Jazz Articles about Aaron Diehl

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Cecile McLorin Salvant: WomanChild

by Phil Barnes
February 19, 2014

There is no getting away from it, jazz is a 'mature' art form where the considerable achievements of past greats can sometimes weigh heavy on the shoulders of young artists. In the CD and internet era that illustrious past is ever present, constantly available at the click of a mouse, or an inexpensive out of copyright CD. So how does the modern jazz singer compete when, to pick a random example, it is currently possible to buy an official release ...

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Cecile McLorin Salvant: WomanChild

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by Mark F. Turner
August 11, 2013

"You sound and act as if you've been here before," an elder might say to some precocious youngster who exhibited the traits of a much older person. That's a sentiment that could also be applied to the remarkable 24 year-old jazz singer Cecile McLorin Salvant, who sounds as if she was reincarnated from a different era. With a unique background, the winner of 2010's Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition is a Miami native of Haitian and Guadeloupian descent who ...

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Cecile McLorin Salvant: WomanChild

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 1, 2013

Dall'emergere di Cassandra Wilson sono passati quasi trent'anni ma nell'affollato palcoscenico delle giovani cantanti nessuna le ha insidiato lo scettro. Legate alla tradizione afroamericana ne sono apparse brave e/o seducenti (da Roberta Gambarini a Diana Krall, da Melody Gardot a Madeleyne Peiroux), altre più rigorose e snobbate dai media (René Marie, Karrin Allyson, Maria Marquez, Maria Pia De Vito, Gretchen Parlato) e un esercito collocato ai confini tra il jazz, soul e pop music. In questi mesi è entrata sotto ...

Album Review

Aaron Diehl: The Bespoke Man's Narrative

Read "The Bespoke Man's Narrative" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
February 25, 2013

The reference to some exquisitely dressed man in the title of this release also conveys the stylistic bent of pianist Aaron Diehl's noteworthy debut on Mack Avenue. He is among a list of rising jazz pianists which include Gerald Clayton and Aaron Parks. The recording brings to life a project that was conceived in Indianapolis after Diehl, 26, earned first place in American Pianists Association's 2011 Cole Porter Fellowship. The project fully displays Diehl's musicality--exquisite touch, phrasing, ...