The Pearl Company

JACLYN GUILLOU: Thursday, April 26. 8:00pm. $15 door/$10 all artists/students. An emerging Canadian jazz vocalist performing music that is diverse, eclectic and carefree, this singer bridges the gap between Joni Mitchell and Diana Krall. She’s the total package of prodigious vocal talent, dynamic stage presence and beauty reputed to be Canada’s next big jazz export. Performing in cities worldwide and studying with some of the world’s best jazz singers, ‘To The City’, her debut album, is a colourful album full of texture and rich melody, highlighting Guillou’s compositional prowess.  Interesting and unusual, undeniably bold and full of life, wooing all sorts of music lovers of jazz, pop, soul and folk, ‘To The City’ blends the perfect mixture of old meets new. As a vocalist, composer and bandleader, Guillou brings a unique style of songwriting to the jazz idiom with her creative vocal flexibility and her strong sense of rhythmic phrasing, colourful tone and distinct articulation.  This young twenty-something artist strives to merge the sound of deep jazz roots and hip modern themes which as a result provides something new and interesting for music lovers of all sorts. Her raw and emotional voice lingers long after the last note. “Guillou puts a slightly more organic contemporary jazz spin on music steeped in tradition and thus makes old school become new cool, the sign of a true artist.” ~ Critical Jazz   www.jaclynguillou.com Hear her with Denzal Sinclaire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpcTya2x1lo&feature=related