Scott Lee Greetings from Florida - Postcards from Paradise

SSC1806 2026-02-27

Track List

Sloganland - 5:50
Big Waters - 4:34
Rewind - 5:10
Spring Fever - 5:02
Frontlines - 4:45
The Loss of the Blues - 5:04
Blacktop Artists - 6:16
Sirenas - 7:04

Musicians

Camila Meza - guitar, voice
Kristen Stoner - flute
Seok Hee Jang - clarinet
Tania Moldovan - violin
Emily Austin Smith - cello
Evan Mitchell - piano
Danielle Moreau - percussion

Scott Lee: Greetings from Florida - Postcards from Paradise is a new genre-blending song cycle from composer Scott Lee featuring jazz vocalist-guitarist Camila Meza. The album explores the tension between an imagined Florida and the reality experienced by those who are drawn to the state: retirees, tourists, immigrants, and nature lovers. Eight poems by Cuban American poet Carolina Hospital serve as lyrics, each reflecting a different side of Florida, from tourism and retirement to climate crisis and ecological loss. // Written for Camila Meza and chamber ensemble, the music blends contemporary classical elements with jazz idioms and pop song structures. Meza’s jazz/pop vocals and driving guitar glide over top of noisy, pointillistic grooves performed by a top-notch chamber ensemble of Floridian musicians who deftly execute Lee’s complex scores. Together, the poems and music invite listeners to look beyond the postcard and experience Florida in all its complexity, fragility, and beauty.