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A full length Christmas classic from the classic jazz artist herself. Play I'll Be Home For Christmas Play Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Play Samples of the entire album Songs on this album are: 1. I'll Be Home For Christmas 2. What Child IS This 3. Lo How A Rose E're Blooming 4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem 5. Carol Of The Children 6. O Come O Come Emmanuel 7. A'soalin' 8. Children Go Where I Send Thee 9. O Holy Night 10. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.  | | The brand new stunning jazz departure for the ice cream blonde with the black coffee voice. Produced by Barbara Montgomery and Aaron Graves. Arrangements by Aaron Graves. Featuring five original songs by Barbara Montgomery and Aaron Graves, and songs by Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, Danny O’Keefe, Stevie Wonder, and Leo Ferre. Special appearance by Joe Ford (of Ft. Apache, McCoy Tyner, and more…). A portion of all sales will be donated to The Million Mom March United with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Play Little One Play Leaving Alexandra Play Samples of the entire album Songs on this album are: 1. Alexandra Leaving 2. Little One 3. If It's Magic 4. April 14 5. Avec Le Temps 6. 1000 Kisses Deep 7. Junkman 8. She Speaks 9. Between 10. Crazy Love 11. I Fall In Love Too Easily 12. Trinity |
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The devastating new album produced by Barbara, Exec. Producer - Don Lucoff, featuring all new original tunes and one more very special, never before recorded tune by Chick Corea & Neville Potter. Arrangements by Barbara Montgomery & Barry Sames. "Little Sunflower....find it, buy it, treasure it." -- Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes Play An Illusion Play Samples of the entire album Songs on this album are: 1. An Illusion (Montgomery/Sames) - 8:27 2. E-Mail Blues (Montgomery/Sames) - 8:28 3. As the Sun (Instrumentally Known as Little (Hubbard/Montgomery) - 8:10 4. Idle Moments (Montgomery/Pearson) - 9:25 5. Armando's Rhumba (Corea/Montgomery/Potter) - 3:28 6. You're Always in My Space (Corea/Potter) - 7:58 7. When We First Met (Montgomery/Sames) - 5:22 8. Web of Glass (Montgomery/Sames) - 5:54 9. Vox Barbara (Montgomery) - 9:20 | | features more tunes by Chick Corea and Neville Potter along with originals by Barbara Montgomery & Barry Sames. "...a talented, adventurous performer...(Dakini Land) is a fascinating album, a collection of her silken vocal interpretations..." Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times Play Carousel Play Samples of the entire album Songs on this album are: 1. What Game Shall We Play Today? (Corea/Potter) - 5:54 2. The Reason Why (Porquê) (Montgomery/Sames) - 6:33 3. Miles to Go (Montgomery/Sames) - 6:01 4. Crystal Silence (Corea/Potter) - 7:39 5. Carousel (Montgomery/Sames) - 7:19 6. High Wire (Cohen/Corea) - 4:40 7. 500 Miles High (Corea/Potter) - 5:12 8. You Are Everything (Corea/Potter) - 4:47 9. Like a Lover (Bergman/Bergman/Caymmi/Coymmi/Motta) - 7:07 10. Sometime Ago (Corea/Potter) - 8:20 |
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Produced by Barbara Montgomery Arrangements by Steve Giordano Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Glenn Ferracone Play Falling Grace Play Samples of the entire album Songs on this album are: 1. Estaté (Brighetti/Brighetti) - 7:03 2. Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most (Landesman/Wolf) - 9:54 3. Falling Grace (Cornfield/Swallow) - 5:51 4. Never Let Me Go (Evans/Livingston) - 7:38 5. Shape of My Heart (Miller/Sting) - 5:50 6. Invitation (Kaper/Webster) - 6:18 7. Desire (Giordano/Montgomery) - 7:14 8. Skylark (Carmichael/Mercer) - 6:22 9. Once I Loved (DeMoraes/Gilbert/Jobim) - 6:23 10. How I Wish [Instrumentally Known as Ask Me Now] (Hendricks/Monk) - 6:16 | | Play Triste Play Samples of the entire album Songs on this album are: 1. Love For Sale 2. Stuck On You 3. Triste 4. Round Midnight 5. Round Midnight (Swing) 6. Carino 7. Corcovado 8. Just For You 9. Giant Steps 10. Angel Eyes |
