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My CDs are also available as digital downloads on iTunes, CD Baby and other music download sites. “Jody Sandhaus then came out and sang three songs with the trio. She possesses an extraordinary vocal instrument and impeccable diction and phrasing, but she is not limited by her voice’s beauty. She can turn it darkly expressive on a moment’s notice. Sandhaus sang a definitive “Embraceable You,” a hip, dry, version of Bob Dorough’s “Small Day Tomorrow,” and a gliding, elegant “Get Out Of Town.” JAZZTIMES Concert Review, Thomas Conrad Every now and again a singer comes along who so personally delivers a song that we are ourselves moved to feel more deeply- to appreciate life more fully, in all its joys and pain; and to see things as she sees them, as facets of the wonderful gift that is life. Jody Sandhaus is such a singer. Jody sings so gently and carefully about love that we are encouraged to imagine and define with clarity our arrival to love and our continuance in that dream. ”John Williams, writing in HOT HOUSE NY Jazz Nightlife Guide says, “Jody sings so gently and carefully about love that we are encouraged to imagine and define with clarity our arrival to love and our continuance in that dream.” Of course, the artist must have the craft to bring the art to life, and Jody began to develop her formidable skills as a child. Born in Houston to a musical family and moving to New York early on, she was exposed to the wonders of classical music and studied the piano with Dolores Soyer. While taking her degree in Liberal Arts at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Jody continued her pursuit of music at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studies piano and voice. As a singer, Jody enjoyed singing the popular music of her youth, but it was when she took a house in St. Maarten and found a neglected record collection, that she was introduced to the work of Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Maxine Sullivan, Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Sinatra and others-sounds that would shape her musical future. She lived in the West Indies for a number of years and upon her return to New York Jody began in earnest to study vocal production, working extensively with noted vocal coach Marie Traficante. Since the 1980’s, Jody has been a fixture on the musical scene in New York and its environs, being heard there and around the world in such venues as New York Steinway Hall, The Charles Ives Performing Arts Center, Zinno Jazz Club, The Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival in Rome, etc.. Her first solo album, “Winter Moon”, on Saranac Records, gave us the first opportunity to hear a collection of songs recorded as Jody came to feel them—personally, and without artifice. Reviewing “Winter Moon” in JazzTimes, Chuck Berg said that, “Jody Sandhaus is an evocative vocalist whose sultry after-hours delivery meshes perfectly with such exquisitely excruciating torch tales as “Not in Love.” Berg also remarked that “clearly, Sandhaus is a singer who’s also a musician. She phrases like a horn and swings with uptown élan.” The mother of three, Sandhaus is married to pianist Pete Malinverni, who, along with bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Leroy Williams, joins her on “Winter Moon.” Malinverni, legendary bassist Michael Moore and Leroy Williams ply their significant talents in support of Jody on “I Think of You” released in the Summer of 2001. Jody’s newest CD,“A Fine Spring Morning” was released October, 2004. This beautiful CD once again features Pete Malinverni and Leroy Williams. Bassist Todd Coolman joins them on this third album. Listen to Jody Sandhaus, live or on CD, and you’ll see why you’ll be transported to a place where life is a trip worth taking.