small girl Releases Big Banana

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Singer, lyricist, composer, and playwright, Aliza Amihude, also an internationally infamous art-jeweller, is taking pianist, trombonist, and composer, Jeff Presslaff, (recipient of the 2004 Manitoba
Jazz Musician of the Year Award); unstoppable bassist, Gilles Fournier; and drummer/percussionist, Scott Senior, formerly of The Duhks, to Burning Man 2008, in Nevadas Black Rock Desert, to perform and officially release BIG BANANA, small girls first full-length CD.

Although we have a loyal following in Winnipeg, I believe its a practical choice to officially launch small girl BIG BANANA at an event where 45,000 international artists and patrons of the arts meet to
celebrate creativity, freedom, and community, croons an excited Amihude.

small girl can be described as halting traffic at the intersection of jazz, blues, burlesque, and performance art. More specifically, small girl is an original, brilliant, and progressive jazz quartet whose vivacious singer channels the spirit of Jacques Brel, the intensity of Edith Piaf, and the gall of Lenny Bruce.

The fourteen songs on BIG BANANA came through Aliza Amihude between 1996-2001 in Montreal, Jakarta, Lorette, Matlock, and Maui. They were co-composed with Jeff Presslaff between 1999-2001 in Winnipeg, where they were recorded from 1999-2005 at Unity Gain, Private Ear, and Mid-Ocean Recording studios ; mixed by Jeff Presslaff, Don Benedictson, and Rodrigo Muñoz ; and mastered by Allen Hunnie. The digipak cover photo was taken this year in Maui by Daniella Dreher, Alizas stepdaughter ; the graphic design was done locally by lab4design.com ; and the final product was done by Polar Bear. All small girl material is produced by Aliza Amihude and Jeff Presslaff. musicians on small girl BIG BANANA : Aliza Amihude - vocals Jeff Presslaff - piano Gilles Fournier - stand-up bass Daniel Roy - drums and percussion (tracks 2 and 4) Kelly Marques drums and percussion (all other tracks).

The song, Cheri is completely en français and Mr. Mystery is bilingual.

The Digipak is made with recycled cardboard.

Aliza is 410.

She met Joseph Fullmer, her husband, at Burning Man 2000.

small girl BIG BANANA is for sale in Winnipeg at Into the Music and McNally Robinson, and will be available internationally through CDBaby by the end of August.

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