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The response to the release of my Herbie Nichols tribute project, Life Is Funny That Way, has been so beautiful. Thank you so much.

A work that’s been a deep part of my heart and artistic work for more than the past decade. It means a lot to get this music into the world and experience the beautiful reaction from so many.

Life Is Funny That Way spawned features in magazines such as DownBeat, JazzWise UK and most recently in the Jazz Podium in Germany.  Herbie Nichols MUSIC is in the ether and consciousness again and I hope that if folks haven’t checked out his glorious melodies that you please do! It was also a way; a strange and beautiful way to reconcile my jazz roots and bonafides with the improviser and conceptualist that I’ve become. And I am extremely grateful to have met in the musicians of Anthony Coleman, Ratzo Harris, Michael Attias and Tom Rainey, great musicians and humans that were open and willing to explore.  It takes like minds and non-competitive spirits to arrive at the choices we have. What more could I ask for?

Thankful for Tao Forms (Whit Dickey/Steve Joerg), for willing to bring Life Is Funny that Way to – Life! Thankful for the artwork of Bill Mazza (see above), the informative and fantastic liner notes from Kevin Whitehead, the permissions given by the Nichols’ Family for work on the album, Andy Taub’s meticulous work at Brooklyn Recordings for the beautiful and rich sound, the crisp mastering of Paul Wickcliffe and all of YOU that expressed your love for what we put down.

So MUCH LOVE for Herbie Nichols SUNG this year – a sample of the ❤️❤️ below

*Top 18 Jazz Releases on Popmatters.com

*Wire Top 50 Albums of the Year

*Top Tribute albums of 2024 from the New York City Jazz Record

*Jerome Wilson’s Best Jazz Albums of 2024 from AllAboutJazz.com

*Wall Street Journal’s Martin Johnson’s Top Albums of 2024

*Bandcamp’s Best Jazz Recordings of 2024 – Honorable Mention

We’re at the Winter Jazz Festival on THURS January 9, 2025
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street NYC 
6:30 PM Doors | 7:30 PM Show 

Herbie Nichols SUNG performs at 8:15PM (ONE SET ONLY), opening for Aja Monet!

Get TIX at the link
https://lpr.com/ 

https://artsfuse.org/303017/music-feature-the-best-jazz-albums-of-2024/

https://www.yearendlists.com/2024/the-wire-top-50-albums-of-2024

https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/the-wire-s-releases-of-the-year-2024

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/jerome-wilsons-best-jazz-albums-of-2024

https://livingtolisten.blog/2024/12/

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Hey there from FV’s quarantine central headquarters 🙂

Happy quarantine greetings.

Simply the strangest of times I’ve ever experienced in my life. Home in Brooklyn with my husband and so far – we are healthy, safe and keeping sane. I lost all my booked events but my work as an educator keeps going on and my husband is still employed so far. So we’re home going through this time in surreal motion. Keeping updated on the news, enclosed in a bubble on the hot seat. Venturing outside to shop or just plain take a walk can feel like traversing a minefield. careful of every step, watching your fellow pedestrian like a predator, keen on where they’ll go next.  Unsure of how they’ll interpret safe distancing. Sad to treat people like pariahs. Then there are the numbers. Constantly rising, nameless. Knowing that each is a name that had a family, friends, passions, demons, a job…a life.

Last week was especially hard.  Losing strong musical voices, forces with so much left to say was unbearable. Then a family member contracted the virus and was hospitalized for six days.  Covid-19 hit home and I was more afraid for their life than I dared to admit.  Gratefully, they have recovered now and back home.

We are fortunate.  I have not had to get on a subway for 4 weeks.  We have what we need to survive.  Balancing gratitude and fear.

I share this with you because I feel it’s important to be honest about what this feels real in this time, in acknowledgement that what we’re living through is a unique experience, bearing no precedent in my lifetime.  Or anyone else I know. Still important to share how hard it is, even when there is MUCH to be grateful for. We were not prepared for this moment, we could not know how we’d feel.  Much to sort out, on top of making sure you can survive.

I also want you to know of something fun + awesome coming UP!
On THURS APR 16, 2020, I’ll perform a solo concert online in a double bill with Caroline Davis. How cool is that?
INPUT/OUTPUT Magazine presents: Dinner and A Show!
Hosted by Magdalena Abrego
With guest performances by Caroline Davis and FV
I/O Magazine presents delicious recipes and live music in this new Instagram Live event series.

*PRESENTED LIVE ON INSTAGRAM @INPUTOUTPUTMAG*
KALE ME MAYBE Schedule of events
5:30-6:00 p.m. Cooking Kale Nachos w/ Magdalena Abrego (Recipe TBA)
6:00-6:30 p.m. Caroline Davis performs
6:30-7:00 p.m. Fay Victor performs
* TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM @INPUTOUTPUTMAG *

*Donations will be collected for the performers via Venmo: @magdalenaaa or PayPal : maa.abrego@gmail.com — 100% of the revenue goes directly to the performers!
INPUT/OUTPUT is a platform dedicated to supporting women and non-binary individuals working in avant-garde, improvised, and experimental music communities in the United States.

ONLINE TEACHING? YES!

Just a quick note that to share that if anyone is interested in online lessons for vocal technique & performance, composition or improvisation – please get in touch! I’ve been teaching online at the New School, developing new skills to teach online more effectively. So get in touch if you’re interested and we’ll take it from there. Looking forward to hearing from you and maybe working together online. Would be so nice.

I’m sending out well wishes to you all – wishing safety and health for your loved ones.  Hang in there and keep in touch! Not sure how long we’ll be in this space, but I will post and reach out regularly to see how everyone is doing. We will move past this, despite the horrific response from the current administration. In the meantime, let’s stay inside so we can all live to meet on the other side of this moment.

Love,
Fay