Kenny & Leah

Kenny & Leah: April in Paris

by C. Michael Bailey
January 30, 2010

Hear, hear for the center. Kenny and Leah Soderblom have been self-producing straight- down-the-middle mainstream jazz over three previous recordings from 2009: You and the Night and the Music, Hearts and I've Dreamed of You. The husband-and-wife team has been setting a standard for musical synergy, making high quality, romance-oriented jazz, musical love letters to one another.

Bassist Mark Neuenschwander's arrangements are both piquant and traditional and never boring. This is important as this duo's goal is not to pioneer ...

Kenny & Leah: You and the Night and the Music

by Edward Blanco
October 12, 2009

A perfect marriage of saxophone and voice, saxophonist Kenny Soderblom and his wife, vocalist Leah McCoy Soderblom, pay tribute to great American jazz standards in a intimate and sensuous performance with You and the Night and the Music. Leah lends her sultry vocals, delivering a host of love songs from the title track to “Dancing In the Dark," “The Look of Love," “Let's Fall in Love" and the finale medley of “Zing Went the Strings of My Heart/The Trolley Song." ...