Jazz Articles

Synia Carroll: Water is My Song

by Nicholas F. Mondello
June 20, 2024

Water is My Song, from Sarasota-based vocalist Synia Carroll, sends up ten terrific vocals, tasteful solos and surprises. Water-related selections and themes span across the date wherein Carroll and her team of fine players hit on the classics, hand-picked gems and uniquely presented traditional fare. “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" starts things swinging with Carroll's “Great Divas of Jazz"-inspired pipes swaying and over a laid-back rhythm bed. Guest artist Houston Person offers a tasty ...

Synia Carroll: Water is My Song

by Pierre Giroux
June 11, 2024

Vocalist Synia Carroll's Water is My Song is a journey through musical fluidity. She gracefully navigates the currents of jazz with a collection of offbeat compositions inspired by the ebb and flow of water. The album is enriched by an ensemble of stellar musicians including pianist John Di Martino, bassist Kenny Davis and drummer Jerome Jennings with guests including the impeccable tenor saxophonist Houston Person on two tracks. The ten-track set opens with the Harold Arlen/Eric ...

Dale Fielder Quartet: DFQ Plays The Music of Pepper Adams

by Michael P. Gladstone
February 24, 2008

Saxophonist Dale Fielder's album is a long overdue tribute to the music of Pepper Adams. Fielder graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and moved to New York in 1980, gaining valuable exposure, recording and forming his own label. Returning to his hometown of Los Angeles in 1988, Fielder continued to gather experience and record.

In paying homage to the late baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams on DFQ Plays The Music of Pepper Adams, Fielder chose material from Adams' albums Reflectory (Muse, ...