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C. Michael Bailey Best Recordings of 2022
Paul Jost While We Were Gone
PJ Music
The COVID pandemic has been a creative catalyst in jazz. Consider vocalist Paul Jost's thematically assembled While We Were Gone, recorded live at the Soapbox Gallery performance space, supported only by a traditional piano trio... ( continue )
Kristina Koller Get Out Of Town
Self Produced
Youthful, vibrant, and musically precocious, vocalist / composer Kristina Koller answers her two previous recordings: the gracefully insurgent Perception ( Self Produced, 2018 ) and frankly anarchic Stronger ( Self Produced, 2019 ) with the intensely focused Get Out Of Town... ( continue )
Kellye Gray Purple Gray
Lucy Anderson
Not a universal name, Kellye Gray? The Houston vocalist, who abruptly passed away in 2019, was universally admired, no, loved, by her contemporary vocalists... ( continue )
Vicki Burns Lotus Blossom Days
ViBu Jazz
What jazz is all about is swing. For our purposes here, swing is what we've got. Vicki Burns introduction to "If You Never Fell In Love With Me" is robust... [continue )
Naama Gheber If I Knew Then
Sassy's Back In Town
New York City-based vocalist Naama Gheber released her debut recording, Dearly Beloved ( Cellar Music ) in 2020, just before the global COVID-19 pandemic. [continue]
Tawanda Smile
Resonance Records
Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim, known professionally as Tawanda, tied for first place in the 9th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition held in June 2021... ( continue )
Joe Coughlin Dedicated To You
Cellar Music Group
In completely non-scientific observations, based on promotional materials received, it appears that there are fewer male jazz singers than females... ( continue )
Jeremy Wong Hey There
Cellar Music Group
Where Joe Coughlin represents the Canadian old guard, Vancouver vocalist, composer, and lyricist Jeremy Wong symbolizes the next step in genre evolution. Kudos to the Cellar Group for sponsoring both artists... ( continue )
Lyn Stanley Novel Noël: A Jingle Jazz Celebration
A. T. Music
Vocalist Lyn Stanley ironically calls her ensemble the Big Band Jazz Maverick when she is the maverick, the evidence being how seamlessly she expands the holiday canon on Novel Noël: A Jingle Jazz Celebration. ( continue )
Little Feat Waiting For Columbus Super Deluxe Edition
Rhino
Aside from the Grateful Dead ( and possibly Rush ), there's perhaps no band that can boast a more die-hard fan base than Little Feat's. ( continue )
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