Once you've come up with a winning idea, it makes sense to stay with it. And that's what BeatleJazz--a.k.a. Dave Kikoski, Charles Fambrough and Brian Melvin--have done on i…
12 May
Girl Talk by Vanessa Rubin
After paying her dues in the 1980's by working as a singer with Frank Foster's and Lionel Hampton's bands, all the while teaching school, Vanessa Rubin began to gain public…
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Now on her second album, Jody Sandhaus is making clear that hers is a voice that wraps itself around a tune with just enough strength to obtain its essence and to earn the …
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No doubt, Larry McKenna must be tired of the comparisons to Stan Getz, but when one listens to It Might As Well Be Spring, the similarities abound. And McKenna shoul…
Unfortunately a regional phenomenon--and "phenomenal" is an appropriate word to describe his talent--Jim Ridl continues to perform and record undisturbed by the fact that m…