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Waiting Here for You

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Smooth FM | Sarah McKenzie - You Must Believe In Spring
Montreux Jazz Festival 2017

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07/05/2019 - Schloss Elmau / Elmau, Germany
07/18/2019 - Nice Jazz Festival / Nice, France
07/19/2019 - La Farlede Jazz Open'Hight Festival / La Farlede, France
08/03/2019 - Festival / Gouvy, Belgium
08/06/2019 - Jazz di Marca / Sant Elpidio, Italy
08/09/2019 - Parc du Chateau / Roquefere, France
08/13/2019 - Jazz in Marciac Festival / Marciac, France
08/17/2019 - Autostadt / Wolfburg, Germany
08/22/2019 - Theatre du Rocher / Pierrelatte, France
08/24/2019 - Summer Jazz Outdoor Party / Taipei, Taiwan
10/03/2019 - Scullers Jazz Club / Boston, MA
10/04/2019 - Dizzy's Club Coca Cola / New York, NY
10/19/2019 - Nalen Stora Salen / Stockholm, Sweden
11/16/2019 - Zaragoza Jazz Festival / Zaragoza, Spain
03/21/2020 - Theatre Elisabethain - Chateau D`Hardelot / Hardelot, France
04/08/2020 - Palais Des Congres-le Mans / Le Mans, France
05/05/2020 - Cite de la Musique / Soissons, France
05/06/2020 - Theatre-Senart / Lieusaint, France
05/28/2020 - Brucknerhaus / Linz, Austria
1 Waiting Here For You  

I was very lucky that during lockdown the Diablo Regional Arts Association in Walnut Creek, CA commissioned me to create a 60-minute video extravaganza with the theme MUSIC CONNECTS OUR WORLD. My idea was to create ten cross-genre video clips that would include musicians from all corners of the world and put the videos together with announcements so they become like a concert. The stylistic reach was from Bossa Nova to Tango, from Bebop to Choral Music. And there was this one song in my drawer that sounded a bit like pop music, but I did not really know what to do with it. My Australian producer Chong Lim, who I happened to speak to during that time, just had his tour as keyboarder for David Foster cancelled and he recommended that I speak to the drummer of that tour, John JR Robinson. John was all up for it and recorded the drums for the track and recommended that I speak to Michael Thompson for guitars. Michael then added the guitars and recommended that I ask Jon Gilutin to add Hammond B3. It was amazing! All these legends, who had worked with the likes of Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion suddenly recorded a song of mine and I was playing and singing alongside them. I very much hope that you'll like it! Here is WAITING HERE FOR YOU.

  • Neon Jazz interviews Sarah Mckenzie
    Posted At: January 14, 2021 12:00 AM

    Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Composer & Pianist Sarah Mckenzie. When the corona virus hit in early March., she was just on tour in France and all her shows got cancelled. At the same time the US government implemented a travel ban for everyone who was traveling from the Schengen territory so Sarah was unable to return to her home in Los Angeles immediately. &ls...
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  • Sarah McKenzie discusses new series of singles with Miami's 90.7WVUM
    Posted At: January 7, 2021 12:00 AM

    Sarah McKenzie released 3 new tracks last Fall. When the corona virus hit in early March, Sarah was on tour in France and all her shows got cancelled. At the same time the US government implemented a travel ban for everyone who was travelling from the Schengen territory so Sarah was unable to return to her home in Los Angeles immediately. 'In order not to get stuck during lockdown in a big city I ren...
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  • Sarah McKenzie chats with 90.5 KWMR
    Posted At: January 5, 2021 12:00 AM

    Sarah McKenzie released 3 new tracks last Fall. The song SCHNELLER! was inspired by drives on the German highway. It is called Autobahn and it is one of the very few places in the world where there is no speed limit. For someone not used to this it is quite a frightening experience to travel at 130 mph. WAITING HERE FOR YOU takes the stylistic reach was from Bossa Nova to Tango, ...
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  • Sarah McKenzie discusses her new series of singles on final 2020 'Blues In the Night Podcast'
    Posted At: December 18, 2020 12:00 AM

