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Sheila Cooper: Tales of Love and Longing

Read "Tales of Love and Longing" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Tra le vocalist emerse nell'ultimo decennio la canadese Sheila Cooper è certo una delle più interessanti. Dotata di un timbro cool e di un incedere sofisticato, dall'attenta e delicata misura espressiva, la Cooper si colloca nel più nobile filone delle cantanti bianche degli anni cinquanta, da June Christy ad Helen Merrill. Eccezione tra le sue colleghe, la vocalist è anche una brava sassofonista, nel cui stile ricorda un po' Lee Konitz. Dopo due dischi ben accolti dalla critica, in questo ...

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Album Review

Sheila Cooper: Tales of Love and Longing

Read "Tales of Love and Longing" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone

This is a most impressive album from Sheila Cooper, accompanied by pianist Fritz Pauer. The identity issue here is further complicated by the fact that alto saxophonist Cooper/vocalist Cooper makes this recording a veritable trio album by virtue of her musicianship.

Cooper, originally from Canada, is now based in Vienna, Austria, pairing with Pauer for her third album. These ten tracks are mostly vocals with one unaccompanied instrumental beauty upon which Cooper plays an impressive version of Green ...

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