VTL CD VM-009 CD: Karen Briggs - KAREN - USA 1994 OOP FACTORY SEALED

Description: ****Welcome to our listing, thanks very much for looking!Karen Briggs, (born 1963) is an American violinist. She was born in New York City and grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia. Taking violin lessons from an early age, Briggs attended Norfolk State University after graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1981. There, she majored in music education and mass media. By 1983, she was playing with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, where she remained for the next four years. In 1987, she returned to New York City, where she won amateur night at the famous Apollo Theater four times. After marrying in 1988 and moving to Los Angeles, Briggs embarked on her first professional tour with Soul II Soul and toured throughout America and Japan. In 1991, Briggs auditioned for Yanni, the contemporary instrumental keyboard composer. She spent the next thirteen years touring and recording with him, and can be seen on his live music videos including Yanni Live at the Acropolis, Yani Live at Royal Albert Hall, and in Tribute performed both at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India and in the Forbidden City, in China. From her appearance on these Yanni videos, she was nicknamed "The Lady in Red." The Ethnicity tour of 2004 marked her last with Yanni. Briggs also made her Carnegie Hall debut in 1994, performing with pianist Dave Grusin. She has also performed with a number of other artists over the years, including Stanley Clarke, The Wu Tang Clan, en Vogue and Chaka Kahn, Wynton Marsalis, Benise, Marla Gibbs, Kenny Loggins, Ashley Maher, Taliesin Orchestra, and Diana Ross. Her career includes appearances in many TV / movie soundtracks as well as various other concerts (ranging from Carnegie Hall to Harlem's Apollo Theater) and TV shows. She also had a cameo appearance in the 1999 motion picture Music of the Heart. Briggs has a natural ability to improvise in various styles of music, such as symphonic orchestra, Latin orquesta, R & B, gospel, jazz ensemble and even rap. Additional exposure to genres of Caribbean, Afro Latin, Pop and Middle Eastern musical idioms has allowed her to revolutionize her identifiable style. Briggs took part in a documentary titled "Live Music, Community & Social Conscience" while part of Geri Allen's ensemble at the Frog Island Music Festival. In 2002 Briggs recorded some music for the Hidden Beach Recordings label on a CD titled Unwrapped Vol. 2, including her rendition of a popular rap song from the artist Coolio, "Gangsta's Paradise", among other songs that Briggs contributed to this project. Long out of print and a rare audiophile CD title, this is a BRAND NEW, FACTORY SEALED CD PRESSED and ISSUED by VTL / VITAL Music / Vacuum Tube Logic of a highly collectible and out of print title from their CD catalog, featuring - Karen Briggs CD Title - Karen Track Listing - All Blues Paisley I Wish You Could Stay Homecoming Eternal Flame Travel Murals Cantos de los Gitanos Night Song That Thang Internalism Samba de OrpheusThe CD is from the rare VITAL / VTL series of audiophile CDs (LONG out of print). CD catalog # VM 009CD made in the USACD issued in 1994 The CD, JEWEL CASE and INSERTS are all assumed to be in MINT overall condition as this item is actually FACTORY SEALED! This CD is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system). Do not let this rarity slip by!

Price: 149.99 CAD

Location: Woodbridge, Ontario

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