New CD

Featured in DownBeat Magazine, “Judy Wexler Goes Back to the Garden”

Release Date: June 4, 2021

Iconic 1960s Songs of Love, Hope & Change, Reimagined

On her 6th album, BACK TO THE GARDEN, Judy recasts classic songs of the 1960s as jazz/pop anthems that are as relevant today as they were over 50 years ago.

BACK TO THE GARDEN is a departure from her previous albums, which featured a mix of standards, contemporary jazz, and reworked modern pop classics. On her new CD, she points her gaze to interpreting iconic pop/rock/folk songs from the 1960s with reimagined arrangements.

According to Judy, “Music is truly a reflection of the times, and the music of the 1960s reflected the turbulence engendered by war, political protests, and the rise of important social movements like feminism and racial justice. Fifty years later, we’re still struggling with those same issues and more. Although the arrangements of these iconic songs are new, I find their message of love, hope and change as timely as ever.”

Featured in The Absolute Sound’s “13 Female Jazz Vocalists You Need to Hear” (March 2022)

News & Events

Saturday, January 6, 2024

LIBRETTO
1242 Park St.
Paso Robles, CA 93446
Librettopaso.com
TIX/INFO

Thursday, January 11, 2024

THE GRAPE
2733 E. Main St.
Ventura, CA
Res: (805) 212-6130
Thegrapeventura.com
TIX/INFO

Thursday, February 8, 2024

CAMPUS JAX
3950 Campus Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(949) 261-6270
CampusJax.com
TIX/INFO

Past Performances

Montreal Jazz Festival  •  Dubai Jazz Festival  •  Tel Aviv Jazz Festival  •  San Jose Jazz Festival  •  Temecula Valley Int’l Jazz Festival (opened for Mose Allison)  •  The Blue Note, NYC  •  Birdland, NYC  •  Jazz at Kitano, NYC  •  Pangea, NYC  •  Scullers, Boston  •  Jazz Alley, Seattle  •  Tula’s, Seattle  •  Bake’s Place, Issaquah, WA  •  Blues Alley, Washington, DC  •  The Side Door, Old Lyme, CT  •  Los Angeles County Museum of Art Friday Night Jazz Series (broadcast on KJAZZ-FM)  •  Catalina Bar & Grill, Los Angeles  •  Yoshi’s, SF  •  Bach Dynamite & Dancing, Half Moon Bay  •  Zoellner Performing Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA  •  Nardis Jazz Club, Istanbul  •  Upstairs Jazz Club, Montreal  •  The Cellar, Vancouver  •  Largo, Quebec  •  Anthology, San Diego  •  Dizzy’s, San Diego  •  Jazz Live at the Saville Theater, San Diego (broadcast live on KSDS)  •  Virginia Arts Festival  •  North Coast Brewing Co., Ft. Bragg  •  Maureen’s Jazz Cellar, Nyack  • The Firefly, Ann Arbor  •  The Sound Room, Oakland  •  SOhO, Santa Barbara  •  The Baked Potato, Studio City  •  Jazzville, Palm Springs  •  Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Jazz Club, Bel Air  •  The Grape, Ventura  •  Libretto, Paso Robles