Changes Arianna Neikrug

• 1 No Moon At All 04:48
• 2 Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most 06:09
• 3 Let’s Stay Together 05:15
• 4 Changes 04:35
• 5 Medley: Never Let Me Go / I’ll Be There 05:59
• 6 The Song Is You 02:00
• 7 New York Song 04:14
• 8 After You’ve Gone 04:29
• 9 Devil May Care 04:48
• 10 Medley: Help Me / Be Cool 05:55
• Total Runtime 48:12

Info for Changes

After winning the 2015 Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition then performing at the Montreal International Jazz Festival the following year, 25-year-old singer and songwriter Arianna Neikrug makes her grander introduction to the music world with the August 24, 2018 release of Changes on Concord Jazz.

Produced by the Grammy-winning pianist and arranger Laurence Hobgood, Changes displays Neikrug’s gift for interpreting tunes from the Great American Songbook and more recent pop and R&B classics from the ’70s. The disc also contains two originals that reveal some of Neikrug’s journey from her hometown of Los Angeles to New York City, where she argues she truly belongs. Blending the right amount of reverence for the jazz tradition with a knowing glance to modern pop and R&B classics, sprinkled with two inviting originals, Changes will delight both jazz purists and novices without making any unwise artistic compromises as she superbly negotiates the glories of jazz’s past with a wide-eyed optimism that betrays her tender age. “When you’re recording your debut album, fresh out of college, you’re not exactly sure how you want to present yourself,” Neikrug explains. “It was easier figuring that out by discovering who I didn’t want to be. I’m just trying to take the jazz tradition and move it in my direction.”

Arianna Neikrug, vocals

Arianna Neikrug
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Arianna is a jazz/pop vocalist, songwriter, arranger, and recent Concord Music Group recording artist currently stationed in New York City. She graduated with a bachelor of music degree in Studio Music and Jazz (vocal) performance from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in May of 2015. Arianna has already made her mark in the jazz world. She was the winner of the 2015 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition (the "Sassy" Awards) and has shared the stage with various artists including Steve Miller, Alice Cooper, Kenny Burrell, Neil Young, Al Jarreau, Mindy Abair, James Moody, George Benson, Karrin Allyson, Gretchen Parlato, and Roseanna Vitro. She has performed at some of the hottest jazz clubs in the US, including Birdland in NYC, Catalina Jazz Club in Los Angeles, Dazzle Jazz Club in Denver, and Spaghettini in Seal Beach. In July of 2016, Arianna traveled with her group to Montreal, Canada to perform at the International Montreal Jazz Festival alongside some of the most renowned jazz artists. Her first international show was an extraordinary success and earned her a standing ovation! Arianna also won an outstanding soloist award in the college division at the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival in March of 2015, where her small jazz vocal group "Extensions" took 1st place. Arianna just released her first single, "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most," from her debut album "Changes" in collaboration with pianist, arranger, producer and 2010 Grammy® winner, Laurence Hobgood. "Changes" is now available to pre-order and is set for full release August 24, 2018 on Concord Records. In addition to her musical endeavors, Arianna is a passionate yogi, earned her 200-hour yoga teaching certification from Green Monkey Yoga in Miami, and currently teaches at New York Yoga on the Upper East Side.

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