GILLIAN MARGOT – VOCALS, GEOFFREY KEEZER – PIANO, RICHIE GOODS – BASS AND BILLY KILSON – DRUMS

GILLIAN MARGOT launches her new CD, “Black Butterfly” with an all-star cast of NY jazz talent including pianist GEOFFREY KEEZER (Chris Botti/Ray Brown/Sting), bassist RICHIE GOODS (Mulgrew Miller/Alicia Keys), drummer BILLY KILSON (Robin Eubanks/Dianne Reeves)

Ms. Margot’s “Black Butterfly” speaks to the singer’s passion for musical diversity, an artfully crafted set that showcases her multifaceted talents. Produced by jazz trumpet star Jeremy Pelt, and involving some of the most in-demand musicians on the New York scene, the album blends Great American Songbook standards, intriguing jazz originals, gutbucket blues, contemporary hip-hop flavors and uniquely personal covers of songs by Curtis Mayfield, Joni Mitchell, Nina Simone, Bobby Caldwell and even 80’s English rockers Simply Red. “Black Butterfly” is Ms. Margot’s first direct overture to the U.S. and international markets and her first recording on HiPNOTIC Records.