Winner of the 2015 Thelonious Monk Competition, vocalist Jazzmeia Horn has a name that speaks for itself capturing her very essence. With an assured maturity and vocal confidence far beyond her years, the young singer arrives with her debut recording on Concord’s Prestige label, A Social Call, an album that reveals a talent ready to take her place alongside the best headlining jazz vocalists of today. A collection of standards, hard bop anthems, spirituals, and R&B nuggets, A Social Call is a reflection on the times. Jazzmeia says it’s “a call to social responsibility, to know your role in your community.” Great story-telling, an inspired message, fluid vocals, scat-singing, and spirited group performances – A Social Call features all one would hope to hear from a veteran vocalist of longstanding reputation. As such, the album serves as a clarion call, proudly announcing the arrival of a young, confident musical talent with a long history ahead of her, blessed with a name that carries its own destiny.
Click here for the Concord EPK
HI-RES IMAGES
^ Photo Credit: Jacob Blickenstaff
VIDEO
Jazzmeia Horn – A Social Call (Embed) (Download)
BIOGRAPHY/PROGRAM NOTES
Press Release: Download (doc)
Official Website: www.theartistryofjazzhorn.com
Label: Concord Records / Prestige
CURRENT RELEASE
A Social Call (Prestige, May 12, 2017)
PRESS REQUESTS
Mike Wilpizeski
Mike.Wilpizeski@concordmusicgroup.com
718-459-2117
Jazzmeia Horn: Going Where the Spirit Leads
From JazzTimes Jazzmeia Horn: Going Where the Spirit Leads By: Roseanna Vitro An interview with the winner of two prestigious jazz vocal competitions. Jazzmeia Horn takes jazz singing seriously. As a winner of the 2013 Sarah Vaughan Vocal Jazz Competition, followed by a victory lap at the 2015 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition, Ms. Horn announced her arrival in...
Posted Aug 16th, 2017
JazzTimes Editor's Choice: Jazzmeia Horn
From JazzTimes Editor’s Choice – Jazzmeia Horn: A Social Call (Prestige) By: Christopher Loudon It is fitting that the serendipitously named Jazzmeia Horn, winner of the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2013 and the Thelonious Monk Institute jazz competition in 2015, opens her debut album with “Tight,” a Betty Carter signature. Just 25, the Dallas-born Horn emerges as...
Posted Jul 17th, 2017
An Impressive New voice: Jazzmeia Horn
From Huffington Post An Impressive New voice: Jazzmeia Horn’s “A Social Call” By: Ralph A. Miriello It should be no surprise that twenty-six-year old jazz vocalist Jazzmeia Horn is one of the most impressive new voices on the music scene today. In 2013, then twenty-two-year old Horn won the impressive Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Competition. Then again in 2015 she...
Posted Jun 23rd, 2017
Downbeat, July 2017: Addressing 'Social' Issues
From Downbeat Magazine, July 2017 JAZZMEIA HORN: Addressing ‘Social’ Issues By: John Murph When Jazzmeia Horn, 26, takes the stage, she owns it. She exudes a fervid yet regal presence that commands respect, which augments her graceful singing. “It comes naturally for me,” she said, referring to the confidence she projects during her performances. “I’m always aware that people are...
Posted Jun 14th, 2017
'This Woman Can Sing!'
From Black Grooves Jazzmeia Horn – A Social Call By: Brenda Nelson-Strauss After winning the Theonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition in 2015, vocalist Jazzmeia Horn certainly validated the name assigned by her prescient jazz-loving, church musician grandmother. On her stunning debut recording, A Social Call, the Texas-born singer likewise demonstrates a maturity that belies her age, steeped in the...
Posted Jun 5th, 2017
Jazzweekly Review: 'A Social Call'
From Jazzweekly Jazzmeia Horn: A Social Call By: George Harris Concord Records is doing jazz a great service by producing albums by the winners of the Thelonious Monk Competitions. Marquis Hill and Ben Williams have been recent beneficiaries, and now here’s a debut recording by vocalist Jazzmeia Horn, and it’s a delight. She teams up with Stacy Dillard/sax, Ben Williams/b,...
Posted May 26th, 2017
All About Jazzmeia
From All About Jazz Jazzmeia Horn: A Social Call By: James Nadal Coming from a gospel oriented family in Dallas, Texas, given a unique name and early tutelage by her piano playing grandmother, Jazzmeia Horn was destined to be a jazz singer. After relocating to New York City to pursue music studies, she went on to conquer the 2013 Sarah...
