"Dusk Baby" // säje (featuring Gerald Clayton)

GRAMMY Award® winning vocal supergroup, säje, releases new single “Dusk Baby”, featuring pianist Gerald Clayton.

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säje is: Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor, Johnaye Kendrick, and Erin Bentlage.

Featuring: Gerald Clayton, piano (Gerald Clayton appears courtesy of Blue Note Records); Anna Butterss, bass; Christian Euman, drums.

"Dusk Baby" written by Gerald Clayton and Sachal Vasandani. Vocal arrangement by Erin Bentlage with Sara Gazarek, and Johnaye Kendrick/Amanda Taylor. Based on original arrangement by Gerald Clayton.

Recorded by Pete Min at Lucy's Meat Market; mixed by Seth Presant; mastered by Jett Galindo at Bakery Mastering; artwork by Miles Wintner. Stop motion animation music video by Sara Gazarek.

“säje is blazing a new trail for female composers and performers in the jazz world”
-- Micah Hendler, Forbes

“...[säje is] taking the vocal jazz ensemble into the 21st century.”
-- Abe Beeson, KNKX/NPR

“...transcendent music.”
-- DownBeat Magazine

It might come as a surprise to hear that, while newly-formed vocal super-group, säje (rhymes with beige), received a GRAMMY® nomination for “Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals” for their first original composition “Desert Song”, a John Lennon Songwriting Contest Grand Prize Award for their second composition “Wisteria”, and a Jazz Journalists Association Award nomination for “Best Vocal Group”, the world continues to eagerly await the debut album from this transcendent and genre-defining group.

It is through their three previously released singles and multiple self-produced music videos that this all-female compositional/vocal collective has demonstrated their devotion to thoughtful, sophisticated, and heartfelt covers and original compositions, understandably garnering critical acclaim and a wide-spread and ardent fan base.

However it is with their most recent, upcoming single “Dusk Baby” (due September 10th, 2021, independently released) in collaboration with six-time GRAMMY® nominated pianist Gerald Clayton, that listeners get a sneak peek into the sounds and energy that we can expect from their highly-anticipated debut album (Spring 2022). We can also clearly see that säje has positioned themselves as a genre-defining powerhouse ensemble, surpassing any expectations of what one might typically associate with a vocal group.

On the group’s arrangement of “Dusk Baby”, we hear more than just lush harmonies, complex contrapuntal lines, or symbiosis with their all-star band. More than just a deep relationship with the emotional landscape of this piece, and mastery of their craft. We can hear, front and center, that säje is a group to be watched -- if their newest single is only a mouth-watering snapshot of what’s to come.