Terry Jenoure
Press Reviews
“A clear, biting soprano…dynamic tone” The New York Times
“A stirring vocal performance by Terry Jenoure, part art song, part griot-like recitative, part speaking in
tongues” Downbeat Magazine
“Terry Jenoure has a sassy, direct quality” Variety
“An excellent musician” Hi-Fi Vision, Germany
“A beautiful, emotionally charged style” Listening Post, Georgia
“Jenoure is a force to be reckoned with” Springfield Inquirer, Massachusetts
“Jenoure demands attention. It is a voice of muscular lows and piercing cries, an agile, wiry survivor
of a voice. It is the voice of faith in the apocalyptic urban wilderness” The Milwaukee Journal
“…Incredibly brilliant high register singing” The Chronicle-Herald, Nova Scotia
“Jenoure made scat a logical extension for the voice. She’s clearly a talent deserving more attention”
The Hartford Courant; Connecticut
“[An] established voice in jazz poetry” Nycjazzrecord.com
“A scorching cameo by violinist Terry Jenoure” exclaim.ca
“A searing vocal solo by Jenoure recalls the darkest, most evocative moments of Abbey Lincoln”
jazz.com
“A cameo from violinist Terry Jenoure fills the soundscape with a haunting hymenopteran buzz.”
thequietus.com
“Touches of chamber jazz, lively gypsy dances and earthy call-and-response…sung expressively by
violinist Terry Jenoure….” The Washington Post
“[I]n solos during Monday's second set, only James Emery on electric guitar and Miss Jenoure as a
violinist or scat vocalist could compete successfully with the band's riffs.”
The New York Times
“On violin, her classically inflected, dynamic tone challenges Mr. Jenkins's dry whine.”
The New York Times
“Jenoure's dramatic recitation on "And I Saw Them" is reminiscent of Jeanne Lee's work with Archie
Shepp. nightafternight.com
“Terry Jenoure, a very interesting violin player who isn’t nearly as well-known as she ought to be…She
released a 3CD set called Portal last year that’s fantastic.” Ivy.fm Burning Ambulance podcast
“Violinist and vocalist Terry Jenoure, in some ways the star of the piece…” Chicago Tribune“
“Miss Jenoure also proved a versatile, flexible vocalist.” New York Times