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 HerreraWORK: The Healer [1:00]RECORDING: AireSOURCE: SunnysideINFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Members of The KnightsWORK: Aire [5:02]RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, August 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire ARTIST: Magos HerreraWORK: The Healer [5:19]RECORDING: AireSOURCE: SunnysideINFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Members of The KnightsWORK: The Calling [6:13]RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, August 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Dori Caymmi WORK: Samba em preludio [35]RECORDING: AireSOURCE: SunnysideINFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Dori Caymmi WORK: Gracias a la vida [5:15]RECORDING: AireSOURCE: SunnysideINFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Dori Caymmi WORK: Passarinhadeira [:32]RECORDING: AireSOURCE: SunnysideINFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Members of The KnightsWORK: Choro de Lua [5:53]RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, August 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Dori Caymmi WORK: Remanso [4:31]RECORDING: AireSOURCE: SunnysideINFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire Watch "Aire": Watch "The Calling": Watch "Choro de Lua":
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 HerreraWORK: The Healer [1:00]RECORDING: AireSOURCE: SunnysideINFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire
ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Members of The KnightsWORK: Aire [5:02]RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, August 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire
ARTIST: Magos HerreraWORK: The Healer [5:19]RECORDING: AireSOURCE: SunnysideINFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire
ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Members of The KnightsWORK: The Calling [6:13]RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, August 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire
ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Dori Caymmi WORK: Samba em preludio [35]RECORDING: AireSOURCE: SunnysideINFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire
ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Dori Caymmi WORK: Gracias a la vida [5:15]RECORDING: AireSOURCE: SunnysideINFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire
ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Dori Caymmi WORK: Passarinhadeira [:32]RECORDING: AireSOURCE: SunnysideINFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire
ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Members of The KnightsWORK: Choro de Lua [5:53]RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, August 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire
ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Dori Caymmi WORK: Remanso [4:31]RECORDING: AireSOURCE: SunnysideINFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire
Watch "Aire":
Watch "The Calling":
Watch "Choro de Lua":