Jazz Articles about Sarah Moule

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Album Review

Shear Brass: Celebrating Sir George Shearing

Read "Celebrating Sir George Shearing" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
August 29, 2023

The work of the late George Shearing, or Sir George Shearing OBE to give him his full title, is the subject of the debut album from Shear Brass, a band dedicated to playing new arrangements of his music. They are led by Shearing's great nephew, drummer Carl Gorham. The album, Celebrating Sir George Shearing, features eleven tracks, five of which feature vocals. All of the inventive arrangements, by the trumpeter Jason McDermid, have a level of detail usually reserved for ...

Radio & Podcasts

Songs of Spring and More New Releases for April

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 2, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from from Callum Au & Claire Martin, Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini with a special single of Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most from Sarah Moule and Simon Wallace in honor of the centennial of T.S. Eliot's poem The Wasteland, which was the song's inspiration, plus birthday shoutouts to vocalists Candace Reyes, Kendra Shank, saxophonist Roxy Coss and pianist Lara Downes and among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you ...

Album Review

Sarah Moule: Stormy Emotions

Read "Stormy Emotions" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
March 19, 2021

Stormy Emotions is the fifth release from Sarah Moule to feature songs by the late, great lyricist & poet Fran Landesman (1927-2011), dating back to It's a Nice Thought (Linn, 2002). In total those five albums contain over fifty songs with lyrics by Landesman, many of which were first recorded by Moule. If that seems an unusually high proportion of songs by one lyricist, the explanation is straightforward: from 1993 until 2011, Landesman wrote over 300 songs with renowned pianist, ...

Album Review

Sarah Moule: Songs From The Floating World

Read "Songs From The Floating World" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
April 20, 2015

Class will out, as they say. It's certainly true on this album--class bursts out of Songs From The Floating World. From Sarah Moule's sophisticated, cool, vocals and the stylish playing of the cream of British jazzers, through to Simon Wallace's music and arrangements and Fran Landesman's inimitable lyrics, everyone involved with this fine album is a class act. Moule is a leading interpreter of Landesman's songs: her understated approach heightens the impact of the lyrics and ensures that ...