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Saturday, December 31, 2022

My Christmas Traditions & Happy New Year

           We always did our Christmas family reunion in high fashion. It is like walking into the Academy Awards in your best dress. Some have the most beautiful of red dresses draped over their bodies. The men all wearing suits or their cute ugly sweaters. Santa Claus always finds his way here in his big red suit and bag filled with promises and toys to place under the huge pine tree that greets you when you walk in. The walkway is sometimes a carpet of fresh, white snow, and it is usually the most extravagant of parade ways. The hype is so high, it is a celebration from the moment of entry.

I haven’t seen some of the faces of my family members since last year at


this time. We converge with a kiss on the cheek and the request to remove your shoes and to walk with just your socks on your feet over the wooden floors. I think it is fun because when you get into the danceable moments sponsored by my curated Spotify playlists, you can sing along to the Christmas carols, dip, and slide across the floors with a smile bigger than Carlton’s on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air.


I mask my winter blues like I always do when I see them. It is like a glow of stardust washes my troubles away and brings me sparks of joy. Seeing my family member’s eyes bring a glow over the verge of tears that I’d been facing. The year can sometimes push me to the brink of despair but for this family gathering, I feel like a poem of bubbling brooks and flowers blooming.

And as they walk in the door, the aroma of something savory is wafting from the kitchen. Every burner and rack in the oven is occupied with a food item on its way to being ready to eat. The counters filled with spices, desserts being decorated, and foods still being prepped for cooking.

We cook like this is the last supper with more food than you would probably eat in the 525,600 minutes that measure the year. There is so much deliciousness spread out over the table that your stomach gets filled just by looking at it. My mother put her foot into each and every bit of the meal that is about to be shared. The turkey timer has popped and now I can add my corn souffle into the oven so that it can be ready for the dinner we are about to serve.

I added my two senses into cooking as well and turn my kitchen into a canvas and the ingredients that get added are like my paint. Art is on my mind and the ideas I sketch with the charcoal pencils of my fingertips. The food we eat, a picture-perfect masterpiece like those in MOMA, and all who are exposed to it are getting a piece of my heart.

The dinner call is sounded, like a chapel bell of a 16th-century church and the whole family approaches the table. We gather and we pray over the meal:

“Father God, thank you for the day that you made and for the food that we eat and for the hands that prepared it and for the family that gathered, for those who wanted to come but didn’t find the opportunity, and for those who have become ancestors and rest in your peaceful arms. That you might continue to bless us and to keep us and to protect us with your grace and with your love. You are mighty and everlasting and we love you and bless you. In the name of Jesus. Amen.”


It is cute to hear the little ones who can barely talk say, “Bonne Appetit,” but we all do it in our little celebration. Actually, I make sure to make them say it so that they can have knowledge of some of the words from our Haitian culture. Those words are part of it. Some of the foods and drinks found on the table are as well like the Kremas which is like eggnog with rum in it or the Griot which is pork chunks that are one of the many meat items on the table and diri a djondjon which is black rice with dried mushrooms.  

It is more than just the eating that is involved. The stories we share of tradition and exoticism always pique my interest. When you think about all the experiences you face in a year’s time, it is no secret that there is so much to talk about if the right person to talk to sits at your gate. We sip some of the best Apple Cider you can find and chat. Maybe a sibling or cousin is the family that becomes your listening board, or maybe it is a friend who is like family, who intently listens to the ranting of it all without judgment or interruption. This is what makes the conversations interesting. There is always something new being told, something different being shared that you have yet to hear and that you are newly learning for the first time. The laughter is like a weight being lifted off because it surely makes you feel better.

We eat and chat and then we play our annual Taboo game. It is always such a fun experience trying to get our team to guess the words that we are attempting to animate so that we can win the game. I think I laugh the most during these times because it is so much fun just getting lost in these moments that never seem to get old.  While we play, everyone is experimenting with all the different desserts that are on the table; cakes, cookies, pies, ice cream, jello, and candy. These are the yummy moments that are passed until we start to distribute all the different gifts that are under the tree.