Posted May 25th, 2017
Free Jazzmeia
From Texas Monthly Free Jazzmeia By: Nate Chinen Whenever the sharp young singer Jazzmeia Horn is obliged to answer a question about her name—and lately, the subject comes up often—she invariably takes the conversation to church. To be more precise, the Golden Chain Missionary Baptist Church, in southeast Dallas, where her grandfather has been pastor for four decades. “Before I...
Posted May 25th, 2017
Jazzmeia's Virtuosity Befits Name
From Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Jazzmeia’s virtuosity befits name By: Ellis Widner Lovers of great singers such as Sarah Vaughan, Betty Carter and Nina Simone will find in Horn a thrilling new voice in American music. There are undeniable connections to the music of the ’50s and ’60s in her excellent band and Horn’s fluid, lightning-paced scat singing that makes Carter’s “Tight”...
Posted May 21st, 2017
NY Times: Jazzmeia Steps Up at Dizzy's
From The New York Times Review: Jazzmeia Horn, a Jazz Vocalist on the Rise, Steps Up to the Microphone at Dizzy’s By: Giovanni Russonello The vocalist Jazzmeia Horn began her first set at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola on Monday night with “tight” a quickly stepping jazz standard that was a signature of Betty Carters repertoire. Ms. Carter is a big influence...
Posted May 17th, 2017
Allmusic: "A Social Call"
From Allmusic Allmusic Review: Jazzmeia Horn – Social Call By: Matt Collar On her debut album, 2017’s A Social Call, 2015 Thelonious Monk International Vocal Jazz Competition winner Jazzmeia Horn reveals herself as a virtuoso performer in command of a very powerful instrument. A native of Dallas, Texas, Horn studied at Manhattan’s The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music...
Posted May 12th, 2017
Debut Album Leaves You Wanting More
From Elmore Magazine ALBUM REVIEWS: Jazzmeia Horn – A Social Call By: Brenda Hillegas Jazzmeia Horn was born to play the type of music you’ll hear on her debut album, A Social Call. Jazz is in her name after all (her grandmother, a jazz-loving pianist, gave Horn her fitting name). The Dallas-born vocalist’s stunning ability to channel the icons of...
Posted May 12th, 2017
Getting To Know "Jazz"
From Guide Live Dallas singer Jazzmeia Horn, now a jazz singer, changed her tune on ‘old people’s music’ By: Thor Christiensen With a name like Jazzmeia Horn, the Dallas-born singer seemed destined to become a jazz star. But when she was younger, it was the last style on her mind. “I was like, ‘This is old people’s music,’” Horn, 26,...
Posted May 10th, 2017
Downbeat Editor's Pick: Jazzmeia Horn
From Downbeat Magazine A Social Call – Jazzmeia Horn By: Brian Zimmerman Jazzmeia Horn, 26, harbors both astounding technique and acute artistic vision, traits that have helped her propel her to victory in the 2015 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition. With her stunning debut album, A Social Call, it’s easy to see why the esteemed panel of Monk Competition...
Posted May 1st, 2017
Jazzmeia Showcases Her Distinctive Acrobatic Vocal Chops
From San Diego County News Jazzmeia Horn’s ‘A Social Call’ Album Showcases her Distinctive Acrobatic Vocal Chops By: Danny R. Johnson NEW YORK, NY – “Before Ella and Sarah you had to sing the melody straight. They opened it for others to follow individual styles of their own.” – Betty Carter (1929-1998). Betty Carter was one of the most celebrated...
Posted Apr 16th, 2017
JazzTimes Track Premiere
From JazzTimes JT Track Premiere: Jazzmeia Horn’s “Lift Every Voice and Sing/Moanin’” – From her debut album, “A Social Call,” to be released May 12 on Prestige/Concord On May 12, Prestige/Concord Music Group will release Jazzmeia Horn’s debut album, A Social Call. The 10-track set features Horn, the 2015 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition winner, backed by pianist Victor Gould,...
Posted Apr 13th, 2017
Jazzmeia Horn To Release Album With Prestige
From Muzilog Jazz vocalist Jazzmeia Horn releases debut album on historic Prestige label With an assured maturity and vocal confidence far beyond her years, the young singer Jazzmeia Horn arrives with her debut recording A Social Call, an album that reveals a talent ready to take its place alongside the best headlining jazz vocalists of today. Scheduled for release on...
