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1. (Tonight I'm Wearing) Basic Black 2. Before Sunset 3. Intro: Something Beyond the Blue 4. Something Beyond the Blue 5. The Way You Deliver 6. Gotta Go 7. Friend In Me 8. Strange Situation 9. I've Missed You 10. If It's Real 11. The Path
1. All Blues 2. If It's Real 3. Before Sunset 4. Intro To Ghost Of A Chance 5. Ghost of A Chance 6. Gotta Go 7. The Way You Deliver 8. Intro to Something Beyond the Blue 9. Something Beyond the Blue 10. Friend In Me 
1. The Path 2. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 3. Prelude To A Kiss 4. Stange Situation 5. You Don't Know What Love Is 6. Dare To Dream 7. The Dolphin 8. Canvas 9. What Is This Thing Called Love 10. Sweet Lorraine 11. Doodlin' 12. Peace 
1. Deep In The Night 2. (Tonight I'm Wearing) Basic Black 3. I Used To Be 4. I've Missed You 5. My One & Only Love 6. Sugar 7. Black Coffee 8. Spring Medley It Might As Well Be Spring 9. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most 
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**** "Live and Alive" shows (Hodge's) striking gifts; especially her full and powerful voice...shining most prominently on the bluesier tunes... Her 8ve leaps and pitch-perfect landings evoke Portland great Nancy King, while her bluesier side is reminiscent of Ernestine Anderson. Her song, Before Sunset, also reveals her ability to write and execute advanced harmonies..." The Oregonian, Lynn Darroch Original Article From Hodge's first bluesy belted hit, "Basic Black" to the sultry sweet jazz originals with guitar great, John Stowell; this CD is one wild romp through the favourite years of the torch singer/songwriter... taking you all the way up to today. The Oregonian recently gave her recent CD "Live and Alive" a four star review, dedicating a quarter of a page to applauding the release, sighting Hodge as having, "striking gifts; especially her full and powerful voice...shining most prominently on the bluesier tunes... Her 8ve leaps and pitch-perfect landings evoke Portland great Nancy King, while her bluesier side is reminiscent of Ernestine Anderson. Her song, Before Sunset, also reveals her ability to write and execute advanced harmonies." Hodge has performed alongside: John Stowell, Dan Balmer, Hugh Fraser, Dee Daniels, & countless others. There are annual tours which include jazz festivals, clinics, adjudicating and club performances. She has co-written songs with Fraser and Stowell as well (recently she and John Stowell just wrapped up their first album of co-written originals - soon to be released!). 
Click Here to Order NowLive & Alive This album is a bit different from the others, in that the audience gets a broader perspective of Cheryl's artistic visions as a composer, and a feel for the unique, occasionally unbridled energy typical of a Hodge concert. Using talented musicians from two different locales, the Oregon Coast and Nelson (an artist's community in British Columbia), Cheryl has beautifully recorded some treasured moments in two very distinct live performances. The amazing guitarists who are along for the ride this time are John Stowell(internationally celebrated in jazz circles as "the man with the voicings" and Cliff Maddix - an amazingly gifted guitarist who successfully bridges the precarious path between jazz, rock and blues. On bass - from out of Portland, Ore. - there's the wonderful, always surprising, always inpecable man of taste Dave Captein, and from Spokane, Brian Flick with his deliciously rich melodic lines. You can't have all of these players without some smokin' grooves on the drums.... Rick Westrick out of Spokane provides that and more, along with the gifted William Thomas from Oregon. Cheryl can write tunes in the oddest locales.... "If It's Real" was written while on a camping trip! In the 5/4 song "Before Sunset", Cheryl explores the perils of falling in love with a mysterious man. In "Gotta Go" she looks for an exit in the relationship and a nice, easy-goin' way to put forth the exit line. "The Way You Deliver" is the kind of belting blues Hodge is now known for ending her sets on; enjoy! Read the lyrics of songs on this album.
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This C.D., released in the summer of '99, will be performed in a jazz festival tour across North America. Hodge's second recording features herself on vocals & piano, along with the amazing talents of guitarists: John Stowell & New York's Kevin Lutke, the tastefully virtuosic Dave Captein (from Portland) & Brian Flick (from Spokane) on acoustic bass, and finally Ghanan percussionist, Israel Annoh. A favourite recording for the deejays who like playing jazz that's a little "outside"... As Cheryl has stated in one interview, "This recording was so much fun to make, I really don't mind if it sells or not... The sessions alone were worth the price of admission!" Most of the cuts on the C.D. represent the fruits from 1st takes... with a few from the seconds. "Strange Situation" features a cat & mouse chase between Stowell & Hodge.Ellington's "Prelude To A Kiss" is a tender dance between Captein's acoustic bass and Hodge's elegant scat lines. Hodge's "Canvas" is a virtual painting of sounds - as one would expect. Horace Silver's "Peace" represents Hodge at the juiciest lower part of her extensive vocal range. This album has already been received with open arms into the jazz pre-millenia world.... it should be interesting to see what types of musical endeavors come out of the other side of 2000! What "THEY" Say About Cheryl Hodge... - Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. "This is GREAT STUFF!" Nice to see someone carrying on the standard traditions of the past... And THAT VOICE... We found Cheryl's vocal range carefree, expressive and emotional, projecting an image of musical self-assuredness. Those BALLADS... melting as though she's 'holding a torch for that cad who once left her alone in a bar one night for some selfish reason of his own, an autobiographical testimony of the events that follow. At the same time, she faces up to reality, picks herself up and..." - Jeremy Pagacian, Jazz/Blues Co-Director, KCHO, Calif. "Your C.D. is very impressive... If I can do anything in the future to help, I will. I will keep the C.D. handy and plug it with all my might..." - Cleo Laine
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download a zipped archive of all song samples. (2.6MB)"Tonight I'm Wearing Basic Black" features the talents of Cheryl Hodge (vocals/piano), along side some hot players from New York & Boston. Among the talent:
The two main hits (which are still receiving airplay throughout the U.S.and Canada) are "Tonight I'm Wearing Basic Black"and "I've Missed You". This recording represents a time when Hodge's career was just beginning to bud; as the house vocalist for the now infamous, but alas, extinct "1369Jazz Club", in Cambridge. - Ron Della Chiesa, Host, "MusicAmerica", WGBH The Boston Globe dubbed this recording as containing the voice of... Cost of C.D.: $12.95 + $3.00-shipping Tape: $11.95 + $3.00 - shipping
Click Here to Order NowBooks: "A Singer's Guide to the Well-Trained & Powerful Voice" by Cheryl Hodge. An all-encompassing approach to survival of the voice... Focus on vocal maintenance, posture, breathing technique, diaphragm control, development of tone, expansion of upper & lower ranges, troubleshooting "break" problems. Stylization. Song analysis. Acoustics of the voice. Favorite vocal exercises. Copyrighted in 1992. $30.00 Click here for a sample chapter from "A Singer's Guide to the Well-Trained and Powerful Voice"
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