Everyone in the place is unwrapping gifts in excitement over what someone thought was a good gift for them. I’ll never forget the time when my next-door neighbor put a Michael Jackson jacket in a box for me and gave it to me. I wonder if that was one of the reasons that I became a performing artist. That was one of my favorites. The other most memorable was an album of Miles Davis recordings, and I love Miles Davis. What a beautiful gift to receive from a kid at that. Seems like Auntie’s baby knows me better than I thought; made me so happy.

The night ends with everyone packing a big foil tray filled with food to take home. Everyone scatters out the door back onto the carpet full of snow and make their exit back to their regularly scheduled programs. It is sad to see them all go and even sadder to know of all the cleaning that needs to be done to bring the art of Christmas back to a blank canvas.  

I think sometimes I count five hours of washing dishes, cleaning pots, and putting glasses and other things back into the china for safe keeping until next year, same time, same celebration. But to think of the reason for continuing on in this tradition for as long as we have, a smile is ignited.

We continue on. The numbers might decrease due to heaven calling some to its gates but it is always a welcome celebration that will always make Christmas one of my favorite times of the year.

And now that the year is coming to a close, I am thankful for all these traditions and for all the good times and bad times, and for being blessed to see this moment of time. I find peace in it knowing that I made it through. God has been so good and it is not a secret.  May your 2023 be the most lovely, prosperous, and powerful year that you have ever seen. I offer to you "Peace on Earth: https://youtu.be/ctlbmq9Rit8




 Good tidings to you and yours and hope to see you in the new year. 
Blessings!


Tuesday, December 13, 2022

New Music Tuesday: Check out NYC Singer/songwriter Stephanie Jeannot's new tune "Jesus is the Reason"

New Music Tuesday:

"Jesus is the Reason” by Stephanie Jeannot
   A song writter to make sure that while we are remembering to decorate for the holidays, and to sing carols, and to buy present for our loved ones, that we not forget that Jesus is the reason for the season.


A song off “Let the Praises Rise,” the EP ©℗ 2022, All Rights Reserved

Check it out here:

https://youtu.be/ruscW1jwXTk

Have you heard “Let the Praises Rise” by Stephanie Jeannot. #hearnow https://stephaniejeannot.hearnow.com #stephaniejeannot #letthepraisesrise #christmas2022

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Jazz on the JNote: Conversation with NYC Alto & Tenor Saxophonist Don Hanson airs this Sunday at 7:30PM EST on WNYE 91.5 FM

New music bombards the world every day and music lovers’ ears are receptive to the art of it all; always in the mood for something different and enticing to listen to.

On this Sunday’s episode of Jazz on the JNote, I hope to open your mind and hearts to New York City alto & tenor saxophonist Don Hanson’s latest project, “Echoes of Light.” The album is a gumbo of jazz, spirituality, soul, and funk all mixed together into a delicious brew.

Join us as we discuss his music, his artistic diversity found on this album, his inspirations, his upcoming musical performances, and also explore the question, what is jazz?” You will be in for an exciting ride on this musically cultural experience. If you love jazz and are someone who also loves to be inspired by music with a message, join us as we discuss the beautiful work of art found in Don Hanson’s “Echoes of Light;” a body of work created for both Christian and secular music lovers of all ages to enjoy.

Jazz on the JNote airs each and every Sunday at 7:30 PM as part of the Medgar Evers College Community Radio stream over the airwaves of WNYE 91.5FM with your host Stephanie Jeannot.  We look forward to vibing with you this Sunday, September 25th, 2022 at 7:30 PM on WNYE 91.5FM. 

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Jazz on the JNote Airs this Sunday, September 11th, 2022 at 7:30Pm on WNYE 91.5FM with your host Stephanie Jeannot

I will never forget that sad day in 2001 when chaos took over New York City.

 

I just sat at my desk sipping on my Venti cup filled with dark roast coffee. It was not shortly after the freshness of it got me all jittered up for the day ahead of me that I heard the news of a plane crashing into the first of the Twin Towers.

I was in my office building in mid-town and everybody ascended to the top floor of the building so that they could see from the windows what was going on. The sites I saw that day, I hope to never see again.

