Leni Stern – Dance – New EP Record 2021 Leni Stern Recordings Vinyl – Jazz / World RED (Sony)

Dance – to be released on June 4, 2021 – finds Stern again leading her polyglot New York quartet with Argentine keyboardist Leo Genovese and the Senegalese rhythm duo of bassist Mamadou Ba and percussionist Eladji Alioune Faye

“A genre-defying adventurer.” — Guitar Player on Leni Stern

In these pandemic times, we have been mostly bound inside our domiciles, unable to dance in mixed company, footloose and carefree. But we can still sway, swing and shake it on our own or within our pods, given the right soundtrack – and Dance, the new album from border-bounding guitarist, vocalist and producer Leni Stern, fits the bill perfectly. Dance sees Stern again fronting her cross-cultural New York quartet, featuring brilliant Argentine keyboardist Leo Genovese and the bone-deep rhythm duo of bassist Mamadou Ba and percussionist Eladji Alioune Faye, both originally from Senegal. This set of hook-heavy, multilingual songs – colored with a blend of international rhythms, richly harmonized vocals and Stern’s jazzy six-string lyricism – makes for one of the most irresistible albums of her long, fruitful career, brimming as it does with rhythmic joie de vivre and hum-along melody. To be released on vinyl and digitally on June 4, 2021 (via Leni Stern Recordings), Dance will be…  

released June 4, 2021

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