Playfully

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Awards

Playfully has been awarded Two Global Music Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the categories of Best Female Vocalist and Best Vocal Jazz Album.

Reviews

"...intelligent and meaningful lyrics...cloaked in an air of optimism, a valuable quality in today’s troubled world ... Ryan’s vocal sound is rich and appropriately expressive and goes to the heart and soul of the songs..."

Bruce Crowther, Jazz Journal UK

"...clear, street wise and effortless, mixing conversation and vocal swoops...clever... Cole Porterish mood ... She coos her way around...the noir alley..."

George Harris, Jazz Weekly

About

I invite you to experience the joy right in front of you, or right inside of you. Take a breath. Keep it light and mellow, slip out if you need to, grow where you're planted, and live thoughtfully, here's a reason to be happy, to find abundance in each other, to be here now, to love fully, to observe all of the big and little magic, and I am here wishing YOU Whole and resounding love. This album is for you! It's a hug, a laugh, a pick me up, a friend. It's whatever you need it to be right now.

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At its core, "Playfully" embodies its name, including musical morsels that are as much a recognition of jazz’s past as they are a fresh and modern contribution to the lexicon — "delightfully accessible and thought-provoking."