Songstress Laurin Talese at the Velvet Note

Featuring Brian Hogans, John Roberts, and Jonathan M. Michel.

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Philadelphia-based jazz vocalist Laurin Talese has performed on myriad stages around the globe with a host of internationally celebrated recording artists including Bilal, Robert Glasper, Vivian Green, Sullivan Fortner and Christian McBride, among others. She has appeared in multiple venues within the U.S. as a featured artist, and late last year opened for renowned singer-songwriter, Amos Lee, at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, DC), and additional venues in Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Her debut album entitled Gorgeous Chaos (2016) was produced by and, features, in-demand music directors/producers, Adam Blackstone (Justin Timberlake, Rihanna) and Ulysses Owens, Jr. (Christian McBride, Kurt Elling, Wynton Marsalis), as well as a list of jazz elite and special guests such as Robert Glasper, Christian McBride, Christian Sands, prominent R&B vocalist, Vivian Green, and longtime collaborator Eric Wortham II (Adele), among others.