Jazz Articles about Bev Kelly

Bev Kelly: In Person

by AAJ Staff
April 1, 1999

Bev Kelly’s second album for Riverside is a contrast in every way. Her first, Love Locked Out, was a meticulous studio date in New York, lesser-known songs (“Lonelyville”, “Weak for the Man”) by a stellar cast (Burrell, Edison, Hinton). This was live at San Francisco’s Coffee Gallery (does thatOne other thing you notice: Bev has changed her delivery. At times she would sound overly breathy, and linger on words in a way that seemed affected. That style was an acquired ...