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Karen Marguth's latest is 10 years of unreleased material with more than a few Fresno friends

Karen Marguth was getting press as far back as 2010.

No less than JazzTimes magazine called the singer “Fresno’s Big Secret” in a profile, though she wasn’t a secret in town. Especially to those in jazz scene. She headlined a weekly residency at the Landmark, hosted a radio show on KFSR, was working with a who’s who of local players and had already released a pair of well-received albums.

It was around this time, give or take a year, that Marguth started recording pieces of what would become her latest album, “Until.”

“The album was recorded over the course of ten years, with three different musical groupings,” Marguth, says. A bulk to the tracks were recorded over two different sessions in 2011 and 2015 at Fresno’s Maximus Studios, with a cast of Fresno musicians that included David Aus, Richard Giddens, Pat Olvera, Eva Scow and the late Brian Hamada.

The remaining songs were recorded at What’s For Lunch Records in El Cerrito, save for the final track, “Days of Wine and Roses,” which was recorded live in 2014 at Fresno County Public Library in Clovis.

“Until” was released in October on OA2 Records and is available to buy or download through its website.

Already it’s earned 4 stars and landed as one of DownBeat Magazine’s “Best Album of the Year.” It’s Marguth’s third album to hold that title.

The album “promotes the elevation of the spirit that one demands of a truly outstanding release,” according to the DownBeat review, and “Marguth, with typical control and confidence, carries poetry in music to an enthralling level.”