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Social Anthems, Volume 2
“She delivers impressive reads of songs that hit our emotions…”
Jazzweekly by George Harris
“A powerful follow-up to her first installment, blending jazz with socially conscious themes in a way that feels both timely and timeless. With its wonderfully nuanced arrangement of these prescient themes, this recording is a true gem.”
The Jazz Page by Glenn Daniels
“Los Angeles-based Renaissance woman Cathy Segal-Garcia is well-known as an innovator, trailblazer and an artist who sets her own artistic paths. As a vocalist, composer/arranger, broadcaster, educator and more, she has never shied away from risk. Across the session, Segal-Garcia is deeply engaged into each of the various song types. She is chameleon-like, as she deftly moves from a rock to a jazz to a soul-blues format. One senses her penchant for lyrics and her flair for their vocal inflection. A remixed and harder-edged version of "Inner City Blues/Make Me Wanna Holler" is an included bonus track that is as interesting and hip as its prior, tamer presentation. The track has it all: drive, funk, and Segal-Garcia's electricity.”
All About Jazz by Nick Mondello
“In Control: Jazz singer Cathy Segal-Garcia’s style leans toward heavily melodic vehicles that show off her flowing, at-ease, rhythmic sense... A voice that’s soft and warm as cashmere.”
Zan Stewart | Los Angeles Times
“If you closed your eyes you might think she was a highly evolved horn player...”
Larry Koonse
“A model of warm, exquisitely focused jazz vocalizing...sensuous voice and cool harmonies.”
Don Heckman | Los Angeles Times
“The freshest vocal project which I’ve ever been involved in, and it’s one of my favorite tapes of the past year...This recording deserves to be heard by as many people as possible.”
Peter Erskine
“The true spirit is there. “Secret Life” finds the singer at her best, doing what she has done successfully for years, telling a story through song, intimately, as if she were standing next to you, sharing a moment of warm sunshine together.”
Jim Santella
“Segal-Garcia exhibits an earthiness that is both compelling and entrancing.”
Christopher Loudon | JAZZ TIMES
“When the Sirens, in the days of ancient Greece, enticed sailors with their song, at least one of them must have sounded like Cathy Segal-Garcia…the clear, cool, perfectly pitched Segal-Garcia voice.”
David Nathan | Marge Hofacre’s JAZZ NEWS
“Cathy Segal Garcia is a magical weaver of lyric that tells stories with tones and lilting phrases that delight the mind and soul and are melodic to the ear when she performs!”
Johnny Gorman
Cathy Segal-Garcia's talents are vast, and her heart is warm and open. A significant presence on the Los Angeles scene, she can proudly wear many labels —"vocalist," "songwriter," "educator," and "scene maker and sustainer" among them. But when you boil Segal-Garcia down to her essence, she's simply a weaver of dreams, a starry- eyed wanderer and free spirit who, nevertheless, possesses strong artistic instincts and the organizational savvy to pull off one unique project after another.
Dan Bilawsky
CATHY SEGAL-GARCIA is one of the most prolific jazz artists on the west coast. Jazz performer, composer, businesswoman, teacher and writer, is a key piece in the current jazz scene in Los Angeles (USA).
Leonardo Diaz