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| Everything you ever wanted to know about Barbara Montgomery: Barbara Montgomery has been in the entertainment field for over thirty years as a music industry executive, publisheras well as working in production for film and television. She began performing as a jazz vocalist in 1970 but took a detour in her music career by joining the NBC/Westinghouse television station that produced the "Mike Douglas Show", working for that program and others. During this time she also freelanced, working on the seminal PBS series, "The Constitution: That Delicate Balance", as well as touring as a lighting designer for international popular music groups. She was also the managing director of a major recording studio servicing the music, television and film businesses. She has been Music Director for Richard Simmons since 1986. This has given her the opportunity to produce the music for over 20 exercise videos ranging from oldies to disco to Broadway to Latin music, working in studios from New York to Los Angeles with hundreds of world class studio musicians. After a twenty-year break, she returned to her passion, performing and recording as a jazz musician. Her relationship with Chick Corea and Neville Potter led to her third CD "Dakini Land" and was a springboard for the original songs on her fourth CD "Little Sunflower". This endeavour blessed her with the gift of friendship, performance, and collaboration with the great jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. She has produced six CDs of her own, arranging and writing original material for five of them in collaboration with Steve Giordano (“Ask Me Now”), Barry Sames (“Dakini Land” and “Little Sunflower”) and Aaron Graves (“Trinity”). Her 2005 release, “Trinity” was co-produced with pianist Aaron Graves, whose short list includes work with Stanley Turrentine, Cassandra Wilson, Dakota Staton, the legendary Jimmy Scott, and Oscar Brown, Jr. Both “Little Sunflower” and “Trinity” were honored with the Blue Chip Award for Best Jazz Vocals by Dr. Herb Wong of the International Association of Jazz Educators. She has produced music for numerous television infomercials, for Christian artist Sandi Patty, provided music supervision for award winning independent films, recently finished producing music for “Champions On Ice”, the Olympic ice skating tour, and is an advisor to many jazz musicians for their music production. In December of 2002 she produced a multi-media, sixty piece jazz performance, "The Rhythms of Christmas" at Verizon Hall at the Philadelphia Kimmel Center honoring Ambassador Walter Annenberg. Included were narrations and rear screen projections of a DVD montage focusing on the spirit of giving (produced and written by Ms. Montgomery), a fifteen piece string ensemble, a thirty voice gospel choir, five jazz vocalists, four percussionists from Latin and African traditions, and a nine piece jazz ensemble. Ms. Montgomery also performed and narrated. In May of 2003 she co-produced and performed in The Philadelphia Jazz All Star Benefit, honoring George “Butch” Ballard (original drummer for the Duke Ellington Orchestra) and benefiting the music programs for the Radnor School District/PA. Students of the various jazz ensembles rehearsed with the professional musicians in a workshop setting and performed onstage with Mr. Ballard and the entire jazz ensemble. Performers also included co-producer and drummer Leon Jordan, international jazz violinist John Blake, world renown trumpeter Terell Stafford, blues vocalist Frank Bey, vocalist Jeanne Brooks, pianist Aaron Graves, Venezuelan percussionist Marlon Simon, alto saxophonist Tony Williams, tenor saxophonist Chris Farr, bassist Lee Smith, and guitarist Steve Giordano. Ms. Montgomery also leads LADIES NIGHT OUT, her band of top female jazz musicians including Monette Sudler on guitar, Lynn Riley on saxophones/flute/clarinet, Lee-sa Robinson on drums, all international recording artists and performers in their own right. She has been asked to write and contribute for jazz publications, including the premier issue of the AllAboutJazz newspaper, Jazziz Magazine, and Downbeat, and was featured in the July 2004 issue of Jazziz. She is writing a book on life as a private citizen in Saigon during the Vietnam War in the early 1960's. While raising her two children, she performed primarily in the PA/DE/NJ/NY area (Iridium, Borgia Cafe, Zanzibar Blue, Ortlieb's, Chris' Cafe, jazz festivals, Philadelphia Museum of Art Jazz Series among others); has had three sold out tours in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, performing in Prague, Usti nad Labem, Olomousc, Bratislava, Trencin, Piestany, Banska Biasnica, Martin, Zvolen, Banska Biastryka; and has performed often in Paris. She has been volunteering with The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, an international institute that works with the families of brain injured children, since 1980, in their programs for hurt kids and well children. She home schooled her two children (now 28 and 20) from birth via the neurological program guidelines of the Institutes, teaching languages, art, music, violin, sciences, history, literature, and gymnastics among other areas in the academic and physical programs; became certified at the teaching level; has volunteered for many years in their clinical work, most recently proving translation services for the French speaking families; participated in over 20 twenty world meetings on brain research. She