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Jackie Ryan: This Heart of Mine

Read "This Heart of Mine" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


The thing that first struck me about this fine recording was the concrete accompaniment provided Ms. Ryan. Solid, effortless swing is what propels this veteran vocalist through This Heart of Mine.  The high quality of this swing, which I credit to crack arranging, is that much more a surprise when considering that the arrangements on this recording ...

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Jackie Ryan: This Heart of Mine

Read "This Heart of Mine" reviewed by Roger Crane


You simply cannot sing a song any better than Jackie Ryan does. And you cannot make a better jazz vocal CD than this one. It is perfect. If that sounds too reverent, let me change the praise to “perfectly wonderful.” Each of the elements is truly wonderful: the choice of songs, the arrangements, accompanying musicians, even ...

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This Heart Of Mine

Label: OpenArt Productions
Released: 2003
Track listing: * This Heart Of Mine; * Sleepin' Bee; * Estate (Summer); * East Of The Sun; * Jump For Joy; * Make It Last; * Anos Dourados (Golden Years); * Maybe September; * When I Grow Too Old To Dream; * Moon and Sand; * Come Back To Me/Lover Come Back To Me; * Sari (Trieste); * Velas Içadas (Sails); * Seasons of the Heart;

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Jackie Ryan: This Heart Of Mine

Read "This Heart Of Mine" reviewed by Jim Santella


Listen to Jackie Ryan's voice and consider this: how important is it to you that vocal jazz come from the heart? Ryan’s latest release proves that nothing works better on your soul than the real thing. With three teams of top-rate West Coast sidemen and welcome appearances from several key guests, Ryan’s straight-ahead ...

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Passion Flower

Label: OpenArt Productions
Released: 2002
Track listing: *Now or Never (Curtis R. Lewis / Billie Holiday) *I Don't Want to Cry Anymore (Victor Shertzinger) * Luiza (Antonio Carlos Jobim) *Lullaby of the Leaves (Beatrice Petkere and Joseph Young) *The Kicker (music by: Joe Henderson / lyrics by: Jackie Ryan) *Some Other Spring (music by: Irene Kitchings / lyrics by: Arthur Herzog, Jr.) *O Silèncio das Estrelas (music and Portuguese lyrics by: Lenine and Dudu Falcao / English lyrics by: Jackie Ryan) *A Bouquet for Billy: A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing/Passion Flower (Billy Strayhorn) *Please Send Me Someone to Love (Percy Mayfield) *Serenade in Blue (Harry Warren, Mark Gordon) *Historia de Amor (Carlos Almaran) *Mood Indigo (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills,Barney Bigard) *Once in Everyone's Life (music by: David Bass / lyrics by: Jackie Ryan) *Deep Love (music by: Barry Harris / lyrics by: Jackie Ryan)

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Jackie Ryan: Passion Flower

Read "Passion Flower" reviewed by Roger Crane


One listen to Jackie Ryan’s voice takes you back to the World War II era when your grandfather, or maybe your uncles, were off fighting our enemies and the big bands were the popular music of the day. Her deep honey rich contralto is the one you could be hearing as you dance at a USO-sponsored ...

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Jackie Ryan: Passion Flower

Read "Passion Flower" reviewed by Dave Nathan


Coming from the San Francisco area which simply teems with good singers, comes the second CD of the very good Jackie Ryan and her first for the OpenArt label. Filled with emotional intensity falling somewhere between a not so exaggerated Betty Carter and a somewhat cooler Carmen McRae, Ryan applies her vocal virtuosity to a play ...


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