I Hear Sparks: Cynthia Felton – Come Sunday: The Music of Duke Ellington
Cynthia Felton knocks us down with her astonishing pipes right out of the box and never lets up, stalwartly working through the music of Duke Ellington with Come Sunday. The record is a confidently...
View ArticleMusic Review: Dolores Scozzesi – A Special Taste
Dolores Scozzesi’s A Special Taste is one of those records that brims with warmth and flavor. The gentle swing and tender delivery of the diverse vocalist is apparent on every piece of music, but it’s...
View ArticleI Hear Sparks: Lauren Hooker – Life of the Music
Lauren Hooker does what she does because the music “brings out the poetry” in her. She tells us this simple truth on the opening track to her diverse, exciting Life of the Music recording. I’ve been...
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Music Review: Aretha Franklin – The Great American Songbook
If all Aretha Franklin ever recorded were the sorts of songs represented on The Great American Songbook, which highlights her relatively brief tenure at Columbia Records prior to her groundbreaking run...
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Anita Baker’s Solo Debut Shows Why She’s The Songstress
Say the name “Anita Baker” and most people can identify her breakthrough album, 1986′s Rapture. Crooning modern-day classics like “Sweet Love” and the title track, Baker established herself as an...
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Interview: Jazz Vocalist Lola Danza of Janya
Combining traditional Korean instrumentation with improvisational jazz vocal stylings, female quartet Janya aims to restore the lost art of shamanic music, with an added element of appeal for listeners...
View ArticleMusic Review: Rene Marie – Voice of My Beautiful Country
There are days when I feel underwhelmed by music, but gems like Rene Marie wake me up from my funk. Her album Voice of My Beautiful Country is a creative take on several classics. The album is split...
View ArticleMusic Review: Mark Winkler – Sweet Spot
Mark Winkler is one of those jazz artists always good for a smile or two. His Till I Get It Right was a humorous and witty compilation of pieces and his newest, Sweet Spot, lovingly expands on that...
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Music Review: Anne Walsh – Go
The biography on singer Anne Walsh’s website highlights her vocal diversity. Not only is she an accomplished jazz vocalist, but she has also sung a little opera and a bit of show music. She has...
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Music Review: Perry Beekman –“So In Love”
Given the glut of new albums from vocalists of all stripes, a singer looking to make some noise with a debut disc would be well advised to look to So In Love, the debut album of Perry Beekman. Not so...
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Music Review: Judy Wexler –‘What I See’
In Susan Stamberg’s introduction to a 2012 interview with jazz vocalist Judy Wexler about her second album Dreams & Shadows, she says Wexler can sing anything. “Wexler can be slow and sad without...
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Music Review: Nina Simone –‘Little Girl Blue’ [Remastered]
With the veritable flood of reissues of remastered albums from jazz musicians great and small in recent months, it seems time to ask if in fact all these albums deserve resurrection. After all, even...
View ArticleI Hear Sparks: Lauren Hooker – Life of the Music
Lauren Hooker does what she does because the music “brings out the poetry” in her. She tells us this simple truth on the opening track to her diverse, exciting Life of the Music recording. I’ve been...
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Music Review: Aretha Franklin – The Great American Songbook
If all Aretha Franklin ever recorded were the sorts of songs represented on The Great American Songbook, which highlights her relatively brief tenure at Columbia Records prior to her groundbreaking run...
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Anita Baker’s Solo Debut Shows Why She’s The Songstress
Say the name “Anita Baker” and most people can identify her breakthrough album, 1986′s Rapture. Crooning modern-day classics like “Sweet Love” and the title track, Baker established herself as an...
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Interview: Jazz Vocalist Lola Danza of Janya
Combining traditional Korean instrumentation with improvisational jazz vocal stylings, female quartet Janya aims to restore the lost art of shamanic music, with an added element of appeal for listeners...
View ArticleMusic Review: Rene Marie – Voice of My Beautiful Country
There are days when I feel underwhelmed by music, but gems like Rene Marie wake me up from my funk. Her album Voice of My Beautiful Country is a creative take on several classics. The album is split...
View ArticleMusic Review: Mark Winkler – Sweet Spot
Mark Winkler is one of those jazz artists always good for a smile or two. His Till I Get It Right was a humorous and witty compilation of pieces and his newest, Sweet Spot, lovingly expands on that...
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Music Review: Anne Walsh – Go
The biography on singer Anne Walsh’s website highlights her vocal diversity. Not only is she an accomplished jazz vocalist, but she has also sung a little opera and a bit of show music. She has...
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Anita Baker’s Solo Debut Shows Why She’s The Songstress
Say the name “Anita Baker” and most people can identify her breakthrough album, 1986’s Rapture. Crooning modern-day classics like “Sweet Love” and the title track, Baker established herself as an...
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