How Love Begins (Extended Edition) Nicole Zuraitis

• 1Two Fish05:05
• 2Well Planned, Well Played04:21
• 320 Seconds04:53
• 4Like Dew04:59
• 5The Garden05:23
• 6Save It For A Rainy Day06:58
• 7The Good Ways04:16
• 8Travel04:24
• 9Reverie07:16
• 10Let Me Love You03:40
• 11Burn03:46
• 12Two Fish (Alt Take)05:16
• 13Reverie (Alt Take)06:29
• 14Like Dew (Alt Take)05:03
• 15Travel (feat. Sonica, Thana Alexa) (Alt Take)05:55
• 1620 Seconds (Alt Take)05:54
• Total Runtime01:23:38

Info for How Love Begins (Extended Edition)

Co-produced by Christian McBride, How Love Begins is an ardent, vulnerable and relatable meditation on modern love that solidifies the GRAMMY nominated Zuraitis' stature as one of the pre-eminent songwriters of our time.

Featuring 10 original songs by vocalist and pianist Nicole Zuraitis and co produced with legendary bassist Christian McBride, HOW LOVE BEGINS won the GRAMMY® Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in the 66th Annual GRAMMY® Awards. It spent 4 months in the top 20 on the Jazz Week Radio Charts, streaming on Sirius XM radio, WBGO, with features on NPR/Sirius XM Jazz Inspired with Judy Carmichael and Jazz Night in America. It was highlighted in the Downbeat Magazine BEST OF 2023 list, Sirius XM Top Jazz Albums of 2023

Nicole Zuraitis is a GRAMMY winning and 2X GRAMMY-nominated jazz singer-songwriter, pianist and arranger, New York-based bandleader and winner of the prestigious 2021 American Traditions Vocal Competition Gold Medal. With a “heart as big as her remarkable voice,” (Jazz Police), Nicole is a trailblazing artist who is redefining vocal jazz, earning her a place as one of the top artists and "prolific songwriters" (Broadway World) to watch in jazz and beyond.

Nicole Zuraitis, vocals, piano
Christian McBride, bass
Gilad Hekselman, guitar
Maya Kronfeld, organ, Wurlitzer, Fender Rhodes
Dan Pugach, drums

Nicole Zuraitis
is a GRAMMY winning and 2X GRAMMY-nominated jazz singer-songwriter, pianist and arranger, New York-based bandleader and winner of the prestigious 2021 American Traditions Vocal Competition Gold Medal. With a “heart as big as her remarkable voice,” (Jazz Police), Nicole has positioned herself as one of the top artists and "prolific songwriters" (Broadway World) to watch in jazz and beyond.

As a recording artist, Nicole has released five albums as leader, and her sixth album, How Love Begins, co-produced with eight-time GRAMMY-winner Christian McBride, won BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM at the 2024 GRAMMY® awards and features all original music. She is the only person ever to have won this award who wrote and arranged the entire album herself.

Besides leading her quartet, Nicole is the premier vocalist for the Birdland Big Band and has headlined at Newport Jazz Festival, along with iconic NYC jazz clubs like Dizzy’s Club at Lincoln Center, Birdland, the Blue Note, the Carlyle, 54 Below and the late, great 55 Bar. She has appeared as a featured soloist with the Savannah Philharmonic, Asheville Symphony and Macon Pops and has supported iconic singers like Melanie, Morgan James, Darren Criss and Livingston Taylor on piano and vocals.

Nicole's arrangement of Dolly Parton's Jolene, co-written with renowned drummer and bandleader Dan Pugach, was nominated for a 2019 GRAMMY®, spring boarding her career and making her a household name in the modern-day jazz landscape. In 2020, she was named in the top 40 under 40 for 2020 in Connecticut Magazine, and her weekly live stream during the Covid-19 crisis, "Virtual Piano Lounge," was featured in Forbes Magazine.

Nicole has collaborated with an extensive list of luminaries, including Christian McBride, David Cook, Gilad Hekselman, Veronica Swift, Benny Benack, Stephen Feifke, Cyrille Aimee, Antonio Sanchez, Dave Stryker, Omar Hakim, Rachel Z, Helen Sung, and Bernard Purdie. She is a proud educator and a current vocal faculty member at NYU, SUNY Purchase and the Litchfield Jazz Camp. In 2024, Post University awarded Nicole an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters.

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