SVETLANA & THE NEW YORK COLLECTIVE
WBGO Jazz Live Performance
Cell Theater, NYC January 2019
Blue Note Festival - Blue Note, February 2019
Birdland Jazz Club, June 2018
Windmills Of Your Mind, Bangalore, India
Rovigo Villas and Jazz Festival, Rovigo, Italy
About
Hailed “outstanding band” (Wall Street Journal) and “NYC darlings” (TimeOut), Svetlana's New York Collective is a group of determined jazz talents on a mission to uplift, energize… and spread the joy of what WPIX/11 News called “exuberant foot–stomping music that combines New York swing with pop singer/songwriter sensibilities.” Svetlana and her band have released a chart topping Night at the Movies (debuted #1 on the US Billboard Traditional Jazz Charts / #2 on Jazz Album Charts) in 2019 and have headlined sold out release shows at Joe’s Pub (NYC), Blues Alley (Washington DC), Regatta Bar (Boston), Blue Note (NYC) and beyond. 2020 is seeing a new iteration of New York Collective “mobile unit”, a quartet-sized band with an emphasis on showcasing bandleader Svetlana’s artistry, exciting new original compositions and unique arrangements of material from her chart-topping record Night at the Movies - and beyond. Svetlana and NY Collective performs in formats ranging from this quartet to a seven-piece, horn-infused band. A performance by Svetlana and the New York Swing Collective is a colorful carnival of sound, seamlessly moving from sophisticated retrospection to a joyfully rowdy party - delivering "great sounding, great looking, highly entertaining unique tight show - with big sound and deeply personal sincere connection with the audience!" (Festival Presenter, USA).
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recent PresS
”Energetic…. Exceptional vocalist and songwriter” - Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal || "Effortless and delicate, sincere, and ethereal” “Upper echelon of joy" Pop Matters || ”Gorgeous alto conveys the essence of the song so beautifully.... essaying with smoldering restrained passion... drawing the listener into the world these songs evoke”... NYC Jazz Record || ”Refined voice… gorgeous atmosphere” - The Walker, Japan || ”Beautiful voice, sharp phrasing, ability to turn every track into a small play with its own plot - and mainly, jazz feeling” - JazzQuad, Russia || “Once in a lifetime voice” ”Sultry and sensuous trip....Anthem of positivity.... Replete with yearning and dreaminess”.... Aquarian, USA || “Exuberant foot-stompming Music” (WPIX 11)
VIDEOS
"It's All Good" (m/l Svetlana - arr Wycliffe Gordon; from Night at the Speakeasy (2015)
Moonlight (from the movie Sabrina, 1995) from the album 'Night at the Movies" (Starr, 2019)
music
Moonlight (Night at the Movies ) Live on WBGO jazz radio
Happy, Pharrell Williams (from the movie Despicable Me 2, 2013) ft Wycliffe Gordon
Cheek to Cheek (Night at the Movies) ft Wycliffe Gordon
You Are Like a Song (in Russian) from Night at the Speakeasy (2015)