Jazz Articles about Andrea Wolper

Andrea Wolper: The Small Hours

by Dan McClenaghan
September 1, 2005

The title of The Small Hours suggests an obvious comparison. Frank Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours was one of those early Capitol Records “concept" albums--a mastepiece, one of the finest three or four vocal sets ever produced--that featured a downtempo, melancholy mood wrapped in some of Nelson Riddle's most subtle arrangements (with strings) on record.Vocalist Andrea Wolper's second record has a similar mood as the similarly-titled classic, with excellent but spare arrangments on a set of moody, ...