Jazz Articles about Melissa Errico

About Melissa Errico

Album Review

Melissa Errico: I Can Dream, Can't I?: Illusions & Conversations from the Great American Songbook

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by Jacob Sylvester
April 30, 2026

In I Can Dream, Can't I?: Illusions & Conversations from the Great American Songbook, Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress, singer, and writer Melissa Errico proves once again that she is one of the best at keeping classic songs alive. Released in early 2026, the album uses a less is more style. Instead of a big orchestra, it features a quiet, late-night feel. This record feels less like a big show and more like a private conversation. While legends like Ella Fitzgerald and ...

Interview

Melissa Errico: A Voice Reimagined

by Sherry Rubel
April 28, 2026

Melissa Errico is much more than a Broadway star with a great voice. She is an artist who really digs into the “why" behind the music. Her mentor, Stephen Sondheim, once told her to “sing the silence"--to make the quiet moments in a song just as powerful as the big notes. That advice didn't just change her singing; it changed how she tells stories and how she understands the things so many women often leave unsaid. In this interview, Melissa ...

Radio & Podcasts

Bill Cunliffe, Arturo Sandoval & Melissa Errico

by Joe Dimino
September 4, 2022

The multi-talented jazz singer and Broadway actress Melissa Errico begins the 767th Episode of Neon Jazz with a song off her 2022 release Out of the Dark; The Film Noir Project. From there, we glide into Gene Krupa and hear a host of new songs from artists that keep making 2022 a tasty year of jazz listening including Margaret Slovak, Brian Grace and Peter Kogan. In between, we get some vintage tracks from Pat Metheny, Arturo Sandoval and Bill Cunliffe. ...

Album Review

David Finck: BASSic Instinct

Read "BASSic Instinct" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 28, 2022

There's so much variety on BASSic Instinct, bassist David Finck's sixth recording as leader, that it's almost like grooving on half a dozen or more albums for the price of one. Ensembles run the gamut from duo to octet, with vocals added on three of its thirteen engaging numbers. Besides governing the rhythm, composing three of the numbers and arranging all of them, Finck shoulders melodic duties on five tracks and solos effectively throughout. As suits his temperament, every number ...