Jocelyn B. Smith - ExpressionZZ (2006)

With 10 albums already under her own label BLONDELL PRODUCTIONS, Jocelyn felt the creative pause nearing. After a concert appearance as opener for Bobby McFerrin in 2004, Jocelyn woodshedded for 1 1/2 years. A creative quietness indeed was the engine that fueled her latest release in Nov 2006: EXPRESSIONZZ (live CD & DVD), an experience in the higher spritual quality of music, texted with poems from the "book of psalms" taken from the Bible. It is the much debated topic of tradion applied to the person and her/his life today. The live taping of EXPRESSIONZZ happend in Berlin’s tRÄNENpALAST - Palace of Tears -, the former known East Border into the DDR. This concert was a dedication to ArchBishop Desmond TuTu in honor of his 75th anniversary, and under the patronage of Berlin´s Mayor, as a gift from the "Rainbow Children of Berlin".
Critics applaud Jocelyn´s Mystic Jazz compoundation with the topic of the journey of the Soul and overboarderal views that scope the much needed bridging of cultural and spritual tolerance. For national critics Jocelyn has always taken much space in her texture applied for vocal signature and persona. In EXPRESSIONZZ it is obious that this "Mystic Voice" applies personal and authentic character to the conceptual depth of this work.