It was like a movie and so unreal. Who would have thought something like this could have been happening right before our eyes.  And the craziest part about it all is that it happened 21 years ago and it is still very fresh in my mind like it was yesterday, when my friends and I walked along the thoroughfares of Manhattan, over the Williamsburg Bridge to Brooklyn; I still remember seeing burnt paper from the World Trade Center showering over the streets of Flatbush as I approached the comfort of home and the quietness that took over the city that never sleeps thereafter.



Twenty-One years later, we remember the tragedy, the lives lost, the beautiful skyline, the shopping center that was in the building, and just all the things that was pre-9/11. I want to encapsulate the memory of these very things in this Sunday’s episode of my radio show Jazz on the JNote which will air Sunday, September 11, 2022 from 7:30PM to 8PM, as part of the Medgar Ever’s College Community Radio Stream over the airwaves of  WNYE 91.5 FM, hosted by show host & producer Stephanie Jeannot.  

The show traditionally plays jazz and has commentaries throughout the show that relate the songs to the topic at hand. This week in particular is to celebrate the lives lost on the tragic day back in 2001. Hope that you will join us this Sunday at 7:30PM on WNYE 91.5 FM for Jazz on the JNote with your host Stephanie Jeannot.

Until then, Peace!

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Songwriter Wednesday: "Time Machine"

Have you ever wished that you had a time machine to be wherever you wanted to be in the blink of an eye?




No more 80-mile drives to a far distant place just to get into the things that your heart says yes to but your energy says, maybe another time. Instead, you could just climb into a contraption, press a few buttons, and boom, you are there.

You wouldn’t have to rely on airlines and hope that their staff doesn’t all get sick that day. You do not have to sit in rush hour traffic hoping that whatever mess is before you on the journey home will clear up. No more wishing to go back in time to revisit a person or to relive a moment. You could just climb into the time machine and Bam.  

That is what I was thinking about when I wrote the song “Time Machine.” After a long work week, I want to be like the road runner and zoom home in a flash. I wish I had a “Time Machine” to be where I want to be and to do what I want to do when I want to do it.

If you could relate to any of this, please check out my song “Time Machine.”

Lyrics and vocals by Stephanie Jeannot

Music by Mike LeShore

Check it out here: https://youtube.com/shorts/8uIcqNYvueU?feature=share



Wish I Had a "Time Machine" by Stephanie Jeannot & Mike LeShore

Sometimes I wish I had a time machine at my disposal for so many different reasons. How about you?If so and you can relate then, add the full-length version ...

Monday, August 22, 2022

Poettues: Lake Street Station

Poettues 


Lake Street Station
by Stephanie Jeannot



Weekday vibes in the midst of the rush

Through the CTA Station, music sprinkling down on us


A guy spitting bars on the crowded platform

Over an ocean wave of bass thumps satiating the core


You could hear the refreshing sound of the buskers blazing

I pulled my phone out to take a cameo of their sound exchanging


I caught the fever and all I wanted to do was sing along with them

And so, while the rapper spat, I hummed and started ad-libbing


We vibed until the El came chugging into the station

I almost didn’t want to board because I was really feeling ‘em


It was a scene that reminded me of NYC, making me feel like I was home

Something else to add to the love of Chicago, from these experiences that I own

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The poem was based on my explorations of Chicago via the CTA; perfect for Poetry Tuesday. 

Every time I am in Chicago, riding the El is on my bucket list of things I want to do
and so, I do it and I always end up seeing something else that fascinates my eyes.

Also, while here on my downtime, I am experimenting using various apps to complete short video editing projects. 




Please check out my video short "Chicago Train Rides Be Like. . ." here:  https://youtu.be/qQyCqzTlfaM




Thank you for checking out my blog post!

Monday, June 27, 2022

What's Happening with JNote Music

 

This year seems to be speeding by with excessive speed.

 


It feels almost as if it were yesterday that the ball dropped into 2022 and we brought in the new year with screams of joy and hopes for a different season than the pandemic one that interrupted our flowing lives in so many different ways. But I am looking forward to the second half of the year that is about to embrace us with hopes that it will bring about much better times in all areas of our lives.

 

News

 

I have been in the studio working on new music and I looking forward to releasing brand new songs that I cannot wait for you to hear. I wrote about 90% of the songs and then I partnered with a few other amazing musicians who have contributed a great deal to who I am as a musician, singer and songwriter. 

