Jazz Articles about Julie Christensen

Julie Christensen: Sometihing Familiar

by Michael P. Gladstone
August 6, 2007

Julie Christensen is a jazz vocalist with a very non-jazz past, who can easily win you over with her unusual delivery and choice of material.

Something Familiar begins with Jimmy Webb's obscure “Just Like Marilyn," and seems about as far away from a jazz opener as one can get. By the time Christensen segues into Frank Loesser's “Never Will I Marry," from the Broadway musical, Greenwillow, there's the feeling that good things could be ahead. A ...