Discography and Press
Discography
Discography:
2024 (In progress):
-MSM Schmidt, Arc Trio, John Daversa Big Band - album in progres, expected 2025.
-Scott Kinsey Group - “Live At Jazzdock: We Speak Luniwaz” expected 2024
-New Mer Sal album in progress, expected 2025
-New Scott Kinsey album “Thought Distortions” to be released in 2025
2022:
-ARC TRIO: Arceology- (Jimmy Haslip, Scott Kinsey, Gergo Borlai) with John Daversa Big Band performing the music of MSM SCHMIDT, Vocals on “Quartet”, Blue Canoe Records
2021:
-Scott Kinsey and Mer Sal - "Adjustments" - September 17th, 2021 on Blue Canoe Records
-Paul Peress "Falling Awake", vocals "Falling Awake," "Can't Let Go", 2021
-Stephen Hilton - "Baby" - lead vocals, joined by Laura Clery on choruses, available on Spotify
-Melbreeze - I Love Paris - Blue Canoe Records, 2021- background vocals and effects
2020, Fall:
-Vera's Heartbeat Presents: Miracle of the Fishes - Wayne Shorter Tribute, vocals
2019:
-Scott Kinsey - "We Speak Luniwaz"- Japanese Release" - Vocals, "They All Know"
-Karl Sterling, "The Dream", vocals "Happy," "Don't Give Up," "Here to Love You" - Blue Canoe Records
-Gary Dean Smith / Xpansion Of a Sum - "Awakening", vocals and writing, "Awakening," "Lucky (feat. Jeff Lorber)"
2018:
-The Symbols, "Catching Fire" - vocals and writing on all tracks.
2017:
-The Symbols, "Symbolized" - Vocals, arrangement, all tracks.
2016:
-The Symbols, "Smile" - vocals and writing, all tracks.
Press quotes
“Mer Sal is bumping with soulfulness!”
-Ferell Aubre, The Jazz Word
“Vocalist Mer Sal has a rich and expressive voice"
"She gets earthy!"
-George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
"Mer Sal’s dynamic vocals fit well!"
-Smooth Jazz Daily
“Well received and reviewed since it’s early 2019 release, ‘Awakening’ [featuring Mer Sal] has been a delightful addition to the contemporary jazz scene. It spent over a dozen weeks on the NACC Charts and received airplay on both terrestrial stations as well as Spotify.”
-ArtistPR
"The vocal stylings of Mer Sal are thoughtful and sound like pop at first, until she reaches almost the halfway point in the song. Then, she switches to a little vocalese that any jazz fan would appreciate.” "Refreshing and worth hearing!"
-Dodie Miller-Gould, LemonWire
"[Catching Fire] is the record that sets Mer Sal up among the premier female blue-eyed soul singers in Colorado today."
"[Mer Sal] sets the standard against which all other female fronted Americana blues oriented recordings will be measured [...] in Colorado."
-Chris Kresge, The Colorado Sound Playlist
“Oh, did I mention that this woman can SING.”
-GREG "BLUESDOG" SZALONY, Blues Blast Magazine
"Get [Smile], throw it on, and just listen to it. You will listen to it again and again. If not… you’re probably dead inside."
-Jay Wallace, Bandwagon Magazine