Quiana Lynell is a powerhouse of a vocalist down in New Orleans. In this performance, she takes classic soul and gospel numbers and breathes new life into them for OffBeat Magazine’s OnBeat Sessions.
00:00 Sing Out, March On (J. Campbell)
04:01 Come Sunday (D. Ellington)
08:08 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (B. Taylor)
11:45 Black Magic
Quiana Lynell – vocals, tambourine
Daniel Meinecke – B3 organ, keyboards
John Maestas – guitar Jacob Hubbs – bass
Herlin Riley – drums
Video
Noé Cugny, Jesy Rae Buhl
Sound
Gary Giofreda, Deven Raval, Maxwell Landry
“I grew up in a very religious home,” she says. “My parents loathed secular music, so there was not a lot of push to do anything outside of gospel.”
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“The people I’ve been around in the last year have all been welcoming, loving, supportive; giving me things to listen to, building me up versus breaking me down (or building me up first and then telling me something I could work on),” Lynell says. “There are different types of teaching styles: There’s the dictator who doesn’t wanna hear anything except what they think and then there’s the leader who values the people on their team’s opinions. And that’s the kind of bandleader that Terence [Blanchard] is and Marcus Miller is. That’s the kind of leader I am. I could be on the bandstand and just say ‘This is what I want and this is how I want it,’ but I’ve got five cats that are amazing musicians. What would that make me if I don’t value any of the input that these people who’ve studied just as long on their instrument as I have on mine… If I don’t value anything they have to say… If I don’t give them the opportunity to be a part of the moment?”
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