some comments after a show in France :
” simplement génial !! … moment magique,… sensassss … Ces nanas sont top …..Concert Sophistiqué et de grande qualité pour ces 4 Ladies…Un concert tout en sensibilité… Ah les femmes ! quel talent…Le jazz au féminin j’adore!
” This is the band you wish would take up residence at your favorite hotel bar so you could see them all the time. … they have such killer chops they could be singing the yellow pages from a crummy suburb and you’d stick around to order another round. Loaded with the kind of joie de vivre you wish you could get injected, this is the kind of jazzbo break you’ve been waiting for. Killer stuff.” ~Chris Spector, Midwest Record (Oct. 8 2012)…….
THE PLAYERS
RACHAEL MAGIDSON vocals, percussion and trumpet
Her career in music began as a bassist, percussionist, and then on the drums. As a sideman, Rachael recorded three albums , toured all of western Europe and played in California .She became a singer and trumpet player with the Stocchi Jazz Band in the year 2000 with whom she recorded ”West of the Moon” and consequently played under her own name beginning in 2006. Rachael Magidson quintet recorded “The Clouds Have Passed” and still plays in California and in France , one notable show being Les 24 Heures du Swing opening for Eddie Palmieri.
accompanies her sublime delivery of lyrics and subtly sensuous voice with exquisite Afro Cuban percussion
…frighteningly hedonistic impact…Magidson is one of those song stylists … that pretty much has her way with you emotionally. You could easily succumb to a state of bewitched, bothered bewilderment…(Jazz Music Review)
…her dark and refined flugelhorn also adds a nocturnal mystique … ” Her gorgeously mellow and fat tone…blows like a fragrant and heady breeze…” (All About Jazz)
“outstanding with the percussion.” (Audiophile Audition)
” … it is almost uncanny how much Magidson captures Holiday’s unique delivery.” (All About Vocals)
SHEKINAH RODZ flute saxophones vocals 
Shekinah Rodz, a singer and multi-instrumentalist was born in Springfield (Massachusetts.) Her father, a minister, and her mother, both originally from Ponce, came back with the family in the late 80’s to Puerto Rico, subsequently Shekinah was raised in Caguas. There she studied music at the famous Escuela Libre de Música de Caguas. At the age of 17th Rodz entered to the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music completing a bachelor’s degree in Music Performance.
In 2005 Shekinah Rodz moved to Atlanta, GA to pursue her Master Degree at Georgia State University (GSU ) completing her Masters in Jazz Studies graduating on May 2008. Meanwhile Shekinah worked in different churches of the Atlanta, Metro Area in GA, Franklin Tennessee, and Charlotte, North Carolina giving master classes, teaching and also performing with the Praise team. The Southern Gospel in GA became one of her favorite scene, she performed in the church of Bishop Eddie Long, the New Birth Baptist Church in Lithonia, GA. Mount Parant Church of God in Atlanta and the Maranatha Koinonia in Franklin, Tennessee with whom she went on tour in Israel to celebrate the Sukkot with famous Boston Violinist Paul Johnian.
Nowadays, in order to make a change in her musical career and expand her knowledge, Shekinah has moved to France with the opportunity to study, play and tour with musicians of the European scene. Rodz has performed within jazz festivals and special concerts in England with Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church of Houston, Romania, Switzerland, Israel, France, Greece, United States, Spain and Puerto Rico. She has performed with Nicholas Payton, Bill Stewart, Vincent Archer, The Afro-Borikén Jazz Ensemble a.o.
PAOLA VERA piano vocals 
Paola studied jazz voice, graduating in 2010 with a BMus (Hons). She has performed with many artists including Kenny Wheeler, Jim Mullen and Bobby McFerrin and has played at prestigious venues including The New Morning (Paris), Ronnie Scott’s (London), Nardis (Istanbul) and St Emilion Jazz Festival (France). She was a member of the London Vocal Project and Jazz Ambassadors and performed with Norma Winstone on ‘Mirrors’ by Kenny Wheeler. Alongside performing, she is Professor of Jazz Singing and Contemporary Music at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux. Paola has released two albums, Spellbound and Addicted to My Love, and is a recipient of the Yamaha Jazz Award.
LEONIE HEY upright bass
Born and raised in Germany with a father who directs a big band, one can say that Jazz is Leonie’s mother tongue! Her time is as good as german trains , she is solid as a rock and knows how to make the room swing while holding the band together !
Previous album A True Story
A True Story was recorded with Emilie Calme on flute, Valerie Chane&Tef on piano, Nolwenn Leizour on bass and Rachael Magidson on vocals , percussion and flugelhorn.
…… MORE PRESS
A True Story was # 1 on the CMJ Jazz charts # 1261 and in the top 40 Jazz for three weeks
“A True Story is an impressive debut album and the ladies will find many admirers when they tour.” -John M. Peters The Borderland , UK (Oct. 6 2012)
“A really good jazz sound has come out of France and it’s called The Sophisticated Ladies. A True Story is a fun album with good performers without a doubt.” —Tim Taylor Audiophile Audition (Dec. 4 2012)
” In a word they are simply ” good ! ” …from very different backgrounds which spawn resplendent cultural heritages that infuse their music with excitement, vitality and originality.” –Jazz Music (Sept. 2 2012)
“This engaging…effort not only highlights the individual talents … but also an impressive cameraderie that causes the music to seamlessly flow… the spicing … with various ethnic influences makes it even more alluring.” — Hrayr Attarian , All About Jazz (Sept. 3 2012)
“The more you delve into this wonderful ensemble’s sound the more it transports you to a speakeasy in the 1930’s and you almost at times feel you are reminiscing at a Billie Holiday show” — Constance Tucker , All About Vocals (April 26 2012)