MARIANNE SOLIVAN QUARTET

SMALLS / MARCH 2

Marianne Solivan, the Brooklyn-based vocalist and Syracuse University assistant professor, is a supple and subtle-voiced singer who has worked with Jeremy Pelt, Steve Nelson, Xavier Davis, Christian McBride and Orrin Evans, the latter of whom featured her at his Club Patio Jazz Day Celebration last Labor Day weekend. A graduate of the New England Conservatory and Berklee College of Music, Marianne’s first record, Prisoner of Love (HiPNOTIC), a potpourri of duo, trio and quartet selections, was released in 2012, followed by her big band album, Spark (HiPNOTIC, 2014), Mood for Love (Venus, 2023) Re-Entry (Mighty Quinn, 2024), and her latest record, Break’s Over (2025). Marianne comes to Smalls leading a quartet with drummer Jay Sawyer, pianist Brandon McCune and bassist Steve Wood. Check out this under-the-radar talent, because she won’t be for very long. E.H.