Rene Marie s revolutionary yet deeply personal patriotism soars from sea to shining sea on her tour-de-force, jazz/gospel/Americana crossover album.
With searing honesty, impeccable artistry, and bold musical risk-taking, Rene Marie and her loyal touring ensemble apply substantial improvisational chops to an intriguing set of 19th, 20th, and 21st-century compositions that define the very cloth from which America is cut.
Rene Marie unexpectedly burst onto the top of the jazz scene in 2002 when her album Vertigo was voted Best Vocal Jazz CD by JazzTimes in the UK. The follow up, Live at the Jazz Standard, hit #20 on the Billboard Jazz Chart and sparked a media blitz of features in virtually every major US jazz publication as well as the New York & LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Vibe, and Essence.