RECORDING DESCRIPTIONS

Album Cover Name/Tracks Info

Tianna Hall

Never Let Me Go

2011, Blue Bamboo Music

 

My Blue Heaven -

I Wanna Be Around - Never Let Me Go - Samba Do Avaio - You Don't Know What Love Is - Secret Love - Charade - Fotografia - You And The Night And The Music - I Can't Get Started WIth You - I Love You - Everything Happens To Me

 Tianna's newest release, with authentic Brazilian songs sung in Portuguese along with jazz standards of the Great American Songbook that swing the paint off the walls, this album features Gutiarist/Arranger/Creative Producer Mike Wheeler, Guitarist Mike Nase & Cellist Lisa Vosdoganes. This is her Freshman release for Blue Bamboo Music, a Houston based Jazz Label and it is currently getting international airplay and has recently been added to the lineup on Sirius/XM's Real Jazz station

Tianna Hall & Danny McKnight

Ballads & Bossas

2010, self released

 

Moonlight Serenade - Dindi - My Foolish Heart - So Danco Samba - That's All - Nearness of You - Hallelujah - Lil Darlin' (instru) - Embraceable You - I'm Thru WIth Love - Gone WIth The Wind - What'll I Do - A Nightengale Sang In Berkely Square - I'll Be Seeing You

 A Grammy recognized collection of some of Tianna's favorite Ballads & Bossa Novas with an easy going, laid back feel. Perfect for a relaxing evening with a bottle of wine. Featuring Guitarist/Arranger Danny McKnight with guest appearances from Trumpet legend Dennis Dotson & Bassist/Producer Aric Nitzberg.

Tianna Hall

& The Mexico City Jazz Trio

Lost In The Stars

2007, self released

 

You Don't Know Me - Fever - Lost In The Stars - The Way You Look Tonight - In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning - Pure Imagination - In The Still Of The Night - It's Alright With Me - As Long As He Needs Me - If I Were A Bell - What A Difference A Day Makes - Cool - At Last - Old Friend

The debut album with the legendary Mexico City Jazz Trio (Bassist/Leader Agustin Bernal, Pianist/Arranger Miguel Villicaña & Drummer Gabriel Puentes) sets the stage with world class musicianship, delicious arrangements and a fresh vocal approach.
     

 

Live Music

Songlist
A list of the songs Tianna has or can have in her book for public shows. She doesn't carry them all with her at once because she'd have to rent a UHaul to get them to the gig! :) If you have a special request for an upcoming show or private event, shoot us an email and she'll do her best to accommodate you.
Instrumentation
Tianna Hall works with some of the finest instrumental jazz musicians in the world. Her hometown band in Houston, Texas includes the following players: Guitarists Mike Wheeler, Danny McKnight & Mike Nase, Pianists Richard Cruz & Paul English, Upright (acoustic) Bassists David Craig, Aric Nitzberg & Steve Brown, Drummers Tim Solook & Sasha Loukachine, Saxophonists Warren Sneed, Tito Hernandez & Eddie Akhmetchine, Trumpeter Dennis Dotson & Percussionist James Metcalfe. There are many different configurations of musicians that Tianna works with, but these are her go to guys for whichever grouping is appropriate. In Mexico Tianna Hall's bandmates are The Mexico City Jazz Trio: Upright (acoustic) bassist and bandleader Agustin Bernal, Pianist and Arranger Miguel Villicana & Drummer Gabriel Puentes.