My new music will definitely tell you a little bit more about who I am. So stay tuned.


In the midst of the new music that is about to be released, I will also join bassist and songwriting
partner, John Mueller for our second Midwest tour this summer and we will be doing it live and in style at various places such as the Magnus Music Festival in Dayton, MN on August 20th and the Rock Island Labor Day Parade on September 5th. 

Other locations where we will play will be announced soon just in case you will be in the Midwest and are interested in coming.

 


As always, you can check out my current music online by going to the following:

 

APPLE MUSIC https://music.apple.com/us/artist/stephanie-jeannot/433710715

I HEART https://www.iheart.com/artist/stephanie-jeannot-950122/

SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/stephanay-jnote

SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/artist/6WUF7BBajYlCVnn4phqIeU

WEBSITE http://jnotemusic.com

YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7x0BU65HnL3ivSoarAJphQ

 

 

Upcoming Shows
 

Friday July 8, 2022   

Ou La La Café located

428 Sunrise Highway  

Lynbrook, NY

8PM to 10:30PM

$10 Cover

 

I will be there performing with my jazz band, The JNOTE Jazz Group and we will do some covers and also some original music that I hope you will join us for.

There is a $10 cover at the door and the location is a unique Haitian Restaurant with food that will delight your palette.

 

Wednesday July 20, 2022

The Edge Harlem

101 Edgecomb Avenue

Harlem, NY

7PM to 10PM

$5 Cover

 

A cool duet gig featuring brilliant piano player and producer, Shawn Keys and Stephanie Jeannot gelling together for a cool, good vibe and positive energy all around.

There is a $5 cover at the door and the location is filled with lovely down to earth people, great food and great drink. The ambiance is definitely magnetic. Hope to see you there.

 

Sunday July 31st

Pink & Pearls Ladies Brunch

Restoration Plaza

1368 Fulton Street

Brooklyn, NY 11216

11:30 AM to 3:30 PM

$25 for patients - $35 for everyone else

Ladies Brunch to raise money for Kidney's Sake. It is a phenomenal event for phenomenal women with featured speakers Jessica W Bonds, Marvlieu Jolla Hall and Shanice Figeroux, live music/singing by singer/songwriter Stephanie Jeannot, a liturgical danc by Janese Knight and Tammie Joseph and music by DJ Tam Jams. 


Sunday August 14th 

On the lawn in front of the Black Spectrum Theatre

177th St & Baisley Blvd

Jamaica Queens, NY

5PM to 7PM

Free


Black Spectrum Theatre Co Inc presents a free outdoor summer cafe from 5PM to 7PM. Stephanie Jeannot will be singing with the Bartlett Contemporaries at this event that is free and open to the general public; so please come thru. 

Jazz on the JNote

 

Every Sunday, Jazz on the JNote goes live on the air at 7:30PM as part of the Medgar Evers College Community Radio stream over the airwaves of WNYE 91.5FM. And here is a rundown of what you can expect to hear:

 

Sunday, July 3 @ 7:30 PM Unofficial Birthday Celebration for Louis Armstrong

Sunday July 10 @ 7:30 PM July Birthdays

Sunday July 17 @ 7:30 PM July Birthdays

Sunday, July 24 @ 7:30 PM Carl Bartlett Jr

Sunday, July 31 @ 7:30 PM Carl Bartlett Jr

Sunday, August 7 @ 7:30 PM Official Louis Armstrong Birthday Celebration

Sunday August 14 @ 7:30 PM Jazz Dance

Sunday August 21 @ 7:30 PM Yoichi Uzeki Pt 1

Sunday August 28 @ 7:30PM Yoichi Uzeki Pt 2

Sunday, September 4 @ 7:30 PM Labor Day Fete

 

Please keep in mind that if you do not have access to a traditional radio, this show can also be streamed at the same time over the airwaves of http://theenglishconnectionmedia.com and click on play

 

SOCIAL MEDIA

 

If interested in staying even more up to date with what is going on, I am constantly posting videos, pictures and content on my social media pages and so please feel free to follow me on:

 

FACEBOOK http://facebook.com/jnotemusic

INSTAGRAM http://instagram.com/jnotemusic

 

 

Looking forward to vibing with you once again in the near future. God bless you!


