Jennifer Terran

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| occupation = Singer-songwriter, pianist

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Jennifer Terran is an American singer-songwriter and pianist from Santa Barbara, California. In 1996, she started her own music label, Grizelda Records. Her most critically acclaimed solo album is The Musician, which was licensed by Continental Record Services in the Netherlands, and recognized by The Sunday Times as one of its best albums of the year in 2002.

Career

Terran plays the piano and sings on her records, often leading to her being compared to Tori Amos. She is also a hip hop dance instructor, as well as a producer, having established her own music label, Grizelda Records, in 1996.{{Cite news |last=Zate |first=Maria |date=June 18, 2002 |title=Internet Opens Up New Options for Struggling Musicians |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/462040564 |access-date=2024-10-19 |work=Knight Ridder Tribune Business News |id={{ProQuest|462040564}}}}{{Cite news |last=Locey |first=Bill |date=February 26, 1998 |title=Music: Ventura County; Going It Alone; Solo artists perform throughout the county, putting a unique stamp on musical offerings |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/421390875 |access-date=2024-10-19 |work=Los Angeles Times |id={{ProQuest|421390875}}}} She has produced five solo albums: Cruel, Rabbit, The Musician, Live from Painted Cave and Full Moon in 3. In October 2012 she released her album Born from the Womb of Silence.{{cite web |title=Record review: Jennifer Terran, "Born From the Womb of Silence" (Grizelda) |url=https://www.metaljazz.com/2013/02/jennifer_terran_born_from_the.php |website=MetalJazz.com |access-date=14 October 2024 |date=February 2013}}

Her album The Musician, first released in January 2001, was licensed the following year by Continental Record Services in the Netherlands, the European arm of Rounder Records. In 2002 the Sunday Times selected her album The Musician as its second best album of the year, and it was recognized as the "best pop record of the year" by Dutch magazine Heaven.{{cite news |last1=Edwards |first1=Mark |title=Records of the Year: Pop & Jazz |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/records-of-the-year-pop-and-jazz-mark-edwards-2mpfmnkwd7l |access-date=13 October 2024 |work=The Times |date=8 December 2002}} That year, Terran embarked on a European tour, playing at small venues in the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK.

In December 2007, Terran's recording of "Que Sera Sera" featured in a commercial for Dell's XPS computer, accompanied by exploding monitors and wrecking balls.{{cite web |title=L.A. previews July 25-31: Larry Coryell, Nick Mancini, Jennifer Terran, Deathcult, Scars on Broadway, Anat Cohen, Tappa Zukie, Justin Morell, Ankla. |url=https://www.metaljazz.com/2008/07/la_previews_july_2531_larry_co.php |website=MetalJazz.com |access-date=13 October 2024 |date=2008}}{{Cite news |last=Parpis |first=Eleftheria |date=January 14, 2008 |title=Best Spots |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=28523243&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2024-10-19 |work=Adweek |via=EBSCOhost}}

Reception

In 2002, critic Mark Edwards wrote in The Times that The Musician was "An astonishing album by an almost unknown singer-songwriter". While noting similarities with Kate Bush and Tori Amos, he said that Terran "takes her songs into darker territories, especially on Mad Magdaline, her epic tale of revenge against the record industry by ... an unknown singer-songwriter". Music & Media compared Terran's "This Recording" as "reminiscent of Beverly Graven's hit Promise Me, only with a lot more lyrical depth".

Personal life

Terran grew up in Los Angeles, California. Her father, trumpeter Tony Terran, was a successful session musician who performed with Frank Sinatra and The Beatles, and is credited on the I Love Lucy theme song.{{Cite news |last=Locey |first=Bill |date=July 9, 1998 |title=A High Intensity Approach to Pop |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jul-09-ca-1936-story.html |access-date=2024-10-19 |work=Los Angeles Times}} Her mother was a dancer. She was raised as a Mormon and started off playing in bands from an early age. Terran is married to fellow musician Brendan Statom.{{cite journal |last1=Visser |first1=Menno |title=Jennifer Terran shoots her way to the top |journal=Music & Media |date=21 December 2002 |volume=20 |issue=52 |page=10 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2002/MM-2002-12-21.pdf#page=10 |access-date=13 October 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Burk |first1=Greg |title=Everybody Hurts |url=https://www.laweekly.com/everybody-hurts/ |access-date=13 October 2024 |work=LA Weekly |date=4 April 2001}}

Discography

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" \|+Albums and Release Dates{{cite web \|url=http://jenniferterran.bandcamp.com/music \|title=Jennifer Terran \|publisher=bandcamp \|accessdate=May 31, 2014}}
scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Release Date
scope="row"\| Cruel \| January 1997
scope="row"\| Rabbit \| January 1998
scope="row"\| The Musician{{cite web \|title=Jennifer Terran - The Musician \|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/jennifer-terran-the-musician-28330/ \|website=UNCUT \|date=February 1, 2003}} \| January 2001
scope="row"\| Live From Painted Cave \| January 2004
scope="row"\| Full Moon in 3 \| January 2006
scope="row"\| Born From The Womb Of Silence \| October 2012

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|+Albums and Release Dates{{cite web |url=http://jenniferterran.bandcamp.com/music |title=Jennifer Terran |publisher=bandcamp |accessdate=May 31, 2014}}

scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Release Date

scope="row"| Cruel

January 1997

scope="row"| Rabbit

January 1998

scope="row"| The Musician{{cite web |title=Jennifer Terran - The Musician |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/jennifer-terran-the-musician-28330/ |website=UNCUT |date=February 1, 2003}}

January 2001

scope="row"| Live From Painted Cave

January 2004

scope="row"| Full Moon in 3

January 2006

scope="row"| Born From The Womb Of Silence

October 2012