Jazz Articles about Tierney Sutton

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Tierney Sutton: The Pursuit of Happiness

by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler
April 5, 2007

Tierney Sutton having been nominated for a Grammy in 2005 for her work on I'm With the Band (Telarc, 2005), has achieved something truly groundbreaking and distinctive with her follow-up, On the Other Side (Telarc, 2007). It has been hailed by many as her best work, not only due to the musicianship, but also for the subject content in which she addresses the all-encompassing topic of happiness and its ever-present pursuit.Sutton has collaborated with jazz greats ranging from ...

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The Tierney Sutton Band: On the Other Side

by C. Michael Bailey
February 5, 2007

Tierney Sutton is both an evolutionary and a revolutionary talent. She has become known for her carefully crafted concept or thematic recordings that include her tribute to artists deserving more attention (Unsung Heroes), her tribute to Bill Evans (Blue in Green), her nod to quasi-jazz singers (Something Cool), her tribute to Frank Sinatra (Dancing in the Dark), and I'm With the Band. The latter recording showed Sutton rightly elevating her band to her equal. Sutton has had one of the ...

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Tierney Sutton: I'm With the Band

by Woodrow Wilkins
February 2, 2006

Sometimes it's easy to forget the human voice is also an instrument. Tierney Sutton is here to remind us of the fact. Her first live recording and fifth overall, I'm With the Band, recorded on consecutive nights in spring of 2005 at Birdland in New York City, captures this Grammy-nominated singer at her best. Born in Wisconsin, Sutton originally sang in choirs. A move in the mid 1990s to California led to her ten-year collaboration with her ...

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Tierney Sutton: I'm With the Band

by C. Michael Bailey
November 15, 2005

Jazz siren Tierney Sutton has produced her masterpiece. Following five well-received recordings, Sutton has done two things that ensure the superb quality of her new recording: one, she and her band perform live; and two, she fully integrates herself into the band, where all members exist as equals.

Tierney Sutton has made a dent in the jazz market by releasing smartly conceived concept recordings, usually focusing on a single artist. Introducing Tierney Sutton (Challenge, 1998) was an initial ...

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Tierney Sutton: I'm with The Band; Kelley Johnson: Live at Birdland

by Ernest Barteldes
October 11, 2005

Tierney Sutton I'm with the Band Telarc 2005 “There's something in our live set that doesn't come through on a studio recording," Sutton said during a phone interview about her recently released album I'm With The Band, which was captured live at Birdland last spring, “so we decided, 'why not do a live record?'" The album contains several classic tunes from the American songbook--some of which were specially ...

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Tierney Sutton: I'm With The Band

by Glenn Astarita
August 28, 2005

On I'm With The Band, jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton's performances at New York City's Birdland venue highlight the musical kinship and tight-knit connection she has come to enjoy with her band. In addition, the vocalist possesses the control and discipline of an operatic singer, coupled with a cool sensuous delivery and a consummate sense of swing. Spurred on by an appreciative audience, these live tracks are often engineered upon zesty swing vamps. With the standard “East of the Sun (And ...

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Tierney Sutton: I'm With the Band

by Jim Santella
August 16, 2005

Despite the support of a stellar piano trio and sterling musical arrangements, Tierney Sutton turns in a lackluster performance on her first live recording. Recorded at Birdland earlier this year, the session of jazz standards and early popular songbook selections follows a melodic course. Inhibited and determined to get every note just right, the singer interprets each of these familiar songs the way they've been heard before a thousand times over.

Her voice is lustrous and beautiful. Her ...