Tina Lear

The Road Home © 2000 Third Path Avenue Inc.	*The Road Home (2000)* The beauty and challenges of love and family, friendship, community, and our difficult world are the focus of Tina’s groundbreaking achievements in this new release. With humor and a deep heart, striking lyrical skill, and the impeccable musicianship of some of the best players on the scene today, The Road Home spans big band, world beat, and the best of Tina’s unique and familiar jazz-pop stylings. She brings us around, as always, to a sharp, new awareness of our times.

Full Moon Big Circle © 1998 Third Path Avenue Inc	*Full Moon Big Circle (1998)* Tina enters new territory in this second album, broadening her range of themes with deeply visioned and moving treatments of her parents, working women, and spiritual striving and grounding. Taking definitive steps to mature her own distinctive sound, Tina moves beyond the more familiar jazz arrangements of Classified Ads and into unclassifiable territory. Neither the radio stations nor the record stores know what to call this utterly unique -- and very listenable -- collection. Every word rings clear and true, and will repay your listening.

Classified Ads © 1994 Third Path Avenue Inc.	*Classified Ads (1994)* Tina’s debut cd is at once jazzy, poignant, humorous, sophisticated, and down to earth. These songs take the listener through the perils and pleasures of romance, the depths of camaraderie, and the difficult gift of parenthood. The title cut was very popular on many northwest NPR jazz stations.

Developed by Big Mind Media

"People have asked me how I get the ideas for my songs. I’ll be working on telling “the stories behind the songs,” and linking these audio clips to the song titles in the music pages over the next few months. Be watching for this… "