Until Karen Marguth

• 1Comes Love04:13
• 2Until05:07
• 3Black Crow05:23
• 4What Color is Love05:02
• 5La Ronda03:42
• 6Hearts and Bones06:20
• 7Maureen04:24
• 8Close Your Eyes04:08
• 9Twistable Turnable Man04:58
• 10Old Friends / Bookends05:35
• 11Days of Wine and Roses04:03
• Total Runtime52:55

Info for Until

Based in the East Bay, vocalist Karen Marguth found her calling in jazz while living in Fresno, CA through the early 2000s. California's Central Valley sustains a surprisingly thriving jazz community and it was there that Marguth earned national renown with her four jazz albums, featuring the tight circle of musicians she surrounded herself with. Until features her interaction with two Fresno groups, along with a third, representing her latest collaborators from the Bay Area. Though presenting three distinct ensembles on an array of material recorded over the last decade, the album is remarkably cohesive and brimming with emotional generosity. From the strutting arrangement of "Comes Love," to the shimmering title tune from Paul Simon's 1983 release, "Hearts & Bones," or the closing, intimate duo rendition of "Days of Wine & Roses," Marguth shows an uncanny ability to mine hidden gems that others miss, while creating a warm & creative environment for her bandmates to thrive in. An artist who's still stretching her wings, she adds another consistently captivating chapter to her discography with Until.

"The East Bay jazz vocalist ties together stuff she's been working on in the last ten years since her last set and successfully walks that line between jazz vocal and cabaret. With three different crew each bringing their own special sauce, they show what it takes to cover Sting and Shel Silverstein on the same disc. Eclectic as anything and hitti ..." (Midwest Record, Chris Spector)

"Bay area vocalist and educator Karen Marguth hit the jazz recording scene with 2009's self-titled debut and has released a series of excellent albums. On 2015's Just You, Just Me is Marguth and bassist Kevin Hill build from the promise of previous efforts like her excellent Carrol Coates songbook A Way With Words by taking somewhat of a left turn. ..." (Riffs, Beats, & Codas, Vincent L Stephens)

"4-STARS Karen Marguth has hit the trifecta. That is, she's one of the few active jazz singers to have three DownBeat "Best Albums" of the year: Karen Marguth, in 2010, A Way With Words, in 2013, and now, Until. Until, an assemblage of previously unreleased tracks recorded over the past 10 years, promotes the elevation of the spirit that one dem ..." (DownBeat, Frank-John Hadley)

Karen Marguth, vocals
David Aus, piano (tracks 1, 4, 10, 11), keyboard (track 5)
John R. Burr, piano (tracks 3, 7, 8, 9), Wurlitzer electric piano (track 3)
Richard Giddens, bass (tracks 1, 4, 5)
Pat Olvera, bass (tracks 2, 6)
Matt Finders, bass (tracks 3, 7)
Dan Feiszli, bass (tracks 8, 9, 10)
Brian Hamada, drums (tracks 1, 4, 5 10)
Nathan Guzman, drums (tracks 2, 6)
Kelly Zaban Fasman, drums (tracks 3, 7)
Erik Jekabson, trumpet (tracks 1, 7)
Gilbert Castellanos, trumpet (tracks 4, 5)
Mike Taylor, guitar (tracks 2, 6)
Eva Scow, mandolin (tracks 2, 6)
George Ramirez, percussion (track 5)
Omar Ledezma, Jr.,percussion & vocals (track 5)

Karen Marguth
San Francisco Bay Area vocalist Karen Marguth is one of the most acclaimed vocal artists to emerge in the 2000s. She has released six albums as a leader, three of which have been listed in DownBeat’s annual Best of the Year issue, and one which received a rare four-and-a-half stars.

Born in Minneapolis and raised in the Bay Area, Karen's background includes all things theatrical: choreography, directing and performing in regional theater and international touring shows, voice-overs, studio work, composing, writing lyrics, and hosting a weekly radio program.

Named "one of the finest American jazz vocalists" by Jazz Times, she continues to quietly produce albums that receive international acclaim while holding down a day-job as an educator. She has served in public schools as a classroom teacher, an instructional coach for the arts and literacy, and as a consultant for the National Writing Project and the International Baccalaureate Organization.

While her recordings fall in the Jazz and Americana categories, her performances are not limited to these.

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