Jazz Articles about Terry Blaine

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Terry Blaine: Lonesome Swallow

by Jack Bowers
March 1, 2003

One of the problems in reviewing an album as thoroughly and unexpectedly wonderful as Lonesome Swallow is that one hardly knows where to begin when parceling out praise and approval. Terry Blaine’s vocals? Irresistible. Pianist Mark Shane’s accompaniment? Brilliant. Tom Desisto / Julie Last’s recording, editing and mixing? Superlative. Blaine’s choice of material? Impeccable. And that’s just for starters.

Blaine is a revelation, a smoky-voiced blues singer in the tradition of Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Alberta Hunter ...

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Terry Blaine/Mark Shane: Lonesome Swallow

by Dave Nathan
October 7, 2002

Singer Terry Blaine likes to use her album releases as a vehicle for giving a nod to those who have influenced her. Among these are Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller, Lee Wiley, Helen Ward, Annette Hanshaw, Martha Tilton, Helen Forrest and Ethel Waters . For their fifth album together Blaine and long time accompanist Mark Shane have structured a program patterned after recordings made between 1929 and 1939 by Ethel Waters and J. P. Johnson for the Columbia label. With James ...

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Terry Blaine and Mark Shane: Toot Hot for Words

by Dave Nathan
July 1, 2000

This album pays tribute to singers of the past who set the standards for today's crop of jazz and traditional pop singers. The technique vocalist Terry Blaine and stalwart pianist, Mark Shane, use is as fascinating as the tribute itself. On most of the cuts, Blaine overdubs her voice creating the impression that she is accompanied by the Boswell Sisters as she recreates each member of that group with their own distinctive voice. It's hard to believe these voices are ...