Jazz Articles about Jody Sandhaus

Jody Sandhaus: A Fine Spring Morning

by Michael P. Gladstone
December 22, 2004

In the eternal search for new and exciting jazz vocalists, Jody Sandhaus is a good name to know, especially in light of the fact that this is her third album over the course of the past four years.

Sandhaus has a cool and detached delivery that evokes the deification of the 1950s femme jazz vocalist (eg. Chris Connor, June Christy). When she sings “There'll Be Another Spring," it is distinctly the same way that Peggy Lee performed it ...

Jody Sandhaus: A Fine Spring Morning

by Dan McClenaghan
November 28, 2004

She can sing with a hint of angelic innocence ("A Fine Spring Morning") or lay down the lyrics like the devil's sitting on her shoulder ("Whatever Lola Wants"), with an instrument that makes achingly beautiful sounds--just listen to the ending of “Deed I Do," when she scats (she's got that angel thing going again here) into the string of one syllable words.Jody Sandhaus is the vocalist; One Fine Morning 's the CD, a lady singer in front of ...

Jody Sandhaus: I Think of You

by Dave Nathan
June 1, 2001

PWinter Moon predicted a bright future for this singer with the passionate delivery. Her Latest release does nothing to dim this prospect. The first album had a play list decidedly leaning toward the melancholy. While there is still some of this here, the program is peppered with bright tunes that highlight Sandhaus' fine sense of timing. You can hear this feel for the pace and for the beat on such cuts as “Too Close for Comfort" and “Please Be Kind". ...

Jody Sandhaus: Winter Moon

by Dave Nathan
March 1, 2001

The mood set by the title of Jody Sandhaus' maiden album is expressed by many tunes found on the play list. Winter is cold and desolate, while the bright moon is a beacon of better things to come. This theme comes through especially on poet and lyricist Fran Landesman's “The Ballad of the Sad Young Men" which she wrote with constant collaborator, Tommy Wolf. This tune promises hope for young men who have been wandering through life without much purpose. ...