Jazz Articles about Janice Grossman

Janice Grossman: The Mists Of New England

by Nic Jones
April 1, 2003

Accompanied by just guitar, bass, a fifty piece string orchestra and a mellophone section large enough to make Stan Kenton blush, Australian Grossman lays a diverse program of songs on us, including three and a half from her own pen, scribbled on the backs of envelopes. Part of her appeal lies in the seriousness with which she takes her art, which happily makes her ripe for ridicule and scorn.

In what she claims to be an attempt ...