owner who told her that jazz singers should interpret rather than write ("This For Joe"), it's hard not to notice a Nancy Wilson-like zeal in her voice on the waltzing "Free For A Day." Here, and on her ode to a drummer's accent ("Rim Shot"), Marie is at her most lighthearted. (Dan Bilawsky, allaboutjazz)
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"one of contemporary jazz's finest vocalists - Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes

"Her vocal gifts and compelling repertoire have attracted an international following" - Washington Post
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released 11 October 2011
Following up ‘Voice of My Beautiful Country’, her acclaimed jazz suite of American pop and patriotic standards (a ‘Best of 2011 So Far’ on NPR’s A BLOG SUPREME), Marie ups the ante with the emotionally gripping, all original set, BLACK LACE FREUDIAN SLIP revealing herself not only as one of the most exciting vocalists in jazz but also as one of today’s most relevant song writers.
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