"Some of the most luxuriant, sumptuously phrased jazz vocals you could hope to hear." -CHICAGO TRIBUNE MUSIC "Laurin Talese has a voice like Christmas morning." -THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER "Laurin Talese has a knack for engaging her audience. The jazz sensation can induce a smile from the most cantankerous of listeners. She melts the room with her personality." -THE JUMP Philadelphia based jazz vocalist, Laurin Talese, has performed on a myriad of stages around the globe with a host of internationally celebrated recording artists including Bilal, Robert Glasper, Vivian Green, Sullivan Fortner and Christian McBride among others and is quickly developing a name for herself among the jazz community and beyond. Gorgeous Chaos was produced by highly in-demand instrumentatlists/music directors/producers, Adam Blackstone (Justin Timberlake, Rihanna) and Ulysses Owens, Jr. (Christian McBride, Kurt Elling, Wynton Marsalis). It features a list of jazz elite and special guests such as Robert Glasper, Christian McBride, Christian Sands, renowned Soul/R&B vocalist Vivian Green, and longtime collaborator Eric Wortham (Adele). Other notable artists featured on the recording include: Anthony DeCarlo, Yesseh Furaah-Ali, Tim Green, Erskine Hawkins, Jamar Jones, Josh Lawrence, Anwar Marshall, BenO’Neill, Steve Tirpak, Joe Truglio, The Millennial Symphony Strings and Dontae Winslow.