SOUL FUEL ~ Antidotes for What Ails Us - Susan Krebs & The Local Outfit

Krebs is a silky-toned performer with an intuitive melodic sense and aliterary way with words, and she’s been instrumental in ushering ChamberJazz into the 21stCentury. (Brian Zimmerman/Jazziz Magazine) Susan Krebs, Jazz Gardener at Work A jazz artist with a singular creative pedigree, Los Angeles vocalist and songwriter Susan Krebs has created a subtly captivating body of work over the past three decades, combining fine-grained drama and free-ranging imagination with a supple sense of swing. Dubbed the Jazz Gardener, she’s sown a brilliant array of projects and ten recordings with a regular cast of L.A. jazz luminaries. Since introducing herself with 1999's Jazz Gardener, an impressively poised debut album featuring reed legend Gary Foster, Krebs has recorded a series of acclaimed albums featuring staunch collaborators such as drummer/producer Jerry Kalaf and pianist/arranger Rich Eames. Whether working with her Soaring Sextet in her multimedia concert, Jazz Aviary, the Susan Krebs Chamber Band,…