Jazz vocalists don’t typically give me the same charge I get from jazz instrumentalists, but there are always a few exceptions to the rule. You May Also Like: Rich Halley and Carson Halley – The Wild (2017)

One of the best jazz vocal groups to emerge from the 1990s, New York Voices is marking their 25th anniversary with a live CD, Live with the WDR Big Band Cologne. You May Also Like: Garage A Trois – ‘Calm Down Cologne’ (2021) Maceo Parker’s Roots and Grooves was halfRead More

Even during the height of her early-1970s singer-songwriter successes, when the radio was shag-carpeted with Carole King songs, I never could get past the idea that another singer would have done better by those lyrics. You May Also Like: Brecker Brothers – ‘Live and Unreleased’ (2020)

Tony Bennett holds a rightful place as an American icon for a variety of reasons: he is essentially our last link to the other great crooners such as Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. You May Also Like: Jazz Reedist Daniel Bennett on How Musicians Can Thrive In (and After)Read More

Glenn Frey has been mixing up appearances with the Eagles with continuing dates in support of his new standards record After Hours, providing a wide variety of musical contexts. Frey says he wouldn’t have it any other way. You May Also Like: No related posts.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNMfEvFI4fA&w=500&h=305] In all the time I’ve spent drifting through the veritable sea of jazz vocalists, my ears have always perked up whenever a singer is able to express some sense of truth. You May Also Like: Steve Hackett on ‘Night Siren,’ Chris Squire’s Legacy and Rediscovering a Lost GenesisRead More

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZJbQ4z9WCo&w=500&h=315] Philadelphia-based Berklee graduate Jessi Teich is, in many ways, unlike any of the famous singers who have so clearly impacted her. You May Also Like: Marc Ribot + The Young Philadelphians – Live In Tokyo (2016)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ughyl0WTOBU&w=420&h=315] When I listen to Patricia Barber sing, I think of her not so much as a jazz singer than as a poet reciting her work, with the depth and feeling that only the originator of that work can deliver. You May Also Like: Patricia Brennan – ‘More Touch’Read More

A vibrant and exciting live album, the aptly titled Live by the Elisabeth Lohninger Quartet finds the Austrian singer in her element and backed by a spirited and colorful band. You May Also Like: Guido Spannocchi Quartet – ‘Live at Porgy & Bess Vienna’ (2023) Jack Hues and The QuartetRead More

Amazon.com Widgets Beth Duncan’s Come the Fall isn’t the purpled and foreboding project that its title might suggest. If anything, it’s exactly the opposite You May Also Like: The Most Surprising Moment on Alan Parsons Project’s ‘Eve’