Celebrating two decades of an accomplished music career, Kristine

 Celebrating two decades of an accomplished music career, Kristine Mills continues to impress international audiences,
music authorities and the press with her songwriting, extensive repertoire, and polished, sophisticated vocals. Kristine is
the winner of the Houston Press Music 2010 “Best Songwriter” and the 2009 “Best Female Vocalist,” Awards. Kristine,
known as the "bold, blonde entertainer outta the old school" was named by Houston Modern Luxury Magazine the
“Hottest Female Jazz Vocalist” on The 2007 Lust List.
“Every once in a while you see a live performance so good it sends shivers up your spine. Be
ready for some shiver action when jazz singer Kristine Mills steps onstage.” -Houston Press
Kristine Mills is proud to share in the 6/3 year anniversary celebration of Wade Wilson Art with a benefit concert
featuring Kristine and Tommy “TJ” James, fresh from their February New York City concert at the legendary
Metropolitan Room. This March 29th at 7 P.M. Kristine and Tommy will be joined in the exquisite Wade Wilson Art
Gallery with bassist, David Craig and drummer, Vernon Daniels. Songs will be featured from Kristine and Tommy’s
NYC show, plus cuts from the original documentary film soundtrack from “A Collector’s Waltz.” All songs on the
soundtrack were written and produced by Mills and Tommy also performed on the recording. This year’s anniversary
concert is especially poignant because it’s a reprise of the 2008 benefit concert in honor of the late, great Rocky White
veteran drummer for the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Tommy led Kristine’s Houston-based jazz combo hosted at Wade
Wilson Art.
Mr. Tommy “TJ” James, is the pianist, conductor, and arranger of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Over the years Tommy
has performed, recorded, and arranged for an eclectic group of artists in many musical genres including: Lionel
Hampton, Eartha Kitt, Maureen McGovern, Cleo Laine/John Dankworth, Nell Carter, The Spinners, and the
Temptations. Kristine met Mr. James when she performed as guest vocalist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the
2007 Brazilian International Jazz Festival tour in Brazil. She also performed with the Duke Ellington “small” Orchestra
for the 50th Jubilee Celebration of the Mies van der Rohe Society in Chicago.
Ms. Mills performed for the 2011 American Cancer Society Palm Beach Chapter Gala for Mr. Donald Trump and was
featured in three showcases for the 2010 Miami Music Festival. August 2009 Kristine headlined the Brazilian
International Jazz Festival with her Rio-based, bossanovafied band to sold-out theaters in Recife, Rio de Janeiro, and
Belo Horizonte. She has performed at iconic jazz clubs including New Orleans’ famed Snug Harbor, Bourbon Street in
Sao Paulo, Brazil, Cezanne’s, and The House of Blues. Mills was the longest running Artist-In-Residence for Hotel ZaZa
Houston.
DISCOGRAPHY
This August, Kristine wrote, recorded, performed, and produced nine original songs for the soundtrack
of Michel Muelle’s documentary film, “A Collector’s Waltz” featuring Wade Wilson and six Houston
based international artists along with predominate collectors. Kristine asked Tommy “TJ” James pianist,
arranger, and conductor of the Duke Ellington Orchestra to join her along with other accomplished
Houston-based classical and jazz musicians to record the works. The film and companion soundtrack
are slated for a Spring 2012 release.
Kristine’s fourth cd, As Yet Untitled, is currently being recorded. It is her second cd comprised of all
her original compositions and is scheduled for a May 2012 release. She exclusively wrote the music;
however, while Kristine writes the majority of the song’s lyrics, the lyrics for several songs were cowritten with other artists.
Her third album bossanovafied was released in May 2009. All songs were composed by Mills, then
arranged in the classic style of bossa nova and recorded in Rio de Janeiro. bossanovafied received not
only national but also international attention through traditional and Internet radio play. The album debuted at #46 on
the World Music Album Chart - JazzWeek - February 22, 2010 and short-listed for the 52nd Grammy nomination
consideration in the "Best Jazz Album with Vocals" category. Several songs from bossanovafied were broadcast on the
in-flight radio of domestic and international carriers including Continental Airlines in 2010.
ABOUT W ADE W ILSON ART
Founded in March 2006, Wade Wilson Art brings a fresh voice to the Houston visual arts community by presenting
artists who primarily have not been seen in Houston, but whose work reflects current movements in international art
circles. The gallery, owned by Wade Wilson, showcases painters, photographers and sculptors whose work explores
use of light and color including Joseph Marioni, Jill Moser, Mark Williams, Danielle Frankenthal, and Joseph Cohen.
Wade Wilson Art is located at 4411 Montrose Blvd, Ste. 200, Houston, TX 77006 and is open Tuesday through
Saturday from 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.
“Kristine Mills is the complete package graced with beauty, sensitivity, and a magnetic voice.
She makes every song have the effect of an aphrodisiac on the senses.”
“Kristine Mills Turns Up The Heat With Bossanovafied”
www.jazzinsidemagazine.com / April 19, 2010
QUOTES
"Kristine Mills' pure jazz has become part of the soundtrack of Houston, which makes perfect sense. Like the city itself, her music combines
an elemental strength at its core with an almost brazen sex appeal you have to experience to understand. This woman has mad skills."
Jeff Gremillion, Editor-in-chief, HOUSTON MAGAZINE / MODERN LUXURY
"Mills' lyrical approach is to soak the words and phrases in the emotion of their poetry. Her sense of tone is sharp, and she can make
subtle changes in inflection to alter the color of the song, with minute changes in breath or dallying over end-words or phrases to create just
the effect she wants."
-Raul d'Gama Rose / www.allaboutjazz.com / December 2009
“So Ms. Mills’ vocal ability is more than ‘a way with a lyric,’ it’s an immersion into material that she owns, not something someone else built.
This is her intimate familiarity with lyrics that become almost instantly familiar inside your head. This isn’t mouthing words...This is
considerable vocal talent.”
www.girlsingers.org l Bossanovafied: Kristine Mills
February 13th, 2010 by dwboynton | Posted in Review
“From the first note of her jazzy rendition of "I Love Paris," I was instantly immersed into the music. Listening to her voice, which ranges from
throaty and soulful to soft and sensual, you forget about everything else. It's just you, Kristine and her 4-piece band...and of course the other
100 people sitting with you in the room.”
“A little bit of sultry jazz is good for the soul”
Michelle Ponto, Girl About Town May 03, 2009 | www.KHOU.com |
“Beautiful, bold, and blessed with a set of killer vocal cord…songbird Kristine Mills has the whole package. Her latest album,
Bossanovafied…represents a culmination of her astonishing singing and songwriting talents. Crooning soulful lyrics with a sassy, old-school
flavor, Mills embraces the classic style of Bossa Nova through this intimate collection of songs."
Brilliant Magazine – blog | “Bossa – Babe”
May 1, 2009 | By Sam | Category: bRILLIANT Blog / By Courtney Cavender
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