    When the corona virus hit in early March Sarah McKenzie was just on tour in France and all her shows got cancelled. At the same time the US government implemented a travel ban for everyone who was travelling from the Schengen territory so Sarah was unable to return to her home in Los Angeles immediately. 'In order not to get stuck during lockdown in a big city I rented an old school house in the very...
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  • Sarah McKenzie captures the spirit of Christmas on 'You, Me & The Christmas Tree' / france musique
    Posted At: December 16, 2020 12:00 AM

    The magic of Christmas ! Despite the context. Outside it's covered in snow, but it's nice by the fireside. Romance awaits you as you sit with your loved ones under the Christmas tree. These are the images Sarah McKenzie slips into this original song called You, Me & The Christmas Tree. She captures the spirit of Christmas. It's a song about love and the happiness of being together. Sarah ...
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  • Sarah McKenzie on the pandemic in Australia giving us insight into holiday gatherings + lots of Christmas music / 88.5KKRN
    Posted At: December 12, 2020 12:00 AM

    Don, host oif 'The Smooth Side' from 88.5KKRN - Round Mountain CA writes.......Jazz singer, pianist, composer, and international star Sarah McKenzie is from Australia. Many of you know that she stopped by our Redding studio just over one and one-half years ago for a wonderful interview on this program. Recently she called me from Los Angeles to do a follow up interview on the phone which will be ...
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  • Sarah Mckenzie discusses the fantastic 'Schneller!' with Harmonious World Podcast
    Posted At: November 30, 2020 12:00 AM

    There's a brilliant story behind pianist and composer Sarah McKenzie's latest compositions, produced in lockdown in the UK, while Sarah was stranded at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The song SCHNELLER! was inspired by drives on the German highway, the Autobahn. It is one of the very few places in the world where there is no speed limit. For someone not used to this it is quite a fright...
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  • Sarah McKenzie - Secrets of My Heart makes Treble '10 Best Jazz Albums of 2019'
    Posted At: December 22, 2019 12:00 AM

    We've cycled through a lot of of our favorite music of the year: Our Top 50 Albums of 2019 and our Top 100 Songs of 2019. And beyond that, our favorite metal, hip-hop, electronic, jazz and missed albums of the year. And now we're sharing our individual top 10 lists of the year to close it out. Here's what we, individually, liked a lot this year. Konstantin Rega selected 'Sarah McKenzie – Se...
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  • Sarah McKenzie chats with Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired
    Posted At: December 4, 2019 12:00 AM

    Pianist/singer/songwriter, Sarah McKenzie, like so many of her fellow Australians, felt she'd have to leave her beloved country to pursue her dreams, which is exactly what she's done, living in Paris and London, then moving on to Boston to study at the Berklee College of music, and now settling in Los Angeles. Sarah speaks of her experiences with the passion and appreciation of a poet and channels it all...
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  • Sarah McKenzie shares 'Secrets of My Heart' on WBGO 'Singers Unlimited' with Michael Bourne
    Posted At: October 25, 2019 12:00 AM

    Sarah McKenzie is a bright young pianist and singer from Down Under. Melbourne, that is. She's been playing around the world for a while, and recently she played Dizzy's Club. She also came by WBGO: Newark NJ with bassist Giuseppe Cucchiara for a talk with Michael Bourne on Singers Unlimited. Sarah and Giuseppe played some of her songs, along with a song of Dinah Washington and a song of James Bond pedig...
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  • Warm, clear, cozy, bopping and bluesy, Sarah McKenzie 'Secrets Of My Heart' is bubbling with ideas / Jazz Weekly
    Posted At: July 11, 2019 12:00 AM

    Vocalist and songwriter Sarah McKenzie plays piano with Pierre Boussaguet/b, Dan Wilson/g, Donald Edwards/dr and a collection of guests on percussion, strings and woodwinds on summery mix of originals and covers. Her phrasing is warm and clear, cozy with her  samba'd "De Nada" teamed with Danilo Caymmi's flute, and breezy "Till The Endo of Time" with strings and sax in support. A pair of bopping and...
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  • Sarah McKenzie set for San Francisco Jazz Festival / PRI: Jazz After Hours
    Posted At: June 20, 2019 12:00 AM

