Jazz Aviary
JAZZ AVIARY is a multimedia concert in celebration of BIRDS — and the universal music we share.
Conceived and performed by Susan Krebs
in collaboration with the Soaring Sextet, some of LA’s finest musicians.
Musical Director ~ Rich Eames,
Producer/Designer ~ Marc Rosenthal.
Music, Poetry, Visual Projections, simple Ornithological Facts, and Birdsong are threaded throughout the concert, expressing the wonder and awe that birds arouse as well as raising consciousness and awareness of their beauty and preservation.
JAZZ AVIARY Review Excerpts
“In JAZZ AVIARY, Susan Krebs has created a rare and mesmerizing creative experience.” (Don Heckman/Int’l Review of Music)
“Krebs so skillfully invades the likes of “Baltimore Oriole”, “Skylark”, “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square”, Lennon and McCarney’s “Blackbird” and Abbey Lincoln’s “Bird Alone” that the result is like a series of delicate yet masterfully constructed origami creatures.” (Christopher Louden/JAZZ TIMES)
“A lot of great jazz interpreters gather great songs together, but few do it as well and convincingly as Krebs. This is a treat for lovers of birds, jazz and music that makes the heart soar like “A Gaggle of Geese”. (Jonathan Widran/AMG)
“…a thoroughly unique show that is innovative, mind-stretching and simply beautiful!… It is a multi-senses feast that you will long remember…Krebs and her amazing musicians created something of singular beauty.” (LA JAZZ SCENE)
