A vocal jazz album with no vocals on track one

Sophianne Girard shows up first as a composer-arranger, and then later as a vocalist.

The first track of her debut album, For Some Reason – "Just a Modal Sound" – has no vocals: bold move!

Rather than a bop quartet or quintet, Sophianne's Montréal-based ensemble is striking and contemporary, drawing on the last couple decades of crunchy harmony. It's like a little big band; Chris Berner and Dean Thiessen would take to it.