#4815, With Magos Herrera From Soundcheck

The Mexican singer Magos Herrera has a distinctive, elegant, and expressive voice, and while she’s usually thought of as a jazz singer, she’s also done a lot of collaborating with artists from the worlds of pop, classical music, and Brazilian music. Largely based here in New York, Herrera has recently put out a new album, called Aire, which features twelve songs and includes her new compositions, commissioned by Chamber Music America's New Jazz Works, and jewels from the Great Latin American Songbook, in a kind of communal response to the isolation of the pandemic, when most of the songs were written. On the album, the works are performed by her jazz trio augmented by a 21-piece orchestra under the artistic direction of Eric and Colin Jacobsen. 

From the Soundcheck Podcast series, Herrera, her trio, and members of the Brooklyn-based orchestra called The Knights present some of these jazz songs, rich with drama and feeling, in-studio. Plus, hear some selections from the record, Aire, where elements of jazz, classical chamber orchestration, and Latin music are woven tightly together.  – Caryn Havlik

Program #4815, Magos Herrera From Soundcheck (First aired 11/14/2023)

ARTIST: Magos Herrera
WORK: The Healer [1:00]
RECORDING: Aire
SOURCE: Sunnyside
INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire

ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Members of The Knights
WORK: Aire [5:02]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, August 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire

ARTIST: Magos Herrera
WORK: The Healer [5:19]
RECORDING: Aire
SOURCE: Sunnyside
INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire

ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Members of The Knights
WORK: The Calling [6:13]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, August 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire

ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Dori Caymmi 
WORK: Samba em preludio [35]
RECORDING: Aire
SOURCE: Sunnyside
INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire

ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Dori Caymmi 
WORK: Gracias a la vida [5:15]
RECORDING: Aire
SOURCE: Sunnyside
INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire

ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Dori Caymmi 
WORK: Passarinhadeira [:32]
RECORDING: Aire
SOURCE: Sunnyside
INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire

ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Members of The Knights
WORK: Choro de Lua [5:53]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, August 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire

ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Dori Caymmi 
WORK: Remanso [4:31]
RECORDING: Aire
SOURCE: Sunnyside
INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire

Watch "Aire":

Watch "The Calling":

Watch "Choro de Lua":