Jazz Articles about Jacqui Sutton

About Jacqui Sutton

Interview

Jacqui Sutton: At the Edge of the Frontier

by C. Michael Bailey
December 3, 2012

Vocalist/bandleader Jacqui Sutton has a vision that was fully realized by the time she started recording. Her vision had a long incubation period, spent in a variety of musical wood sheds all leading to her debut, Billie and Dolly (Toy Blue Typewriter, 2010). And this was only the beginning.All About Jazz: In your press bio, you begin, “Turning 50 and starting a garage band is not the usual vocalist's narrative... “ You are a child of the '70s ...

Album Review

Jacqui Sutton: Notes From The Frontier: A Musical Journey

Read "Notes From The Frontier: A Musical Journey" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 18, 2012

In America's infancy, exploration and a thirst for discovery were endemic to the human spirit. Over time, no stone went unturned, the world shrunk and people, by and large, became content with what they already knew. Something as simple as a new television program or electronic gadget now quenches the thirst-for-the-unknown that was once unquenchable in the mind of mankind, but true musical spirits aren't satisfied in this manner; they never stop searching. These musical pioneers explore the cracks and ...

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Extended Analysis

Jacqui Sutton: Billie & Dolly

by C. Michael Bailey
February 10, 2011

Jacqui Sutton and The Frontier Orchestra Billie & Dolly Toy Blue Typewriter Productions 2010 Heaven knows that contemporary jazz vocals could use a shot of sense-of-humor. The scene hosts a legion of earnest singers paying tribute to their idols, firebrands intent on extending the already stretched-taut realms of scat and vocalese, and soccer moms and dads fulfilling a vanity ambition--all so serious. Sense of humor is in order, but not just ...