Jazz Articles about Erin McDougald

About Erin McDougald

Album Review

Erin McDougald: Outside the Soiree

Read "Outside the Soiree" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
September 27, 2019

Grazie a una pubblica sovvenzione sul web, la cantante Erin McDougald è riuscita a pubblicare il quarto album, certamente il più brillante e rappresentativo della sua carriera. L'aveva inciso nel 2010 accompagnata da una formazione stellare comprendente Tom Harrell, Dave Liebman e Rodney Green. Ogni volta che era in grado di produrre il lavoro avveniva qualche drammatico impedimento che lo impediva, legato a problemi economici o di salute. Per giungere al suo scopo Erin aveva pubblicato un dettagliato ...

Album Review

Erin McDougald: Outside the Soiree

Read "Outside the Soiree" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
June 12, 2018

Erin McDougald is a big-voiced Chicago-based singer who calls herself the “Flapper Girl" after the “flappers" of the 1920s,' looking back on them as emancipated, fearless women. That identity carries into her singing which comes across with a confidence and flair you rarely hear among younger jazz vocalists today. With her voice carrying a low, sultriness mixed with jazzy flexibility, she does not overtly sound like any of the great singers of the past but she has a versatility and ...