EMPOWERED, by Melissa Gardiner

EMPOWERED

by Melissa Gardiner

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1.	911 (Intro) 00:58
2.	Rain Reprise 04:15	buy track
3.	Slowly (feat. Ingrid Jensen) 04:42	buy track
4.	Bump 03:49	buy track
5.	Mask (feat. Tia Fuller) 04:16	buy track
6.	Smile (A Conversation with Tia) 00:27
7.	Brass Ceiling (feat. Weedie Braimah) 04:29	buy track
8.	People Pleaser (feat. Tia Fuller) 06:00	buy track
9.	We've Been Conditioned (A Conversation with Tia) 01:25
10.	Hit on This (feat. Ingrid Jensen) 04:54	buy track
11.	Let Me Lead 05:15	buy track
12.	Influence 05:02	buy track
13.	I'm so Proud of You (A Conversation with Ingrid) 00:28
14.	Home (feat. Marissa Jones) 04:38	buy track
15.	Mommy, I Love You Too (A Conversation with Julien) 00:18

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released June 21, 2019

Personnel:
Melissa Gardiner, Trombone/Vocals
Byron Cage, Drumset
Andrew Carroll, Organ (track 7, 14)
Willerm Delisfort, Organ/Keys (track 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11)
William Gorman, Organ (track 4)
Daniel Pugh, Organ/Keys (track 3, 10, 12)

Special Guests:
Ingrid Jensen, Trumpet (track 3, 7, 10)
Tia Fuller, Saxophone (track 5, 7, 8)
Weedie Braimah, Percussion (track 7)
David Donley, Percussion (track 2, 5, 6)
Anthony Saturno, Guitar (track 2, 11)
Sydni Eure, Vocals (track 11, 14)
Marissa Jones, Vocals (track 11, 14)

Tia Fuller appears courtesy of Mack Avenue Records

All Songs and Lyrics Written by Melissa Gardiner except for as follows:
Slowly - Composed by Melissa Gardiner and Alioune Dieng; Lyrics by Melissa Gardiner
Hit on This - Composed by Melissa Gardiner and Daniel Pugh; Lyrics by Melissa Gardiner and Jermane Hackett
Let Me Lead - Composed by Melissa Gardiner; Lyrics by Brieanna Hunt and Melissa Gardiner

Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Jeremy Johnston
Assistant Engineer - Alex Lavon
Additional Engineering - Naomi Clarke

Album Artwork
Photography - Robyn Stockdale
Stylist - Christina Noelle
Assistants - Karen Greenfield, Sierra Santschi, Bob Kane
Models - Dolores Hynes, Marissa Playfair, Megan Mahar, Alyssa Tarantino, Amy Bader, Alysha Harlost, Katie Brenneman, Bree Totton, Emily Spicer, and Allie Derby
Graphic Design - Michelle Hope Van Dyke

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Melissa Gardiner Syracuse, New York

Juilliard graduate Melissa Gardiner has shared the stage with Aretha Franklin,The Temptations, Geri Allen, Wycliffe Gordon, Arturo O'Farrill's ALJO, Dave Matthews Band, and Vulfpeck who she will be joining next when they headline at Madison Square Garden in September 2019. Joined by special guests Tia Fuller and Ingrid Jensen, Gardiner is set to release her second album, Empowered, in June. ... more

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