Jazz Articles about Paulette Dozier

Paulette Dozier: In Walked You

by Edward Blanco
September 21, 2012

A successful voiceover performer, model, and professional actress, with a commanding presence onstage, Paulette Dozier is also an exciting vocalist with a sultry appeal. In Walked You, her third full-length solo disc, reveals the tender side of the singer in a wonderfully charming album that combines standards from Great American Songbook with pop classic and original tunes from the vocalist and longtime collaborator and friend, pianist Mike Levine.Dozier's smooth and sensual delivery seems to be a defining characteristic, ...

Paulette Dozier: 2009 Cornbread Tour

by Edward Blanco
September 26, 2009

Paulette Dozier: Cornbread TourGreenville, South Carolina to New York, New YorkJune 25-July 4, 2009

Miami-based jazz vocalist, actress and voice-over professional Paulette Dozier recently completed a whirlwind Eastern coast tour centering on small and intimate venues where audiences could be no more than a hundred people, lending to what the performing artist describes as a more “up close and personal" experience with her music. The intimate circumstances led her to choose the title Cornbread Tour, a theme ...

Paulette Dozier: Over & Over Again

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2008

Right out of the gate the listener will know that singer Paulette Dozier is an entertainer. The fact can readily be heard in her perfectly balanced alto, a voice crisp and confident, a voice that serves her well. The second thing the listener will note is Dozier employs a crack band and arranger in pianist Mike Levine, who proves no rear in his mixing of pop and jazz.

Over & Over Again is Dozier's second self-produced recording, her ...

Paulette Dozier: With You

by Dan McClenaghan
January 5, 2006

Vocalist Paulette Dozier's presentation is impeccable. The CD cover and booklet photography reveal a well-turned-out lady: stylishly dressed, tastefully glamorous, perfectly coiffed, a picture of sophistication. Those images are truth in advertising with Dozier's music, and it just seems fitting that a woman who looks that way puts out such a polished and sophisticated musical effort on With You.The disc opens with the standard “Only You," starting out with a drum shuffle behind a bouncing bass line. Dozier ...