NEW! - Jazz Aviary CD

"Irresistible offerings from a
formidable jazz artist." - All Music Guide

"Blessedly free of affectation, Krebs rivals Karrin Allyson and Diana Krall in her ability to climb inside a lyric and make it seem she's lived there her entire life." - JAZZ TIMES

 Jazz Aviary CD Highlights:

 1.  High Flyin' Bird  
 2.  Bird Alone  
 3.  The Peace of Wild Things  
 4.  Songbird  
 5.  Strange Meadowlark  
 6.  Baltimore Oriole  
 7.  Bob White  
 8.  Blackbird  
 9.  The Lark Ascending  
10.  Skylark  
11.  A Gaggle of Geese...  
12.  Ornithology  
13.  Medley:   I'm So Lonesome  
                    Dink's Blues
                    Three Little Birds
14.  Bird in the Rain  
15.  A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square  
16.  Song of the Birds  

JA Concert Highlights & Interview Video:

"Under the musical direction of pianist
Rich Eames, backed by an Eames-led sextet and supplementary string quartet provide eider-soft yet oak-sturdy nests for each tune, Krebs so skillfully invades the likes of "Baltimore Oriole", "Skylark", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square", Lennon & McCartney'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

JA Concert DVD Promo available on request.
Also available as EPK >>>

JAZZ TIMES

"...a series of delicate yet masterfully constructed

origami creatures."

ALL MUSIC GUIDE
"Irresistible offerings from a formidable jazz artist."

LA TIMES - Review & Article by Don Heckman
"A fascinating musical presentation..."

JAZZ IMPROV
"Krebs’ interpretive passion, intelligence, and love for the project can be heard throughout."

LA JAZZ SCENE
"Krebs and her amazing musicians created something of singular beauty."

"The preservation of the world lies
in understanding and appreciating
the wonder and awe that
nature arouses." (E.O.Wilson)

With Jazz Aviary, I hope to express the "wonder and awe that nature arouses", specifically that Birds arouse - through Music, Poetry, Visual Projections, simple ornithological Facts - and by listening to the birds themselves on field recordings of Birdsong. There have been various incarnations of this concert for over 3 years - it has been a thrilling flight for which I am grateful, and one I am eager to continue. *** May you always hear the birds sing!

* * For Booking and Information:  Contact Suze here * *
The project is available for concerts, large and small. Jazz Aviary also has
great potential as a fund-raising event!

>>>  Jazz Aviary on YouTube!
   Woodpecker Jam    Baltimore Oriole

Jazz Aviary Testimonials:

" Jazz Aviary is more than just a delightfully intimate concert by superb musicians. It's an exploration of the world of winged ones and an exhultation of song as human and avian expression. This melange of music, field recordings, humor and fact (like crows use tools and have a language), offers sophisticated entertainment that educates on the sly and inspires our souls to soar. Ultimately, Jazz Aviary affirms human openness with Nature's fascinating diversity."  
              Marsha Scarbrough, Journalist

"Susan expands our notion of music (and jazz) by returning it to its origins in nature. Her voice is rich and assured and I love how the band's interactions reflect the birdsong."  

                                                                                                                                                                                   Dennis Hicks, Psychotherapist

"I've enjoyed many of Susan's theatrical, film and television performances over the years. But Susan really out-does even herself in Jazz Aviary. It's a delightfully surprising and highly entertaining show - and a neatly crafted little gem."  Howard Goodwin, Paramount Pictures Music Department

"Susan Krebs' Jazz Aviary is a "concept concert"...Field recordings of songbirds and Susan's witty coments about them interlace an array of beautifully performed jazz songs about birds, inspired by birds, paeans to birds...and in the midst of this entertaining evening, one realizes that it's obviously birds who taught us to sing."   John Binder, Filmmaker

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