Jazz in the Box - Spencer Day
11/21/08
8:30 p.m.
Artist Website
Listen closely to Spencer Day's Movie of Your Life and you just might be able to detect bits of everything from Gershwin and Chet Baker to Ben Folds and Joni Mitchell. While many peg him as a throwback for his clever, stylish, carefully crafted singing and piano work, Day's songs owe as much to Icelandic alt-rock princess Bjork as they do the timeless compositions of Ravel. "I belive there is a common thread between many genres of music," he says. "I think they are more connected than we realize." It helps explan why Day's music feels classic but modern. In his 28 years, the New York-based singer has grown equal loves for Brill Building songcraft and more guttural, modern era rock passion. And that's core to the ongoing evolution of his sound. "I am constantly experimenting with different styles of music, the way some people try on different outfits. I think people like to see artists working things out, finding their voice and striving to be better". Day is an artist who is confidently making music from different eras than his own, blending them together into an amalgamation of everything that he loves about the music.
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