EMILY SAXE

“KEEPING YOU IN MIND”

A CAPTIVATING NEW VOICE WITH A SULTRY MIX OF COUNTRY, POP AND JAZZ

IN STORES AND ONLINE AUGUST 28

PS CLASSICS is proud to announce the release of Keeping You In Mind, the debut CD of vocalist EMILY SAXE – a singular voice who captures the smooth sensuality of Diana Krall, the Nashville twang of k.d. lang and the rustic familiarity of Norah Jones. A versatile new stylist capable of crossing over from jazz to alternative, folk to blues and country to pop, Saxe sets out to reinterpret the American Songbook through alluring arrangements that place familiar pieces in arresting new context – from Tom Waits to Cy Coleman, from Rodgers & Hart to Mary Chapin Carpenter to Burt Bacharach. The disc will be available online and in stores on August 28.

Keeping You In Mind is an introspective collection delivering superb vocals that weave a captivating spell: from the lilting country-tinged title track to a sexy samba-infused “With Every Breath I Take” to the achingly inviting “Last Day of Summer.” Throughout the disc, Saxe displays a lyrical sensitivity that seamlessly blends with her lush guitar-based arrangements.

EMILY SAXE comes from a long line of gifted musicians (a great-grandfather who traveled the country with a pump organ, a grandfather who collaborated with Johnny Mercer, a mother who’s an accomplished jazz pianist), and she brings her musical legacy and talent to the fore in Keeping You In Mind.

Co-produced by Saxe and bassist David Piltch (whose numerous credits include Madeleine Peyroux, Lizz Wright, k.d. lang, and Bill Frisell), Keeping You In Mind features such in-demand players as Piltch on bass, slide and steel guitar player extraordinaire Greg Liesz (Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin), drummer Jay Bellerose (Paula Cole, Cassandra Wilson), keyboardist Patrick Warren (Fiona Apple, Tracy Chapman), and Juno award-winning guitarist Rob Piltch. Mixed by Grammy Award-winning engineer Jay Newland (Norah Jones's Come Away With Me), Keeping You In Mind is a debut album capturing an outstanding new talent.

Saxe was profiled in the March 2007 issue of Jazziz Magazine; that issue also included “With Every Breath I Take” on its monthly jazz compilation CD. Jazziz received such good response to Saxe's track that they included another track from Keeping You In Mind on their “Women in Jazz” sampler, the Jazziz website and on Jazziz radio and in the July issue of the magazine.

Founded in 2000 by Tommy Krasker and Philip Chaffin, and twice Grammy-nominated, PS CLASSICS has been profiled in publications such as The New York Times and Variety for its diverse line of solo albums and cast recordings, and its commitment to the past, present and future of the Great American Songbook. Its solo albums range from jazz (Jessica Molaskey’s Sitting in Limbo) to folk (Rebecca Luker’s Leaving Home), from pop (Jane Olivor’s Safe Return) to show music (Christine Andreas’s Here’s to the Ladies). PS Classics is distributed by Image Entertainment.

PS CLASSICS PRESENTS THE DEBUT CD FROM

EMILY SAXE

“KEEPING YOU IN MIND”

A CAPTIVATING NEW VOICE WITH A SULTRY MIX OF COUNTRY, POP AND JAZZ

IN STORES AND ONLINE AUGUST 28

PS CLASSICS
PRESENTS THE DEBUT CD FROM