8-563: Clear Day is the 11th album by Canadian jazz vocalist Emilie-Claire Barlow . It features the Dutch jazz and pop orchestra Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley . It won the Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year in 2016. Clear Day is a "mélange of folk and rock staples" with songs by "artists spanning all genres and time periods, from Brad Mehldau to Coldplay ." The album
16-518: A career singing television and radio commercials. Barlow's grandfathers were ventriloquist Cy Leonard and actor Bob Homme (who played The Friendly Giant ). Her father is award-winning jazz drummer Brian Barlow (aka Brian Leonard). Her mother, Judy Tate, is a composer, arranger and singer. Her uncle was Richard Homme, a Canadian jazz bassist who died 6 May 2011. She was encouraged by her parents to sing and study several instruments including piano, cello, clarinet, and violin. Barlow studied voice at
24-415: Is "a gamble that pays off when she cleverly pulls a mélange of folk and rock staples into the realm of orchestration." Christophe Rodriguez of Montreal's Sorties Jazz Nights wrote that Barlow "seems to have reached another level" and that "she crafts her albums like a precision watchmaker" Lesley Mitchell-Clarke of theWholeNote wrote "... this recording is a portrait of the artist as a mature women poised at
32-426: Is a narrative with each song telling part of her personal story -- "Each song represents my state of mind, a turning point, a crossroad, ...The important thing was that the song needed to convey that particular moment in time." The record also features a 70-piece Metropole Orkest , expanded from the usual 52 piece line up. The album was produced and arranged by Barlow and Steve Webster (bassist) with orchestration by
40-424: The duo as well as three orchestrations by Shelly Berger and two orchestrations by John Metcalfe (composer) arranger for Peter Gabriel 's New Blood Orchestra. Clear Day has been critically acclaimed by reviewers. Canadian music writer Kerry Doole wrote that Barlow's talents "coalesce to stunning effect on Clear Day, the most ambitious offering yet in a prolific discography". The CBC's Melody Lau wrote that Clear Day
48-468: The full apex of her skill, talent, inspiration and power." Emilie-Claire Barlow Emilie-Claire Barlow (born June 6, 1976) is a Canadian singer, arranger, record producer, and voice actress. She has released several albums on her label, Empress Music Group, and has voiced characters for animated television series. She performs in English, French, and Portuguese. Barlow's first album, Sings ,
56-1009: Was named Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2008 National Jazz Awards. She has named as influences Ella Fitzgerald , Tony Bennett , and Stevie Wonder . Barlow has voiced various characters for animated television series, including Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon , Courtney, Laurie and Ellody in the original Total Drama series, Alice Gehabich in both Bakugan Battle Brawlers (season 1) and New Vestroia , Chrissy in 6teen , Mrs. Ridgemount in Stoked , Bunny in Almost Naked Animals and Theresa Falcone (McDougall) in Fugget About It . Born in Toronto to parents who were professional musicians, Barlow grew up in recording studios and by age seven had begun
64-553: Was released in 1998. She has received seven nominations for Canada's Juno Awards with her album Seule ce soir winning for best Jazz Vocal Recording in 2013 and Clear Day winning the same award in 2016. Seule ce soir also won Album of the Year – Jazz Interpretation at the 2013 ADISQ Awards. Barlow was also nominated for the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award at the 2016 Juno Awards. Barlow
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