Heartfelt thanks to all who have very generously donated!!!

Words fail with regards to the fabulous show of support for this project, we’re immensely grateful and everyone who has helped out will be included in a thankyou page in the CD booklet, which we’re currently working on. Thankyou thankyou thankyou!

I underestimated the cost of royalty payments considerably, so if you still want to donate and be included that would be much appreciated, we’re not done with putting everything together yet.

Mark your calendars for the release party at SPACE in Evanston on Thursday January 2, hope to see some of you there!

Vocalist Alfie assembled a fantastic sextet that already had diverse experience playing together (with support from Chicago High School for the Arts and the Jazz Institute of Chicago), to record ten tunes at Palisades Studio in August 2023. The results were fabulous: beautiful ballads mixing with hip cuts from Cedar Walton, Chick Corea and Joe Henderson, a raunchy blues, and also one of Alfie’s originals. She penned lyrics to two classic compositions also.

One of the features of the record is Alfie's uncanny synch with outstanding tenor saxist Leo Milano (amazing solos!) and her rapport with drummer Chase Wilkins, guitarist Sam Roberson, vibraphone wunderkind Wanye Williams, and acoustic/electric bassist Danny Perez. This is a tight but energized band with great camaraderie, not a throw-together, recorded by one of the best engineers in the business, Freddie Breitberg, who worked with Curtis Mayfield. We've mixed the session but want to produce a CD (still the industry standard for promotion & reviews in the jazz world and still a prerequisite at many radio stations), which will include a 12-page booklet with photos, artwork, lyrics and liner notes - old school :)

We want to include a page listing names of people who have supported the project, which could include YOU - we'd be thrilled if you want to be involved. A CD release party is planned for January 2nd, 2025, at SPACE in Evanston, and it would be great to see you there also!

Funds are needed for mastering, manufacturing CDs and conservatively estimated royalty expenses (the proposed goal amount does not include costs of studio rental, recording, mixing, graphics, musicians fees etc)