At the Metropolitan Room in New York City March 23

March 8, 2013 - PRLog -- When:  Saturday 03/23/13 Show Time 7:00 PM (Doors open at 06:15 PM)  
Ticket Price: $20.00 - $115.00
Show Type: Jazz
2 Beverage Minimum

Description:

Acclaimed, award-winning singer-songwriter KRISTINE MILLS returns to the Metropolitan Room stage supported by dynamic musicians, guitarist Bruce Edwards, bassist Scott Ritchie and drummer Jacob Melchior for the New York CD Release Concert of Kristine’s fifth cd, entitled asYETuntitled. Thanks to winning the prestigious 2012 Houston Arts Alliance Individual Arts Grant, Kristine recorded this collection of her 14 original tunes in styles that vary from the expected to the wonderfully unexpected.

“Her music is very personal.  Each song grabs a bit of her heart and of her fans.  Whether a tender moment or more dramatic, she has the innate ability to transform and transcend those images and emotions into the most glorious and brilliant music anyone has heard in a long, long time.”

A&R Select – Artist Review of asYETuntitled

October 2012, Kristine celebrated another cd release with a Metropolitan Room concert. She and her ensemble performed the Gold REMI Award winning documentary film “Collector’s Waltz” soundtrack. This soundtrack, composed, performed and produced by Mills, features Tommy “TJ” James, Duke Ellington Orchestra pianist and conductor along with a who’s who of classical and jazz musicians.

Also June 2012, Kristine and her NYC-based band performed her Concerts for City Greens Songwriting Contest semi-finalist song “Patch of Green” both at the Tudor City Concert for City Green Summer Series and in the “Patch of Green” Concert on the Metropolitan Room stage.

Kristine’s third album, “bossanovafied,” has received international acclaim and airplay across a spectrum of music formats since it debuted at #46 on Jazz Week’s World Music Album Chart in February 2010. The sultry hot bossa nova collection of all original music was recorded in Rio de Janeiro and was short-listed for a Grammy nomination in the Best Jazz Album with Vocals category.  Cuts from the CD made it onto the in-flight playlists of several international and domestic carriers.

In addition to several appearances at the Metropolitan Room in New York, Kristine has played sold-out shows in Recife, Rio, and Belo Horizonte for the Brazilian International Jazz Festival, the famed Snug Harbor in New Orleans and Bourbon Street in Sao Paulo.  She is a regular at Cezanne’s and The House of Blues in Houston, and she was the longest running artist-in-residence at the Hotel ZaZa Houston.

“She makes every song have the effect of an aphrodisiac on the senses!” JAZZ INSIDE MAGAZINE

“Songbird Kristine Mills has the whole package!  Astonishing singing and songwriting talents!” BRILLIANT MAGAZINE