Posted Apr 12th, 2017
WBGO: Jazzmeia Horn
From WBGO Take Five: New Music by Jazzmeia Horn, Jazz Passengers, Sexmob, Supersilent & Roxy Coss By: Nate Chinen Jazz singers rarely come more rigorously vetted than Jazzmeia Horn. A native of Dallas, Texas and a graduate of the New School in New York City, she has taken first prize in two prestigious events, the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Competition...
Posted Mar 27th, 2017
Jazzmeia Horn at the Kennedy Center Jazz Club
From DC Metro Theater Arts Review: Jazzmeia Horn at the Kennedy Center Jazz Club By: Robert Michael Oliver To understand the voice of Jazzmeia Horn — whether it’s embodying her own ballad, the cleverly romantic, soft “Legs and Arms,” or taking on the role of an instrumentalist — is to understand what it means to listen. For that voice is...
Posted Feb 13th, 2017
Horn featured at 2016 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
From Jazz Police The 2016 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival By: Sheila Horne Mason The Artistry of Jazzmeia Horn: Winner of the 2015 Thelonious Monk International Vocal Jazz Competition and the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, Texas-born chanteuse Jazzmeia Horn has definitively earned the title of “Rising Star.” Dressed in a striking African ensemble, Jazzmeia started scatting and soaring...
Posted Nov 6th, 2016
Jazzmeia Horn: A Rising Singing Star
From WNPR (CT) Jazzmeia Horn, a Rising Singing Star, Shinces at Dinner/Concert in West Hartford By: Owen McNally At this moment, one of the hottest, rapidly rising young jazz singers is the phenomenal, 24-year-old Jazzmeia Horn, a life force on stage. She sets down with her high-octane band to strut her passionate, freewheeling style on Saturday, April 16, at 8:00...
Posted Apr 13th, 2016
Jazzmeia Horn Wins Top Award at Monk Competition
From The New School News Jazz Graduate Jazzmeia Horn Wins Top Award at Monk Competition By: The New School News Jazzmeia Horn, a 2014 School of Jazz graduate, has once again shown that she was born to be a jazz musician when she walked away last Sunday as winner of the 2015 Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition. The Monk...
Posted Nov 22nd, 2015
Jazzmeia Horn Wins Monk Institute Competition
From The Huffington Post Quincy Jones Receives Herbie Hancock Humanitarian Award By: Philip David Morton The evening was also when the Thelonious Jazz Institute could shine. Widely regarded as the world’s most prestigious jazz competition, each year this contest features a different musical instrument and major scholarships and prizes are awarded to talented young musicians. For 28 years the competition...
Posted Nov 22nd, 2015
The Jazz Youth-Quake: Others on the Upswing
From Vanity Fair The Jazz Youth-Quake: Others on the Upswing By: Michael Katsobashvili Sensational, young jazz players are emerging with each season, so much so that we were only able to feature a handful of them in our photo gallery “Jazz on the Loose.” There are many other notable artists (beyond the 36 shown in the portfolio) who also deserve...
Posted Nov 10th, 2015
Master Rider: Download (pdf)
Jazzmeia Horn harbors both astounding technique and an acute artistic vision…Horn has a thrilling presence with a musical sensibility that strikes a deft balance between mid-century jazz and contemporary neo-soul.
DownBeat
A singer who stands apart from many of her peers because she takes on every song she sings so naturally. Jazzmeia is a performer for whom every word, gesture, and ornament becomes an expression of her total conviction and she completely comes alive in the moment.
London Jazz News
Jazzmeia Horn IS the future of Jazz!
Larry Rosen
Not only a vocalist, but a musician with big ears, and wisdom beyond her years.
Al Jarreau
Jazzmeia has one of the best voices I’ve heard in over 40 years.
Jon Hendricks
When the legendary Jon Hendricks says a vocalist ‘has one of the best voices I’ve heard in over 40 years,’ that in itself is enough to catch people’s attention. Add to that the fact that she won both the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and the 2015 Thelonious Monk International Vocal Jazz Competition, and it’s obvious Jazzmeia Horn is a singer to watch out for…With the depth of feeling and personality of Billy Holiday and the virtuosity and playfulness of Sarah Vaughan, the opening few notes that introduce us to Horn’s voice speak volumes to the maturity and talent of the young singer.
Revive
Just 25, the Dallas-born Horn emerges as a fully realized stylist and a first-rate scatter whose vivacity, imagination, gutsiness and sociopolitical savvy echo the likes of Carter and Abbey Lincoln. Simply put, she is as exciting a discovery as Cécile McLorin Salvant or Gregory Porter.
JazzTimes