China Moses - Crazy Blues (UMG 2012)

CRAZY BLUES, China Moses’ latest project, was conceived as a tribute to some of the Great Dames of Blues and Soul : Dinah Washington and some of her precursors and peers: Mamie Smith, Helen Humes, Lil Green, Ma Rainey, as well as stars like Esther Phillips, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Etta James, Ann Peebles and Donna Summer.

With her band playing in a genre CHINA has said to be more “soul influenced”, and by favoring spirit over form, her interpretations get right on down into the song. As CHINA and her band prefer nothing more than to perform live in front of an audience, the evenings are so much more than just a tribute. ‘We have been on tour to India, Japan and Montreal’ , CHINA says ‘We opened for B.B. King and Dionne Warwick. Our concerts have become a show. I love to tell stories, I see myself as a jazz storyteller and I like to move the audience emotionally, but also make sure that people smile in between the Blues’.
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