Back to the Garden Judy Wexler

• 1 Get Together 06:00
• 2 Up on the Roof 04:41
• 3 American Tune 04:03
• 4 Big Yellow Taxi 03:25
• 5 The Times They are A'Changin' 04:44
• 6 Since You've Asked 03:28
• 7 For What It's Worth 03:53
• 8 Everybody's Talkin' 03:32
• 9 Forever Young 06:10
• 10 Who Knows Where the Times Goes 05:14
• Total Runtime 45:10

Info for Back to the Garden

Critically acclaimed jazz vocalist JUDY WEXLER is known for her soulful, heartfelt vocals and her ability to find under-exposed gems and imbue them with warmth and wit. JazzTimes Magazine says, "Judy Wexler has carved out a jewel-like niche as a gracefully swinging singer who brings penetrating insight to American Songbook-adjacent material often overlooked by her colleagues.” On Back to the Garden, her 6th album, Wexler departs from her usual jazz fare to recast familiar songs of the 1960s as jazz/pop anthems relevant for today’s social and political ethos. Wexler has been featured twice on NPR Weekend Edition with Susan Stamberg, who said, “Based on the evidence, Judy Wexler can sing almost anything.” She has toured the USA at storied jazz venues including Birdland, The Blue Note, Jazz Alley, Blues Alley, and Catalina Bar & Grill, among many others, and has head- lined at performing arts centers and jazz festivals in Montreal, Tel Aviv, Dubai and San Jose. All of her albums have charted on the national JazzWeek radio chart, with two albums charting in the Top 5. Her prior CD, Crowded Heart, charted at #7 on Billboard’s Traditional Jazz Albums chart.

“Judy Wexler is more than a mere singer of songs; she’s an actress, mood painter, song archaeologist and vocalist par excellence.” (All About Jazz)

Judy Wexler, vocals
Jeff Colella, piano, melodica (5), background vocals (1)
Larry Koonse, nylon string & electric guitar
Gabe Davis, bass
Steve Hass, drums
Bob Thiele, Jr., electric guitar, baritone guitar (1,7,8,9)
Danny Janklow, alto saxophone (4)
Jay Jennings, trumpet (10)
Hendrik Meurkens, harmonica (8)
Sara Caswell, violin (9)
Joel Pargman, violin (3,6)
Carrie Kennedy, violin (6)
Rodney Wirtz, viola (3,6)
Stefanie Fife, cello (3,5,6)
Erin Bentlage, background vocals (1,4,7,9)
Talley Sherwood, background vocals (1)

Judy Wexler
Los Angeles-based vocalist Judy Wexler has been garnering rave reviews and fans across the country and around the world. A touring and recording artist, she has headlined at jazz festivals, performing arts centers and major jazz clubs both nationally and internationally. She has a pliably warm, lustrous sound and displays an unerring ear for underexposed gems. She began studying music at a very young age and spent her early years training in theater and performing in plays, musicals and television — skills which have helped make her a consummate interpreter of lyrics. All About Jazz says, “Judy Wexler is more than a mere singer of songs, she is an actress, mood painter, song archaeologist and vocalist par excellence.”

Her fifth CD, a collaboration with piano great Alan Pasqua called Crowded Heart (June 2019, Jewel City Jazz), presents “jazz standards for the 21st century,” an anthology of ten modern jazz compositions by contemporary songwriters. Ted Gioia, author of The Jazz Standards and The History of Jazz says, “What a joy to listen to this album, both for the exquisite music-making of Judy Wexler and Alan Pasqua, but also for their astuteness in finding and featuring outstanding songs by current-day jazz composers. Highly recommended!” Judy’s other CDs include What I See (2013), Under a Painted Sky (2011), Dreams & Shadows (2008), and her debut, Easy on the Heart (2005). All of Judy’s CDs have topped the national JazzWeek radio charts and received enthusiastic reviews, including a profile on NPR Weekend Edition with Susan Stamberg, who said, “From the evidence on her new second album, Dreams & Shadows, Judy Wexler can sing almost anything.”

Past performances include the Montreal Jazz Festival, Tel Aviv Jazz Festival, Dubai Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, Birdland, The Blue Note and Jazz at Kitano (New York City), Scullers (Boston), Jazz Alley (Seattle), Yoshi’s (San Francisco), Blues Alley (Washington, D.C.), Nardis Jazz Club (Istanbul), and Upstairs Jazz Club (Montreal), among many others.

Booklet for Back to the Garden