has received the Brazilian Gold Medal of Honor for her efforts in this field. She is deeply involved in gun violence prevention, stemming from the years she lived in South Vietnam in the early 1960's. A more recent tragedy was the murder-suicide in January 2002 in Ardmore, Pa. of the family of five that included her daughter's dear friend, 14-year-old Alexandra Wake. Since that time she has hosted town meetings to address the dilemma of gun accessibility, has spoken at press conferences state wide, and has lobbied often in the Pennsylvania state capitol and in Congress in Washington, D.C. This led her to become the President of The Pennsylvania Million Mom Chapters of the Brady Campaign. She continuously presents s gun violence prevention workshops to youth in middle schools, high schools, community organizations, and colleges; produced a state-wide assault weapons ban conference in the spring of 2004; and has testified in front of and advised the City Council of Philadelphia and the Pa. State Senate on firearms legislation. She also works with Mothers in Charge and Mothers Opposed to Murder, both groups of Philadelphia mothers who have lost children to homicide, as well as Mantua Against Drugs, Men United for a Better Philadelphia, Pennsylvanians Against Trafficking Handguns, and other grass roots organizations in Pennsylvania. From October 2004 through 2005 she directed weekly workshops with teens using music as the vehicle to help them work through the violence in their lives, coaching them to write poetry, song lyrics, and music, as well as coaching actual performances of their songs. She performed at the national Million Mom March on Mother’s Day of 2004 in Washington, D.C. on the west lawn of the Capitol honoring Alexandra and the many victims of gun violence, and each year produces and performs the Mother’s Day Remembrance Service for the Pennsylvania Million Mom March. Ms. Montgomery is combining her passions of music and mentoring youth by building “b & bjazz”, a retreat center for artists in return for the commitment to the mentorship of youth. The “farmhouse project” will provide an intimate, temporary haven near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for artists, initially musicians, to express creative energy, share experiences, and return to their everyday life refreshed and invigorated. It will be unique in its request for a commitment from the artist to mentor an inner city youth, to continue the gift of expression and to help that young person toward a positive path to reach their potential. ***************************** Barbara Montgomery, President Mr. Bean and Bumpy Music, Inc., ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) Two Beans Music, BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) Clients: (partial list, production of original music/music supervision/music clearance) GoodTimes Entertainment, LLC The Disney Corporation Jackie Chan Champions On Ice Linda Evans Elle McPherson The Philadelphia Phillies Lifetime Cable Network New Screen Concepts American Telecast Corporation Lori Davis Hair Care, Inc. Gary Smalley Seminars, Inc. Total Gym Fitness, Inc. Victoria Jackson Cosmetics, Inc. Sandi Patty, Christian Recording Artist Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - The Movie Body Blade, Inc. Torso Track, Inc. Abdolly, Inc. Paramount Pictures Montel Williams' System 21 *************************** Associations: -Vice-President, The Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia -President, Million Mom March/PA, Philadelphia/Montgomery/Delaware Counties -Board Member, The Women's Board, The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential -Board Member, Loan Review Board, Philadelphia Federal Credit Union -Board Member, David Katz Scholarship Fund, benefiting The Esther Boyer College of Music, Temple University --Board Member, TYL II Daycare and Montessori School -Member, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences -Member, International Association for Jazz Education -Member, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists -Member, International Campaign for Tibet -Member, Middle Atlantic Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence -Songwriter Member, Broadcast Music Inc. -Publisher Member, ASCAP -Publisher Member, BMI -Jazz Series Coordinator, The Red Room at the Society Hill Playhouse -French translator for The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, an international institute serving the families of brain injured children -B.A., University of Pennsylvania -Certified at the Teaching Level, The Evan Thomas Institute, The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential -Jazz Theory and Piano under Samuel Gold, New York City -Classical Theory and Harmony under Luis Prado, The Bryn Mawr Conservatory of Music Visit Barbara's website |