    Australian-born, Paris-based jazz pianist and singer Sarah McKenzie is poised to join the rarefied air occupied by superstars Diana Krall and Norah Jones. She performs music from her newest Impulse! release, Paris in the Rain. Balancing a master's touch on piano with a warm, bright, and inviting vocal approach, McKenzie possesses a singular gift, transporting listeners to a world of sophistication and ro...
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  • Sarah McKenzie returns to KWMR: Point Reyes Station CA for an interview w/The French Touch
    Posted At: June 17, 2019 12:00 AM

    Berklee College of Music scholarship student Sarah McKenzie simply loves making music. She enjoys the composition process and her extensive international travel is a significant inspiration for her lyric writing. McKenzie writes original songs that pay tribute to lots of people. On her list are Wayne Shorter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Michel Legrand and George ...
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  • Sarah McKenzie hits Tokyo with the Japanese 'Secrets of My Heart' album release, tour dates, and media buzz
    Posted At: June 5, 2019 12:00 AM

    p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} Australian singer-songwriter Sarah McKenzie released her new album 'Secrets of My Heart' to most of the world earlier this spring. After the great success of her 2017 disc, Paris in the Rain(Impulse! Records), the 31-year-old pianist, singer, and composer returns by reuniting with noted Australian composer, a...
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  • Sarah McKenzie joins Jazz 91-San Mateo for some music and conversation
    Posted At: June 4, 2019 12:00 AM

    Sarah McKenzie writes original songs that pay tribute to lots of people. On her list are Wayne Shorter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Michel Legrand and George Gershwin. This makes her hard to categorize. She also admires a number of women musicians, and includes the legendary Marian McPartland as an early inspiration. McKenzie was a scholarship student at the Berklee College of M...
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  • Sarah McKenzie speaks with CapRadio's Gary Vercelli
    Posted At: May 17, 2019 12:00 AM

    Australian-born, London-based Sarah McKenzie writes original songs that pay tribute to lots of people. On her list are Wayne Shorter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Michel Legrand and George Gershwin. This makes her hard to categorize. She also admires a number of women musicians, and includes the legendary Marian McPartland as an early inspiration. McKenzie was a scholarship stude...
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  • Sarah McKenzie speaks with Italy's RAI News 24
    Posted At: May 5, 2019 12:00 AM

    As Sarah McKenzie's return with Secrets of My Heart moves to Italy, Sarah was interviewed by Italian music journalist legend Fausto Pellegrini for RAI News 24 - the Italian state-run news channel which reaches millions of people. For Secrets of My Heart, Sarah has reunited with Chong Lim with a band lineup that includes French bassist Pierre Boussaguet and Brazilian percussionist Rogerio Bocatto...
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  • Sarah McKenzie lives jazz as a beautiful bridge between tradition and our time / la Republica: Webnight Day
    Posted At: May 5, 2019 12:00 AM

    for 2 - MAY - 2019 - She is Australian, composes, sings, plays, is an artist with a beautiful album and a new project, "The secret of my heart", just released. Sarah McKenzie is a very good singer, pianist and composer who lives jazz as a beautiful bridge between tradition and our time. Secrets of My Heart, Sarah has reunited Sarah with Chong Lim and a band that includes French bassist Pierre Boussa...
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  • Ciao Italia! Sarah McKenzie stops by La7 Propaganda
    Posted At: May 5, 2019 12:00 AM

    As the 'Secrets of My Heart' tour moves through Italy, the collaboration reuniting Sarah with Chong Lim also includes a lineup of superb musicians, French bassist Pierre Boussaguet and Brazilian percussionist Rogerio Bocattoalongside guitarist Dan Wilson, drummer Donald Edwards, vibraphonist Warren Wolf,tenor saxophonist Troy Roberts, and cellist Jody Redhage Ferber(all of whom based in the Unite...
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  • Sarah McKenzie visits with CentralCoastPublicRadio FM90
    Posted At: May 3, 2019 12:00 AM

