Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Video: In The Mix Live with Nikki Jean

Inquirer Music Critic Dan Deluca heads into Range Recording Studio with Philadelphia based singer-songwriter Nikki Jean. For her new album Pennies In a Jar, Philadelphia singer Nikki Jean collaborated with a who's who of classic American pop songwriters, including such titans as Burt Bacharach, Bob Dylan, and Philly sound architect Thom Bell. This month, the Minnesota-born pianist and songwriter came to Grammy-winning producer Aaron Levinson's Range Recordings in Ardmore. There she sat down for an in-studio interview with Philadelphia Inquirer pop music critic Dan DeLuca, and - along with band members Joseph Secchiaroli, Daniel Pizarro and Steve Padin - performed Pennies' songs she co-wrote with Bell, Jimmy Webb, and Lamont Dozier, of the great Motown songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland.

In the Mix Live is a series of video interviews by Inquirer music critic Dan DeLuca and live performances captured at Range Recording Studios in Ardmore by The Inquirer and philly.com. Coming in December: The War on Drugs.
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For her new album Pennies In a Jar, Philadelphia singer Nikki Jean collaborated with a who's who of classic American pop songwriters, including such titans as Burt Bacharach, Bob Dylan, and Philly sound architect Thom Bell. This month, the Minnesota-born pianist and songwriter came to Grammy-winning producer Aaron Levinson's Range Recordings in Ardmore. There she sat down for an in-studio interview with Philadelphia Inquirer pop music critic Dan DeLuca, and - along with band members Joseph Secchiaroli, Daniel Pizarro and Steve Padin - performed Pennies' songs she co-wrote with Bell, Jimmy Webb, and Lamont Dozier, of the great Motown songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland.
Nikki Jean collaborates with stars on 'Pennies in a Jar'
By Dan DeLuca, Inquirer Music Critic
When it seemed as though Pennies in a Jar - the album that Nikki Jean cowrote with such legendary tunesmiths as Burt Bacharach, Carole King, and Bob Dylan - might never come out, the Philadelphia songwriter needed to cheer herself up.