Jazz Articles

Alyson Cambridge: Until Now

by C. Michael Bailey
January 26, 2016

Soprano Alyson Cambridge's opera bona fides are easily recognized on Until Now. Opera chops translated into jazz often end up as effective as the translation at the center of the movie The Fly (20th Century Fox, 1958 and 20th Century F, 1986). Yes, it is just that scary and often misguided. But here is the rub. Cambridge ensures success by injecting a potent element of cabaret into her recording, one big enough to lull us into a Broadway-nostalgic pipedream of ...