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Theo Bleckmann Luciana Souza Kate McGarry
The MOSS Lauren Kinhan Bunch How Five Vocalists Combined to Reinvigorate Vocal Group Jazz By Shaun Brady I Photos By Valerie Trucchia Given that the group melds five of jazz’s most distinctive voices, it’s fitting that Kate McGarry describes Moss in an a cappella song. “Here’s the story …” she begins, breaking into the theme from “The Brady Bunch,” before busting out into laughter over the phone from her New York home, as she imagines the familiar opening-credits boxes filling with the faces of herself and fellow members Luciana Souza, Peter Eldridge, Lauren Kinhan and Theo Bleckmann. As much as McGarry meant the comparison in jest, it’s strangely appropriate. Just like that famous sitcom clan formed a family from two formerly autonomous units, Moss gathers five vocalists with their own individual, often idiosyncratic approaches and fuses them into a new group sound. After sporadic live appearances and much private collaboration over several years, the quintet released its stunning self-titled debut CD on Sunnyside this year. “I don’t even like to use the term vocal jazz,” said Eldridge, best-known, along with Kinhan, for his work with the New York Voices. “It’s such a different thing. As much as it’s men and women singing together, there’s an entirely different sensibility. We’re trying to open up the envelope and find new ways to combine voices and to find music that feels real and says Peter Eldridge
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