For those unaware, Ghanaian/American Vocalist The BLCK Madonna (Ana Hoffman) announces the release of her debut album, Between the Lines, a deeply personal and contemporary reimagining of seven jazz standards shaped by identity, memory, and emotional truth. The album will be released March 27th, 2026, on all major streaming platforms via The Noir Collective/Downtown Music.

The BLCK Madonna is the moniker of vocalist Ana Hoffman, whose shimmering soprano and unique dusky lower register explores the intersection of jazz tradition, cultural identity, and contemporary expression. With a crystalline modern jazz voice rooted in lineage, but with a sound unmistakably her own, on Between the Lines, she approaches standards as living, breathing material that channels the here and now.

Created with a tightly-bonded ensemble, who function as collaborators, the group comprises pianist and co-arranger, Sam Towse, bassist and arranger Rafael Enciso, drummer Miguel Russell, and saxophonist Santosh Sharma. Together they undergird The BLCK Madonna’s voice — vulnerable, authoritative, soaring and intrepid in equal measure.

1. Afro Blue
2. Round Midnight
3. Body & Soul
4. Night & Day
5. Pick Yourself Up
6. My Funny Valentine
7. Between the Lines (Interlude)
8. Love Is Here to Stay

Blending jazz sophistication with soul-inflected phrasing, the album coloring outside traditional boundaries, she opens her new recording on the soft and sultry Afro Blue and the rhythmically beautiful Round Midnight and then we are gifted the supple Body & Soul and an elegant Night & Day.

Along next is the free-flowing Pick Yourself Up which is in turn backed seamlessly by an emotive My Funny Valentine, her brand new set rounding out on the gentle lead into the thirty second Between the Lines (Interlude), coming to a close on an enriched Love Is Here to Stay.

Afro Blue — Live Performance at The Jazz Club at the Aman NYC (Official Video)

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