Jazz Articles about John Hart

Mary Pearson: You and I

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2000

You and I is a disc that had to grow on me over several listenings. And grow on me it did. My first spin left me mostly unmoved. The music and approach were interesting, but not novel. The concept of a vocal duet with various instruments is nothing new. It is not really that far out there that this disc had the voice coupled with each of the standard jazz rhythm section instruments. I had heard this all before with ...

Mary Pearson: You And I

by AAJ Staff
May 1, 2000

As Arkadia slowly but surely builds a label, it now adds its first singer, Mary Pearson Mary Pearson.

“And who is Mary Pearson Mary Pearson?" non-New Yorkers may ask.

Well, Mary Pearson Mary Pearson has been singing below the national radar screen for 20 years or thereabouts, with the likes of Fred Hersch and recently with Diva No-Man's Band. And you've got to give her credit for ingenuity: When she found the going tough as a nightclub singer, she supplemented ...