controlled power, timeless elegance, swing
“It's hard to convince yourself she didn't spend
her childhood in New York's jazz clubs”
– Télérama
“Superlative skills as a ballad interpreter”
– DownBeat
“She knows how to light a fire in the heart
of even the most downcast listener”
– Jazz Magazine
“Her dark alto is expressive, her phrasing very individual...
and she simply swings”
– Jersey Jazz
“Spontaneity, playfulness, celebrating her heritage,
and faithfulness to jazz standards”
– Birštonas Jazz Festival, Grand Prix 2026
New record "MOTHER" (Vik & Gene Perla)
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New record with bassist Gene Perla: six songs, including two Perla originals inspired by "Mother", a poem by avant-garde filmmaker and poet Jonas Mekas. Pianist Jesse Green and drummer Hugh Kline complete the quartet, and guitarist Steve Cardenas takes a yearning solo on the title track.
Every track is paired with custom artwork by Annie-Claire Alvoët, a French artist known for her ink and wash illustrations of live jazz shows. Her images – lungs blooming with blossoms, a woman in sunglasses blowing out the sun in a storm, a solitary mother, heavy with longing – offer another reading of each song.
“I met Annie-Claire about 15 years ago at the 38Riv’ Jazz Club in Paris, where she sketched musicians live during the Monday night jam sessions. Her drawings appear on my business cards, in Jazz Magazine reviews of my concerts, and on my walls at home. During lockdown, we even produced three ‘Amor, Boleros & Jazz’ livestreams together, with Annie-Claire sketching us in real time from my living room. I was THRILLED when she agreed to illustrate the songs of MOTHER – offering her own poetic reading of the music, for us all to see.” – Vik
