Jazz Articles about Phillip Manuel

Phillip Manuel: Love Happened to Me

by C. Michael Bailey
August 1, 2000

MAXED OUT. Phillip Manuel enters the MAXJAZZ fray as the first male jazz vocalist in this sixth installment of the label's “Vocal Series". The previous releases, all critically welcomed, include LaVerne Butler's Blues in the City, Carla Cook's It's All About Love, Christine Hitt's You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To, Asa Harris All In good Time, and Rene Marie's How Can I Keep From Singing?. Exceptional engineering and sonics as well as a gentle swell of swing in ...