SKCB / ThemeScene

Susan Krebs Chamber Band evolved out of many intimate ThemeScene salons in large living rooms and small theaters — a collaborative effort exploring a chosen theme through music and poetry and improvisation.

Much of the music on SKCB’s two recordings, SPRING and SIMPLE GIFTS, was drawn from various salons: CARDIOLOGY, ENOUGH, AWAKENING, OUT OF THIS WORLD.

Group of five people smiling outdoors, surrounded by greenery.

The Music

Album cover of 'Simple Gifts' by The Susan Krebs Chamber Band featuring apples on a dark background.
Album cover for "Spring: Light Out of Darkness" by Susan Krebs Chamber Band, featuring green plant shoots against a background of a dawn or dusk sky.

Vocalist Susan Krebs has carved a niche for herself as one of the premier singers in chamber jazz, a hybrid style characterized by classical influences, intimate recording quality, delicate musical interplay and poetic lyrical content. She’s a silky-toned performer with an intuitive melodic sense and a literary way with words, and she’s been instrumental in ushering chamber jazz into the 21st century.

— Brian Zimmerman/JAZZIZ Magazine