Sing Jazz 2017: Corrine Bailey Rae
Two-time Grammy Award winner Corinne Bailey Rae released her self-titled debut album in 2006 which charted at No. 1 in the UK and No. 4 in the US. The album featured global hits Put Your Record On and Like A Star that launched Bailey Rae to global stardom. She won her first Grammy just 1 year later for her collaboration with legendary pianist Herbie Hancock on his album River: The Joni Letters. Her stars continued to shine with a second Grammy win in 2011 for Best R&B Performance for Is This Love. In May that year, Bailey Rae returned with her third studio alum and first full-length set in 6 years, The Heart Speaks In Whispers, which debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s R&B chart. The album featured hits Been To The Moon, The Skies Will Break, and Green Aphrodisiac, and NPR named it one of their Favourite 30 Albums of the year. With her latest album being described as being “in the elite category of transcendental genre-busters from Minnie Riperton to Erykah Badu… (with) big-sky songs that play as a continuation of the Prince-style revolution”. *
*http://www.sing-jazz.com/2017/artist/corinnebaileyrae
Sing Jazz 2017: Corrine Bailey Rae
Two-time Grammy Award winner Corinne Bailey Rae released her self-titled debut album in 2006 which charted at No. 1 in the UK and No. 4 in the US. The album featured global hits Put Your Record On and Like A Star that launched Bailey Rae to global stardom. She won her first Grammy just 1 year later for her collaboration with legendary pianist Herbie Hancock on his album River: The Joni Letters. Her stars continued to shine with a second Grammy win in 2011 for Best R&B Performance for Is This Love. In May that year, Bailey Rae returned with her third studio alum and first full-length set in 6 years, The Heart Speaks In Whispers, which debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s R&B chart. The album featured hits Been To The Moon, The Skies Will Break, and Green Aphrodisiac, and NPR named it one of their Favourite 30 Albums of the year. With her latest album being described as being “in the elite category of transcendental genre-busters from Minnie Riperton to Erykah Badu… (with) big-sky songs that play as a continuation of the Prince-style revolution”. *
*http://www.sing-jazz.com/2017/artist/corinnebaileyrae