Jazz Articles about Sari Kessler

About Sari Kessler

Live Review

Sari Kessler: Live At The Kitano

by Tyran Grillo
May 10, 2016

Sari Kessler The Kitano New York May 5, 2016 On May 5, 2016, Sari Kessler led a multitalented ensemble at the Kitano in celebration of her first album, Do Right. Yet from the way the New York-based singer carried herself, one would've thought it was her fifth. Slowly but surely, Kessler has been carving a name into the pantheon of great jazz vocalists, from whom she has gathered apparent inspiration. And if her debut project ...

Album Review

Sari Kessler: Do Right

Read "Do Right" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 28, 2016

In just under five minutes--the running time for producer/percussionist James Shipp's album-opening arrangement of “Walk On By"--Sari Kessler successfully makes the case that jazz singing is her real métier. That particular truth may not have materialized until recent times, as Kessler walked away from a career as a clinical psychologist to pursue a life in music only a short while ago, but it's as clear as day now. And with no less an authority on the art of vocal jazz ...