Sounds like Liz Wright, Diana Kroll, Sara Vaughan

The nine original songs on Chapter 1: Full Circle represent two sides of Sara’s music – Jazz/Blues and Spiritual/Faith. They come together, as the title implies, in one “Full Circle”, expressing hope, healing, and joy. Sara weaves storytelling into her music, taking listeners on a “joy journey”

Sounds like Liz Wright, Diana Kroll, Sara Vaughan

The nine original songs on Chapter 1: Full Circle represent two sides of Sara’s music – Jazz/Blues and Spiritual/Faith. They come together, as the title implies, in one “Full Circle”, expressing hope, healing, and joy. Sara weaves storytelling into her music, taking listeners on a “joy journey” through the genre of jazz.

The first half of the songs on the album cover topics about personal relationships. The second half are reflections of the pandemic demonstrating the emotional roller coaster of those years, leaving the listener with a sense of hope. The titles of the songs are: The Girl in the Front, Positively Lovely, What a Day if I Spend it with You, You’ll be Fine, Lipstick Blues, Hard Winter, Not Alone, Pandemic Haze, and When the World Gets Better.

The album was produced by E. Shawn Qaissaunee who also performs on the recording as guitarist. The other musicians are: Aaron Graves – piano, organ; Zach Brock - violin; Diane Monroe - violin, Matt Parish - upright bass; Jason Fraticelli - upright bass; Matt Scarano - drums; Harry “Butch” Reed - drums; Adam Shumski – drums; John Swana - trumpet; Victor North - tenor saxophone; Greg Riley - clarinet, tenor saxophone; Jarred Antonacci – trombone; John Swana – trumpet; Nick Lombardelli – trombone; Barbara Jaffee - violin; Nina Wilkerson – viola; Talia Schiff - cello. The majority of the nine songs were arranged by E. Shawn Qaissaunee and the album was recorded at Morningstar Studios under two-time Grammy award winning engineer Glenn Barratt. Photography by Spencer Ostrander. Album design by Bonnie Briant.