Jazz Articles about April Aloisio

April Aloisio: Easy To Love

by Joel Roberts
April 1, 1999

April Aloisio shows she's more than just another singer with a pretty voice on her new Southport CD, Easy to Love. The Chicago-area vocalist has a confidence, patience and knowledge of how to get to the heart of a song that puts her in the upper tier of jazz vocalists.

Aloisio is no shouter, and most of the songs on Easy to Love are quiet, moody ballads that she delivers in her lovely soparano voice over small-ensemble backing. She lends ...