Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series Internationally Active Jazz Vocalist, Composer & Educator Ester Wiesnerova .. Based in Slovakia, she just released a visually stunning debut CD that has a wonderful audio collective .. The new 2022 CD The Blue Journal .. It includes 11 original compositions written for a unique quintet including harp & percussion. The compositions unfold somewhere between folk and  contemporary jazz. She was first discovered on “The Voice of Czechoslovakia”, a television singing competition, before beginning her professional career .. She is a strong believer in music as a tool for social change & has been engaged in musical activities for marginalized groups. She organized concerts in prisons and homeless shelters, taught a homeless women choir, and·co-led regular workshops for teenagers in psychiatric hospitals. Enjoy the story ..

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