SOPHIE MILMAN

Sophie is featured on the cover of Russian Chicago Magazine! It features an extensive profile and tons of great pictures. Brush up on your Cyrillic and check out http://russianchicagomag.com/.

In The Moonlight has been nominated for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at this years Juno Awards to take place on Sunday, April 1 in Ottawa.   More info including a list of nominees and tickets to the ceremony can be found here:  http://junoawards.ca/

In other news, Sophie has ALSO been nominated for Jazz Artist of the Year at this years SiriusXM Indies Awards!  You can vote for Sophie at:  http://indies.ca/voting/

Wish her luck…

Singer Sophie Milman was born in Russia’s Ural Mountains, raised in Israel and is now based in Toronto. That seems like a rather unusual background for a velvety singer who sounds so completely comfortable luxuriating in the melodies of George Gershwin and Duke Ellington. Regardless of which composer she’s interpreting, Milman’s intimate yet muscular vocal delivery makes every track shine on her fourth CD. This gifted vocalist is consistently convincing, whether she’s joyously elongating the vowel sounds in “Till There Was You” (from the musical The Music Man) or providing a dramatic, accordion-fueled, French-language reading of Serge Gainsbourg’s “Ces Petits Riens” (the only non-English track here). Half of this CD’s tracks have tasteful orchestration and the others find Milman singing with various small groups of amazing players, including Randy Brecker (flugelhorn), Larry Grenadier (bass), Kevin Hays (piano) and Gregoire Maret (harmonica). Golden-touch producer Matt Pierson makes the most of the exceptional musicians and arrangers on board. Pianist Gerald Clayton’s arrangement of “Oh Look At Me Now” leaves room for his jaunty piano solo, which is buttressed by drummer Lewis Nash’s supple brushwork. Similarly, guitarist Julian Lage’s arrangement of “Speak Low” features intricate fretwork that is spotlighted in an intoxicating solo. Lage’s arrangement of pop singer Feist’s “So Sorry” not only provides Milman with a platform to showcase her superb versatility, but it also makes a succinct argument that this composition should become a new standard…read more

The new EP, Live From Montreal, which follows Sophie’s critically acclaimed, In The Moonlight, features six live recordings with two new songs — “Tenderly” and the holiday favorite “Santa Baby”— as well as in-concert versions of songs from In The Moonlight.

Pick up a copy today!  Exclusively on iTunes:  http://t.co/6e5bJUNi

Jazz chanteuse Sophie Milman was born in Russia, resides in Toronto and, apparently, thrives in Manhattan. That’s where the 28-year-old vocalist recorded “In the Moonlight,” her fourth and most ambitious album, supported by top-tier musicians and arrangers.

In fact, this collection of mostly pop and jazz standards can be recommended for its musical settings alone. There’s lushly orchestrated Ellingtonia (Alan Broadbent’s string-swept “Prelude to a Kiss”); small-combo delights (Gerald Clayton’s take on “Oh Look at Me Now”); and, in sharp contrast to the album’s sultry allure, even some flashes of exuberance….read more

This Sunday November 6, join Sophie and her band as they give a very special performance to an intimate audience at the Apple Store in Montreal.  The performance will be recorded live for an exclusive iTunes EP, out December 6.  1321 Rue Ste-Catherine, West  Montreal, QC H3G 1P7, Canada.  See Tour Dates for more info.

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“In The Moonlight” is proudly perched at #1 in the top 10 jazz albums on iTunes Canada.

The Ottawa Citizen
“Milman’s Fourth Album The Charm:

This CD, Sophie Milman’s fourth since her self-titled debut in 2004, should do the trick. It should lift her from the class of “very promising” jazz vocalists – if she’s even still in that group, and I’m not sure she is – to a spot among the very best of her generation.

It’s a terrific CD, and it should be.

Matt Pierson (Joshua Redman, Kirk Whalum, Brad Mehldau, Jane Monheit) produced it and Milman is backed by an all-star cast that includes pianists Gerald Clayton and Kevin Hays, guitarists Julian Lage and Romero Lubambo, bassist Larry Grenadier, drummer Lewis Nash, percussionist Bashiri Johnson and renowned soloists Randy Brecker (flugelhorn), Chris Potter (tenor saxophone) and Gregoire Maret (harmonica).

Arrangements were provided by Alan Broadbent, Gil Goldstein and Rob Mounsey.

It’s hard to go wrong there. But Milman is in fine voice, too. Her reading of these jazz and pop standards is lush, warm, and romantic, exactly what she set out to do.

Like Make Someone Happy, which won a Juno in 2008, this one should win, too.

I’ll be watching to see if she decides to stretch out a bit on her next CD, to see what that beautiful voice can really do.” – Allen Panzeri