Laurin Talese Presents: Gorgeous Chaos (in the Supper Club)

A Cleveland native, jazz singer Laurin Talese recruited some major talent to accompany her on her debut album, Gorgeous Chaos. Produced by Adam Blackstone (Justin Timberlake, Rihanna) and Ulysses Owens, Jr. (Christian McBride, Kurt Elling, Wynton Marsalis), the album includes appearances by Robert Glasper, Christian McBride, Christian Sands, renowned soul/R&B singer Vivian Green, and longtime collaborator Eric Wortham (Adele, Jill Scott). Other notable artists featured on the recording include: Yesseh Furaah-Ali, Erskine Hawkins, Jamar Jones, Josh Lawrence, Anwar Marshall, Ben O’Neill, Steve Tirpak, Joe Truglio, The Millennial Symphony Strings and Dontae Winslow. On the track “Winter,” Talese sings in a hushed voice over busy bits of piano and horns and in “Forgive and Forget” she shows off her vocal chops. Expect plenty of friends and family to be on hand for tonight’s CD release show. (Niesel)