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Spider Saloff: Like Glass

Read "Like Glass" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
December 7, 2005

With her acoustic band adding light Brazilian backgrounds to her program of standards and originals, Spider Saloff brings us her sixth album on the Kopaesthetics label. A veteran of the vocal jazz scenes of New York and Chicago, she's comfortable interpreting lyrics as well as scat singing with clarity.

Her original “Like Glass" tells a story. In most relationships, lovers can see right through each other. Saloff sings a mournful song about lost love and how we feel ...

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Spider Saloff: Like Glass

Read "Like Glass" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
November 26, 2005

To borrow a reference from the Gestalt Theory, sometimes the sum of the parts is different from the whole. This unexpectedly pleasurable album is a fine example. Mind you, there's nothing wrong with the sum of the parts at all, but they fit together like a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle.

Chicago-based jazz singer Spider Saloff already has a considerable reputation as the host of NPR's Words & Music, including an appreciation of the music of George Gershwin. In addition, ...