    In support of Sarah McKenzie's new album release; "Secrets of My Heart," the Australian singer-songwriter has been travelling up the West Coast visiting radio stations along the way. On Wednesday April 3rd Sarah visited with CentralCoastPublicRadio FM90's John Walsh and the show; Pacific Standard Time. They chattd about the album, as well as Sarah's lif...
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  • Sarah McKenzie visits with ZDF: mo:ma magazin
    Posted At: April 24, 2019 12:00 AM

    Sarah McKenzie has recently released; Secrets of My Heart, where she reunites with noted Australian composer, arranger, and events music director, Chong Lim, who produced her first two discs. The musician lineup for the album includes; French bassist Pierre Boussaguet and Brazilian percussionist Rogerio Bocattoalongside guitarist Dan Wilson, drummer Donald Edwards, vibraphonist Warren Wolf...
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  • Sarah McKenzie visits 88.9KUCI - Irvine CA
    Posted At: April 17, 2019 12:00 AM

    p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d; min-height: 14.0px} Sarah McKenzie has recently released; Secrets of My Heart, where she reunites with noted Australian composer, arranger, and events music director, Chong Lim, who produced her first two discs. Recorded in New Yor...
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  • With her gift for composing, sparking piano, and elegant vocals, Sarah McKenzie takes a fearless approach on 'Secrets of My Heart' / MAKING A SCENE
    Posted At: April 16, 2019 12:00 AM

    Australian pianist, singer, composer Sarah McKenzie became well established globally with her Impulse! 2017 Paris in the Rain and now returns on an independent label with the half originals/half covers Secrets of My Heart. She reunites with noted Australian composer, arranger, and events music director Chong Lim who produced her first two projects. This was recorded in New York City with a core quartet o...
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  • 'Secrets of My Heart' is Sarah McKenzie's most personal music to date / JAZZIZ
    Posted At: April 16, 2019 12:00 AM

    Australia-born singer Sarah McKenzie is an emerging star with a timeless voice and a spellbinding way with original lyrics, two skills that helped her secure a coveted finalist spot in the 2014 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Since then, the Berklee-educated singer has gone on to have a fruitful career in Europe. She's even recorded a handful of albums on the illustrious French jazz l...
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  • Sarah McKenzie enchants from the first song on 'Secrets Of My Heart' / Le Monde
    Posted At: April 12, 2019 12:00 AM

    Phrasé impeccable, precise and delicate voice, Sarah McKenzie , also pianist, enchants from the first song of his new album, Secrets of my Heart. From You Only Live Twice, created for the movie of the same name of the adventures of James Bond by Nancy Sinatra, she makes a moment of soft and light reverie. A full success that confirms the rest of the album, whether on the own compositions of the si...
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  • Sarah McKenzie stops in Portland at 90.7KBOO
    Posted At: April 12, 2019 12:00 AM

    31-year-old pianist, singer, and composer Sarah McKenzie has recently released; Secrets of My Heart, where she reunites with noted Australian composer, arranger, and events music director, Chong Lim, who produced her first two discs. Recorded in New York City, Secrets of My Heart exudes cosmopolitan flair with its lineup that includes French bassist Pierre Boussaguet and Brazilian percussi...
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  • Sarah McKenzie wraps promo tour at Olympia's 89.3KAOS
    Posted At: April 11, 2019 12:00 AM

    Sarah McKenzie returns with her poignant, Secrets of My Heart, reunites with noted Australian composer, arranger, and events music director, Chong Lim, who produced her first two discs. The Secrets of My Heart lineup includes French bassist Pierre Boussaguet and Brazilian percussionist Rogerio Bocattoalongside guitarist Dan Wilson, drummer Donald Edwards, vibraphonist Warren Wolf,tenor saxophonist T...
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  • Listen to 'The Smooth Side of Sarah McKenzie' on 88.5KKRN: Redding, CA
    Posted At: April 9, 2019 12:00 AM

    31-year-old pianist, singer, and composer Sarah McKenzie has recently released; Secrets of My Heart, where she reunites with noted Australian composer, arranger, and events music director, Chong Lim, who produced her first two discs. Recorded in New York City, Secrets of My Heart exudes cosmopolitan flair with its lineup that includes French bassist Pierre Boussaguet and Brazilian per...
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  • Sarah McKenzie's radio roadtrip stops at Chico CA's KZFR for an 'Ocean of Rock and Roll'
    Posted At: April 9, 2019 12:00 AM

