“Alina is really special. When she sings, you can hear her heart” Al Jarreau, N.C. Music is excited to announce the release of the first album of Russian-Armenian jazz singer and composer Alina Engibaryan “Driving Down the Road". For her debut release Alina Engibaryan collaborated with world famous jazz musicians Seamus Blake, Alex Sipiagin, Misha Tsiganov, JD Walter, Donald Edwards, and Boris Kozlov. Recorded in the legendary studios “Systems Two” and “Bass Hit Studios” the album features a wide array of mostly original music with some arranged standard. Alina Engibaryan is the winner of Montreux Jazz voice Competition 2015. She gainedrespect in the international music community as a novel vocalist within a modern improvisational tradition. Due to her unique way of translating emotions into passionate performance she had won over her audience and her fellow musicians. Alina Engibaryan was born in Rostov-on-Don in Russia and has been singing all her life. Graduated first from the highly renowned Kim Nazaretov jazz music school in Russia she kept studying jazz vocals in Groningen in the Netherlands with Jd Walter, Francien van Tuinen, Ruben Hein and Floor van Zutphen. Involved in many international jazz projects she has performed and toured in Europe, Asia and United States.