vivian sessoms: press

"Worth the wait for Lalah Hathaway's "Outrun the Sky"
Veteran jazz/r&b producers Chris Parks & Vivian Sessoms place her in a comfortable, mid-tempo, contemporary r&b setting on
'Back Then' and 'In the End'."

DAVID MORALES/2 WORLDS COLLIDE

"But it's Vivian Sessoms who has the last word with the beautifully crafted "Take My Luv". This is a number that woos and wins with a stellar groove and a taut, instantly memorable melody that perfectly highlights Morales' uncanny ability to create timeless productions and uncover bright and exciting new talent".
Reviewer: Lewis Dene

"Ultimately, though, Morales has never been one to follow the latest trend. Instead, he has remained true to quality house beats of a musical kind. And on tracks like 'Take My Love', featuring Vivian Sessoms, the lyrics and music soar."—MP

"Featuring beautiful vocals by Vivian Sessoms, "Siren of Love" features sinister hold synths and sweeping, spacey sound fx for a truly cosmic disco experience. File under future house." --Definity

"Produced by David Morales, "The Vocal Mix" is almost eight minutes of dancefloor melodrama featuring Vivian Sessoms with her silky smooth and almost operatic off-the-cuff voice, and with a punchy and complex 4/4 tribal rhythm. "Siren of Love" has sub bass and an awesome big room siren with impact-making acid squelches and R2D2 electronics, "Baby you know you need some loving and I want to give it to you" sings Vivian. The instrumental has become a huge anthem with its genre defying reprise and is peaktime material".
Watts #169869

KHANI COLE/LIFETIME

"Khani most recently finshed and released her third album, 'Lifetime' (Expansion Records ~ Sony/3MV). Produced by New York based writers-producers, Chris Parks & Vivian Sessoms. Khani states: 'This album features some of the greatest musicians in New York and there's not a throw-away song on the album... I finally feel like I've recorded something that sounds like me.' 'Lifetime's' first two singles, 'Sunshine' & 'All About U', are quickly ascending the European radio charts and picking up where her first disc 'Places' left off".

"A brilliant new set of smooth soul numbers from singer Khani Cole -- a deeply voiced diva whose style reminds us a bit of Carleen Anderson. The set's got some fierce jazz-tinged backings arranged and produced by Chris Parks and Vivian Sessoms-- and the overall quality of the set is very high, like some of the best NuSoul work from the U.S., or like the best of Expansion's other albums of this sort. Titles include 'Sunshine', 'What Is Real', 'Sunday Morning', 'Lifetime', 'Trickin', and 'Real Thing' ".

ROB THOMAS "SOMETHING TO BE" TOUR
"A critic gets an earful"

"Sessoms and Douglas-McRae both have lovely, clear voices and great pitch — a prerequisite for backup singers, if not for the studio-sweetened divas that many of them work for".
--Elysa Gardner

RYUICHI SAKAMOTO/SWEET REVENGE

"and "Sentimental" breezes by with a slightly bossa nova-ish, '60s French movie feel and features an exquisite vocal by Vivian Sessoms."
R.S. 1994

PATTI AUSTIN ON VIVIAN SESSOMS

"I remember one moment that remains with me today when I think of Vivian Sessoms. Vivian was performing as one of my background singers. Sometimes I ask the singers to take a solo as a means of introducing themselves to the audience. As Vivian sang the first few lyrics of the classic song "At Last", I thought the heavens had opened up and rained down some of the best singing and performance style I had ever heard. With only a moment to make an impression, Vivian captured the entire audience."