Patrice Haan has an ear for melody, a heart for feelings and a gift for lyrics.
Best known for her sultry and seductive vocal performances with Tony Marcus in the Oakland-based jazz ensemble Leftover Dreams, Patrice Haan is increasingly being recognized for her songwriting. Her tunes are often described as beautiful, gorgeous, poetic and evocative, healing our souls and our heartache with the palpable love and the poetry of the music.
Following the release of her initial CD Headed Home (2005), Patrice began playing therapeutic music with Healing Muses, a non-profit that provides music in local hospitals. Patrice’s music works towards healing by approaching the emotional truth of a story.
She has just completed a second album entitled Bluest Blue. Suffused with lakes and the sea, half of the collection of song-paintings features harp and voice, and half showcases piano and voice. Intuitive and poetic, Bluest Blue represents a broad spectrum of styles from meditative tone poems to jazzy blues and swing, featuring such players as Rene Worst (bass), Jeff Sanford (saxophone), Tony Marcus (guitar), Jennifer Scott (piano), Shira Kammen (vielle), David Morris (viola da gamba), Julian Smedley (violin), Dan Reiter (cello), and Brian Rice (percussion).
