Jazz Articles about Sara Yervand

Sara Yervand: Introducing Sara Yervand

by Michael P. Gladstone
December 20, 2005

This is Armenian-born singer Sara Yervand's debut recording, and I like her jazz sensibilities. The ten tracks are comprised of mostly the same old standards that you've heard quite a bit, but Yervand and a fine group lift them a notch or two through their performance.

The recording begins with a rarely heard vocal version of Victor Young's “Beautiful Love," surely one of the favorite tunes of the late Bill Evans. Yervand takes the piece at a sprightly ...