    31-year-old pianist, singer, and composer Sarah McKenzie has recently released; Secrets of My Heart, where she reunites with noted Australian composer, arranger, and events music director, Chong Lim, who produced her first two discs. Recorded in New York City, Secrets of My Heart exudes cosmopolitan flair with its lineup that includes French bassist Pierre Boussaguet and Brazilian percussi...
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  • Sarah McKenzie plays some tunes for KKUP: Cupertino
    Posted At: April 7, 2019 12:00 AM

    For Secrets of My Heart, Sarah McKenzie reunites with noted Australian composer, arranger, and events music director, Chong Lim, who produced her first two discs – Don't Tempt Me and Close Your Eyes. Sarah says; "He's the guy who introduced me to Wayne Shorter's Native Dancer and Antonio Carlos Jobim's Stone Flower. We always had a great connection; he knows me inside and out," ...
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  • Sarah McKenzie is in NoCal and stops by 90.5KWMR - Jazz Groove
    Posted At: April 6, 2019 12:00 AM

    After the great success of Sarah McKenzie's 2017 disc, Paris in the Rain on Impulse! Records, the 31-year-old pianist, singer, and composer returns with the poignant, Secrets of My Heart, where she reunites with noted Australian composer, arranger, and events music director, Chong Lim, who produced her first two discs. Recorded in New York City, Secrets of My Heart exudes cosmopol...
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  • Sarah McKenzie's radio roadtrip stops in at KSCO: Santa Cruz
    Posted At: April 6, 2019 12:00 AM

    After the great success of Sarah McKenzie's 2017 disc, Paris in the Rain on Impulse! Records, the 31-year-old pianist, singer, and composer returns with the poignant, Secrets of My Heart, where she reunites with noted Australian composer, arranger, and events music director, Chong Lim, who produced her first two discs. Recorded in New York City, Secrets of My Heart exudes cosmopolitan flair with...
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  • Sarah McKenzie stops west of twin peaks at KXSF: San Francisco
    Posted At: April 5, 2019 12:00 AM

    31-year-old pianist/singer/composer Sarah McKenzie's returns with the poignant, Secrets of My Heart. Recorded in New York City, Secrets of My Heart documents McKenzie's burgeoning brilliance interpreting 20th-century jazz standards with her penchant for crafting sterling compositions that will surely become jazz standards in the 21st century. The album exudes a cosmopolitan fl...
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  • Sarah McKenzie's radio roadtrip stops in at KPFK: Los Angeles
    Posted At: April 3, 2019 12:00 AM

    After the great success of Sarah McKenzie's 2017 disc, Paris in the Rain on Impulse! Records, the 31-year-old pianist, singer, and composer returns with the poignant, Secrets of My Heart. The former disc opened more opportunities for McKenzie to perform around the world in such far away places as Brazil, Korea, Japan, and also established her in the United States. Its title song became one ...
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  • Sarah McKenzie stops at 88.1KjAZZ for an 'Arts Report'
    Posted At: April 2, 2019 12:00 AM

    Sarah McKenzie's 'Secrets of My Heart' reunites SM with Australian composer/arranger/MD Chong Lim, who produced her first two discs. Recorded in New York City, Secrets of My Heart exudes cosmopolitan flair with its lineup that includes French bassist Pierre Boussaguet and Brazilian percussionist Rogerio Bocattoalongside guitarist Dan Wilson, drummer Donald Edwards, vibraphonist Warren Wolf,te...
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  • Sarah McKenzie kicks of her radio roadtrip at Jazz88.3KSDS - San Diego
    Posted At: April 1, 2019 12:00 AM

    31-year-old pianist, singer, and composer Sarah McKenzie has recently released; Secrets of My Heart, where she reunites with noted Australian composer, arranger, and events music director, Chong Lim, who produced her first two discs. Recorded in New York City, Secrets of My Heart exudes cosmopolitan flair with its lineup that includes French bassist Pierre Boussaguet and Brazilian percussi...
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