Jazz Articles about Yuzima

Yuzima: Soulful Rocker

by Ernest Barteldes
February 20, 2011

New York-born Yuzima is not your average singer-songwriter. For starters, it's hard to pigeonhole exactly what kind of influences he has, as he incorporates various genres and makes them his own, as can be heard on his self-titled debut.Live, Yuzima is very charismatic, and has a fiery stage presence, as witnessed firsthand, by playing with him at New York's Brooklyn Bowl on January 16th, during the annual Beatles on Ukulele event (I played bass; he sang “The Long ...