Jazz Vocals - CD Reviews (1352)
Tianna Hall, a New Artist to Watch!by Skoot Larson It’s a rare and wonderful thing when a new artist comes along that turns your wig around and leaves …
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"Take a look at my skin.... .it’s brown!" and from those first words of the first spin I knew this artist was someone who jazz would embrace. Charmaine Clamor will catch…
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When Maria Guida sings the standards, it’s readily apparent that the passion this songstress has for this genre of music is strong and heartfelt. Guida’s velvet vocals on e…
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Columbus, Ohio-based jazz vocalist Eileen Howard presents her sophomoric album with the just released Street of Dreams containing a host of jazz standards and sev…
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Torch Rock isn’t just the title of Wensday’s debut CD. It’s also an apt description of the vocalist’s big, ranging style. While many female singers have been desc…
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Different Smile is a glorious buffet for the ear. Kaz Simmons' hypnotic voice is deliciously infectious. Her arrangements eagerly explore form and meter. This wor…
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Sara Gazarek’s CD Return To You, is about the many moods of love, and explores the many phases of relationships, both heartening and disheartening. Do not make …
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Maria Guida debuts this 2007 jazz season with the Larknote Records release of Soul Eyes, a very unique effort parceled up with cool. Two things should come to t…
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Even though Jeri Brown was born in St. Louis and refined her singing talent by performing in the United States, she settled in Montreal and continued her singing career the…
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I honestly never thought that I would ever hear a CD (in this case an EP-CD) with both "Autumn Leaves" and Leonard Cohen’s "I’m Your Man" as tracks, but Kate Stewart pro…
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"Standards" are the life blood of jazz vocalists. The great catalog of songs that are recognized after one stanza gives jazz stylists a seemingly bottomless vat of mater…
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The collaboration between vocalist Randy Crawford and pianist Joe Sample has always been tantamount to being one of the best musical pairings in contempora…
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Such a rare elation occurs when one opens a jewel case with unanticipated imagination and raw ability pleasantly enclosed. Jane Stuart allows us that encounter with her …
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UK’s exotic beauty Amy Winehouse is a jazz-soul singer with a saucy attitude and the jugular action to match it. Her music has classic jazz infractions that rival Louie …
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Los Angeles based pianist Ted Howe lives up to his stellar reputation as a stylish and inventive performer who, above all else, swings relentlessly. The aptly titled …
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It is still amazing to me that more people outside of Alberta Canada do not know about the luxurious smooth vocals of jazz singer/composer Sandy Foster. Her recent relea…
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March 2007 - Love Song is pianist Ted Howe’s third release for Summit Records. His six arrangements of tunes by Harold Arlen, Cole Porter and James Van Heusen add a …
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Monday Off: big band era vocals meet contemporary harmonies. The group's name comes from musical theater's traditional night off. They've played Carnegie Hall a…
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Lauren Hooker’s newest entry into the world of jazz is far from mediocre. Powerful in vocals, a positioned flow of acute arrangements, and a vast array of fine selection…
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Solstice, the sexy new CD from Slim Man delivers with original material from this exceedingly talented singer/songwriter. Slim Man’s custom bass and sultry vocals ma…
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