Jazz Articles about Paul Martin

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Album Review

Tracye Eileen: You Hit The Spot

Read "You Hit The Spot" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
December 3, 2022

The death of the Great American Songbook as a vehicle for aspiring singers is sometimes announced. Someone should tell the singers. Because this season alone has seen a crop of good recordings, most of them reviewed in AAJ, and very favorably so in the main. Tracye Eileen, a Chicago vocalist with roots in the jazz community, continues the stream to good effect. While the recording is rather brief at 29 minutes, and the live section suggests an after-the-fact ...

Album Review

Tracye Eileen: You Hit the Spot

Read "You Hit the Spot" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 10, 2022

You Hit the Spot is either the third or fourth album by sultry-voiced, Chicago-based vocalist Tracye Eileen. It was recorded in two sessions: one with a trio (and audience), the other with a sextet. She gets a good head start thanks to a splendid choice of material— eight blue-chip tunes, all from the Great American Songbook. Eileen fares reasonably well with each of them, spreading a bluesy blanket over what are essentially straight-ahead renditions. She has excellent ...