SOUL FUEL ~ Antidotes for What Ails Us - Susan Krebs & The Local Outfit

Krebs is a silky-toned performer with an intuitive melodic sense and aliterary way with words, and she’s been instrumental in ushering Chamber Jazz into the 21stCentury. Los Angeles vocalist and songwriter Susan Krebs has created a subtly captivating body of work over the past three decades, combining fine-grained drama and free-ranging imagination with a supple sense of swing. Dubbed the Jazz Gardener, she’s sown a brilliant array of projects and ten recordings with a regular cast of L.A. jazz luminaries. 

Since introducing herself with 1999's Jazz Gardener, an impressively poised debut album featuring reed legend Gary Foster, Krebs has recorded a series of acclaimed albums featuring staunch collaborators such as drummer/producer Jerry Kalaf and pianist/arranger Rich Eames. She’s a jazz original who brings decades of experience in improvisational theater to the bandstand. Long committed to sustaining a lively scene, she produces the Salon on Buffalo Series, which is headed into its 6th season (2027).