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Jenifer Jackson
birds

"Just like Aimee Mann or Elliot Smith, Jenifer has mastered the art of turning little, unobtrusive songs into amazing pearls with that special bit. This album is a must for every educated pop-lover!"

MUSIKEXPRESS/SOUNDS - 5 STARS

Jenifer Jackson is the name of the girl who made a particularly beautiful record and called it Birds. Jenifer plays guitar, piano and sings. Her singing voice is clarity itself; pure and understated. Her songs are lovely and mysterious and daring, intimate and natural, sexual and sparse and true and also deceptively simple. This peerless New York City songwriter's talent for melody and subtle arrangement make for a record full of style and short on kitsch.
Delicately wrought by producer Brad Jones with a handful of superb players, Jenifer Jackson's Birds is an elegant work of classic pop; effortlessly graceful and resonant.

From cool resignations to aging love in "The Fade," and "The War Is Done" to childlike reflections on the dead and memory in "Naturally Blonde," the songs on Birds enjoy an aerial view of their earthly subject matter. "Love is an ocean and love is a stone/ Love is a wish that you make on your own," Jackson sings in "After The Fall," a mature lament that defines much of the
record's emotional space. Lest her deft portraiture of breaking hearts earn her a reputation as a cynical romantic, Jenifer also proves herself capable of embracing blissful fun pop, veering just short of psychedelia on "Mercury, The Sun and Moon" and donning her bright brown folk-rock boots on "What You Said."

Newly signed to ulfTone music on the strength of her acclaimed debut, Slowly Bright, Jenifer Jackson has been earning accolades since she moved to New York three years ago. The Village Voice has called her "a passionate, evolved, swinging modern." CMJ said: "There's a particularly soft, almost naive sense of beauty to JJ's songs that belies the sophistication of their craftsmanship and presentation."

Jenifer's recordings are liked by people who appreciate Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Burt Bacharach, and vocal jazz like Chet Baker and Julie London. Her contemporaries include Elliot Smith, Ron Sexsmith, Lucinda Williams and High Llamas. Jenifer wants everyone to know that the songs on her new record Birds "speak of human struggles, which are both internal and
universal." Her performing, recording and songwriting credits include collaborations with Jules Shear, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Oren Bloedow, Marshall Crenshaw, Swandive, and an album of duets recorded with her father, jazz radio DJ legend Julian Jackson.

Songs from Birds figure prominently in Daydream Believer, a new film by
Debra Eisenstadt, winner of The Grand Jury's Best Dramatic Feature of 2001
at the Slamdance Festival.

www.jeniferjackson.com

NEWS!!!

feature film "Daydream Believer", written and directed by Debra Eisenstadt,
MUSIC BY JENIFER JACKSON just WON the Independent Spirit Award 2002 !!!!!!!
the Independent Spirit Awards ceremony, hosted by John Waters, will be broadcast a few times tonight (saturday) and tomorrow on Bravo and IFC. When debra is walking up the star-studded aisle to receive her TROPHY, jenifer's "Mercury, the Sun & Moon" is playing!!!!!!!

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