Jazz Vocals - CD Reviews (1352)
Pauline voice is going to captures you from the first note. Beautiful and powerful, her voice has being compared to Cassandra Wilson, Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughn. There…
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Annie Sellick shines in full force on Street of Dreams. After taking some time to explore the swing band genre with her group "Annie and the Hot …
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If Stan Getz were a vocalist, he would have sounded like Kat Edmonson. His light, breathy tone was in contrast to many of the heavy players of his day. Ms. Edmonson is a…
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Vocalist Kristina Smith is a new gem in Patois Records coffer exhibiting a melodic luster with a clarion ring that resonates waves of soothing tranquility. Kristina’s de…
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In some old movie and TV dramas (that is, pre- 1965), there be a singer/pianist working at a local bistro/watering hole wherein the main character/hero/protagonist hangs…
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What a wonderful thing it is to spin the Rhino Records Sept. 29th release of Al Jarreau - The Very Best Of: An Excellent Adventure. The collection is a highlight of …
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Watch What Happens is precisely that when Charito meet Michel Legrand. This collection sparkles with intimacy, intricate performances, and a zest for life that …
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Golden Earrings is one of those projects that’s so natural for the participants that one wonders why it didn’t happen sooner. Instead, it happened just in time. T…
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Joe Beck (1945 - 2008) and Laura Theodore make the perfect jazz pairing in this fine collection. Together they have created an excellent sound, a sound that is both imag…
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What a voice. I mean, what a voice! Jackie Ryan, who has been wowing audiences and critics and musicians and anyone else who happens to be within earshot of her voice…
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From the songbook of Abbey Lincoln, the transformation of Ms Kendra Shank has been a notable accomplishment, acquiring new extremes on her trek by way of ,at times, stoi…
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As a long time listener to recordings by Kendra Shank, this reader has always been intrigued by the uniqueness of her approach to music making. In addition to her beauti…
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Karrin Allyson remains in the uncommon, and certainly enviable, position of being Concord Music’s first, and now longest tenured, singer on the label. Concord founder Carl …
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Nigerian bassist Michael Olatuja started playing the bass at the age of 11. By the time he was 16, and through the influence of artists like George Benson, John Patitucc…
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With a voice that may be the sincerest in delivery and tone since Mel Torme, Ron Mitchell’s Jazzy Me, Live In Japan, is an incredible disc if one overlooks the ob…
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New York City-based vocalist and master improviser, Lisa Sokolov elevates jazz and pop standards to newer realms on her fifth solo outing. With these duo, trio and quart…
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Sheer loveliness, Italian-born vocalist/goddess Marth J has the dulcet pitch of Petula Clark, the bedroomy-eye timbres of Lena Horne, and the exquisite nuances reminisce…
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Somehow it just doesn’t seem right. Trumpet fusion master Mark Isham, known to most as a Hollywood film scorer for so many movies and television shows, it just doesn’t s…
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Vocalist Jennifer Lee treats audiences to a sun-filled repertoire of American standards, Brazilian classics and three original compositions written by Lee on her latest …
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When ABC-TV’s former Primetime Live anchorwoman Diane Sawyer went to see her colleague Rondi Charleston perform at a nightclub in New York City a few years back, …
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