 

Friday, June 10, 2022

Stephanie Jeannot performing live at Jitu Weusi Plaza in Brooklyn, NY on June 16, 2022 at 6PM

I am honored to be performing live this coming Thursday, June 16th, 2022 at the Jitu Weusi Plaza located on directly across from 966 Fulton Street in Brooklyn, NY (Corner of Grand Avenue and Fulton Street).

 

FabFulton in association with 966 Jazz presents live music outdoors at the Jitu Weusi Plaza and on Thursday, June 16, 2022, my band and I will be performing there live with my jazz group doing some vocal jazz covers and some of my original songs, and I hope that you can make it.

 

Here are the deets:

 

Fabfulton

In association with

 

966 Jazz

 

Presents Live music at the Jitu Weusi Plaza (Corner of Fulton Street and Grand avenue)

Featuring New York, Singer/songwriter/poet, Stephanie Jeannot and her amazing band

 

Thursday July 16, 2022

6 to 8 PM

 

I am a lover of live music and it brings me joy to share music in a live setting before an intimate crowd of beautiful people. The excitement, the sweat, the feedback and participation of the crowd, the atmosphere, the thrashing of the drums, the sparkling of the keyboards; it all makes a difference and I am looking forward to being right there in the midst of this free pre-summer outdoor concert and I hope that you can make it.

 

The live music will begin at 6PM and will run to 8PM.  Hope to see you there!

 

 


Thursday, March 24, 2022

Jazz on the JNote: Tribute to Sarah Vaughan, Airs this Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 7:30PM EST on WNYE 91.5 FM

 

Sarah Vaughan was a world-renowned singer and pianist who was regarded as one of the greatest of all jazz singers.

She was a contralto with a range of three octaves. She sang with rhythmic flexibility and blessed any record that she sang on to make it to become timeless, universal music.

Some called her Sassy; others, the Divine One. I call her my favorite singer. And I am taking great pleasure in celebrating the life and cherishable art of this Grammy Award winning artist. With that in mind, I would like to invite you to listen in to this week’s episode of my radio show Jazz on the JNote.

 

What will you hear?

 

You will hear the capricious voice of Ms. Sarah Vaughan gushing out of her mouth and coming alive in your ear like an explosion of color burgeoning to blossom. You will hear some of the relics of her heroinism; those that made her brief time on the planet meaningful. You will hear sounds that come from the ecstatic world of jazz music and you will hear the voice of the host and producer of Jazz on the JNote Radio Show, Stephanie Jeannot, using the duration of the show to celebrate the charm, vibrato and life of the Divine One.


The show airs this Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 7:30 PM EST, as part of the Medgar Evers College Community Radio stream over the air waves of WNYE 91.5 FM. To find out more info on Jazz on the JNote, you can click on the link below to check out some of the flyers and previous episodes of this show, for your viewing and listening pleasure: JNOTEMUSIC.COM

 

My hope is that you will join us for the newest radio stream this Sunday evening and that the songs will not only get you listening to Sarah Vaughan’s amazing vibrato hit you full in the face so effectively that it makes you want to sing along and dance throughout the show’s entirety, but that this week’s episode of Jazz on the JNote will bring a positive and joyous end to your weekend. 


Catch it live on Sunday March 27, 2022 at 7:30PM EST on WNYE 91.5 FM.

 

Looking Forward!

Sunday, January 9, 2022

#mondaymemories Интервью со Стефани Джиннот (вокал/США)

#MondayMemories



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Moments of joy on the stage shared at the Ufa Jazz Club in Ufa, Russia. 

What a beautiful night of music before a great audience with an amazing band doing some jazz, classic rock and a few originals. 

It was one of the most interesting experiences of my life to visit and see different parts of Russia, thank to Edelman Entertainment and their willingness to take a chance on my music and talent. 

It felt good singing on the stage in Ufa and God willing, 
one day I will have the opportunity to do it again. 




For more pictures, videos and links to Stephanie Jeannot's music, performances and upcoming events, please check out her website at JNotemusic.com