{"id":195,"date":"2020-06-22T13:39:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridge377.qodeinteractive.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-10-10T21:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T21:02:58","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mzval.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"195\" class=\"elementor elementor-195\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26ea532 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"26ea532\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-02ed651\" data-id=\"02ed651\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e180ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-rev-slider-widget\" data-id=\"4e180ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-rev-slider-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<sr7-module data-alias=\"slider-1\" data-id=\"1\" id=\"SR7_1_1\" class=\"rs-ov-hidden\" data-version=\"6.7.25\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-adjuster><\/sr7-adjuster>\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_1_1-1\" data-key=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-bg id=\"SR7_1_1-1-7\" class=\"sr7-layer\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mzval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/slide_LD.jpg\" alt=\"mzval on the couch\" title=\"slide_LD\"><\/noscript><\/sr7-bg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"SR7_1_1-1-0\" class=\"sr7-layer\" href=\"#music\" target=\"_self\">CD\/VINYL<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"SR7_1_1-1-1\" class=\"sr7-layer\" href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/simplyme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIGITAL<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_1_1-1-2\" class=\"sr7-layer\">SIMPLY ME -  Available Now!<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_1_1-2\" data-key=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t<image_lists style=\"display:none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-src=\"\/\/mzval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/slider-image-1.jpg\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" data-dbsrc=\"Ly9tenZhbC5jb20vd3AtY29udGVudC91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjAvMDYvc2xpZGVyLWltYWdlLTEuanBn\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-src=\"\/\/mzval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/slide.png\" data-libid=\"535\" data-lib=\"medialibrary\" title=\"slide\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" data-dbsrc=\"Ly9tenZhbC5jb20vd3AtY29udGVudC91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUvMTAvc2xpZGUucG5n\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-src=\"\/\/mzval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/slide_LD.jpg\" data-libid=\"497\" data-lib=\"medialibrary\" alt=\"mzval on the couch\" title=\"slide_LD\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" data-dbsrc=\"Ly9tenZhbC5jb20vd3AtY29udGVudC91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUvMTAvc2xpZGVfTEQuanBn\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/image_lists>\n\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-module>\n\t\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\t\tSR7.PMH ??={}; 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A relative of the illustrious Clayton jazz family\u2014bassist John, the late saxophonist and flutist Jeff, pianist Gerald\u2014Monroe was inspired early on by Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Nancy Wilson, and Nina Simone. She got her first big break as a Raelette\u2014a backing singer for The Genius himself, Ray Charles.\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"#more\"><em>READ MORE<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9dab30 e-flex e-con-boxed parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9dab30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-314df7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"314df7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"music\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de3d720 elementor-widget 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https:\/\/mzval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-768x1064.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mzval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-700x970.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7faac4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"d7faac4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"more\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45781e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45781e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cWith Ray every show was magical, and I took it all in,\u201d the native Texan says of those two international tours, in 1990 and 1991. \u201cI still have my scrapbook!\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6350d3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6350d3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Monroe eventually settled into her day job as an academic counselor at a high school. But music never left her blood. The alto-contralto kept her creative fires burning\u2014whether on the theater stage (<em>Ain\u2019t Misbehavin\u2019<\/em>, <em>Chicago<\/em>) or the NBA stage; she sang the national anthem at numerous Lakers, Clippers and Spurs games. In 2018, she made inspired appearances on cousin Jeff\u2019s 2018\u2019s <em>Listen Through the Looking Glass<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb978f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb978f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All these experiences forged who she is, and what she wants her music to impart. \u201cI like music that can be playful, happy, thoughtful, and emotionally invoked\u2014and jazz allows me the space and freedom to create music that speaks to me. I\u2019m able to be simply me\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6429ffd elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"6429ffd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"contact\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-912c8f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"912c8f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contact<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-545f16f e-flex e-con-boxed 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