elfenworks client: Jazz Pianist Tammy Hall

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          Recent Feature Articles: [Jazz Times July 2006] [S F Chronicle Pink Section, May 21 06]

A versatile and sensitive pianist, organist, composer, and arranger, Tammy Lynne Hall is equally at home with Brasilian, Classical or Jazz. For the last 15 years, Tammy Hall has been one of the best-kept secrets in the San Francisco Bay Area. The jazz pianist and songwriter has been successfully packing in local clubs and venues, thanks to a widespread rep for distinctive, lively performances of everything from jazz and Brazilian to salsa and classical, and both original tunes and renditions. Now, with her award-winning concert film screening in film festivals and a CD release which made debuted at #20 and climbed to #9 on Clifford Brown Jr.'s American Jazz Countdown, the secret is out.

We designed Ms. Hall's website with a piano motif and a hidden easter egg: clicking on the image of Ms. Hall's fingers will reveal a video of Ms. Hall (or rather, her hands) playing jazz. We maintained the site from its inception in the early days of the internet through late Summer, 2009.

Tammy Hall Reflections DVD [details] [clips] [buy online]

Presenting jazz pianist Tammy Hall's debut DVD, 'Tammy Hall: Reflections.' This ambitious DVD is based on a live performance of original compositions and jazz standards filmed at the famed Yoshi's Jazz House in Oakland California, Hall's musical artistry is then combined with sophisticated cinematography by the elfenworks team and visuals by master editor/animator Tim Schaller. The blending of her performance with dream-like imagery invites viewers to escape into a world of visual metaphor inspired and driven by the emotional qualities of the music.The film was released February 28th. It received the 2006 Summit and Telly Awards. Official selection: Mendocino Film Festival, the Ybor Festival of the Moving Image, the Globians Festival, and the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Ocean Film Festival . Footage has aired on Bay Area Focus with Susan Sikora on KBHK/UPN TV and the DVD was a KCSM 91.1 member pledge-drive thank-you gift.

Tammy Hall - Blue Divine CD [cd details] [clips] [buy online]

" Hall combines elegance and grit. . . Blue Divine effectively showcases her empathetic sensibility as a player, composer and arranger." --Jazz Times

Jazz pianist Tammy Hall and her quartet (piano, bass, percussion, drums) in a CD of original works ranging in style from straight-ahead jazz to Latin. Released February 28, 2006 and available from online distributors as well as via digital download from JazzReview.com, itunes and others. The title track 'Blue Divine' made its debut at #20 on Clifford Brown Jr.'s American Jazz Countdown, and climbed the charts to #9 [more].