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Lisa Hilton, Blue Moods, Jim Mullen, Claire Martin and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music Lisa Hilton, Blue Moods, Jim Mullen, Claire Martin, Rick Roe, Scott Hamilton, Benjie Porecki, Allegra Levy, Jessica Jones, Roberto Margris, Brent Laidler, Eldad Tarmu, Thomas Martin Lopez, Renee Rosnes, Don Paul, Theoretical Planets, Steve Smith, Camille Thurman, Brian Charette, Ben Paterson and more. Playlist Lisa Hilton “All Blues" from Lucky All Along (Ruby Slippers Productions) 00:00 Blue Moods “Sky Dive" from Force & Grace (Posi-Tone Records) 06:01 Jim Mullen “For Heaven's Sake" from ...
Continue ReadingLeslie Pintchik, Claire Martin, Delfeayo Marsalis, Neta Raanan, Birthday Shoutouts To Jazz Virgos & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Leslie Pintchik, Claire Martin, Delfeayo Marsalis and Neta Raanan, with birthday shoutouts to Jazz Virgos Sherrie Maricle, Greta Matassa, Christie Dashiell, Gabrielle Stravelli, Tomoko Omura, Alyssa Allgood, Cecilia Coleman, Michael Feinstein and Julia Dollison, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See them live and purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke and inspire.Playlist Five Play “T-Bone Special" from Five Play Live At The ...
Continue ReadingRoss Lorraine: More From The Heart
by Neil Duggan
A jazz pianist, arranger, theatre music composer and contributor to numerous other projects, Ross Lorraine now seems to have found his true calling as a songwriter. More From The Heart follows on from his songwriting debut on Heart of Mine (self produced, 2022) and follows a similar approach. After penning the lyrics and melody, Lorraine steps aside and a variety of top-class vocalists perform his compositions, together with a cracking band that elevates the songs and brings them to life. ...
Continue ReadingSarah L King: Fire Horse
by Neil Duggan
Starting her musical path with coaching from Mike King, one of the UK's leading contemporary vocal coaches, Sarah L King (no relation), surfaced as a solo jazz vocalist, releasing an EP of standards and several singles. Her passage was helped by a family heritage consisting of an accomplished jazz trumpeter father and an orchestral conductor grandmother. An early career as a writer and director of short films provided the right impetus to be a compelling musical narrator. King's ...
Continue ReadingClaire Martin: Time And Place
by Dan Bilawsky
Few vocalists are as elegant and eloquent as Claire Martin. She's been dubbed “The First Lady of British Jazz," but she doesn't simply belong to her own people; she's one of the crown jewels of the jazz world, contributing classy and intelligent music via her steady flow of albums on the Linn imprint. In the past, Martin has tried plenty of different things. She collaborated with pianist-composer Richard Rodney Bennett, tipped her cap to Shirley Horn, visited ...
Continue ReadingClaire Martin: A Modern Art
by Bruce Lindsay
Is jazz still a modern art? It's a hundred years old, after all, and some performers and fans seem to ignore everything written after 1940. But as far as the work of Claire Martin is concerned the question has only one answer. Apart from being one of the finest singers on the current scene, Martin is constantly searching for new writers and new ways to interpret them, ensuring that her own approach to music stays resolutely in the present. A ...
Continue ReadingClaire Martin: Improvisation, Inspiration, Imagination
by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler
Since Claire Martin's debut, The Waiting Game (Linn Records, 1992), she has been an instant success. She is hailed by many as the best British singer of the decade, with numerous prestigious awards and over ten albums to her credit. Martin started singing as a teenager and found her calling as a jazz singer early on. Having been influenced by such artists as Shirley Horn, Sheila Jordan, Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald, she has successfully created her own unique sound ...
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