Jazz Articles

Lori Cullen with The Ron Davis Trio: So Much

by Julia M. Scott
April 2, 2003

Lori Cullen’s light, breathy voice lies somewhere between a sultry whisper and a raspy bite. She sings tenderly but tenaciously, her voice tinted with sadness and a slight, wispy vibrato. Cullen doesn’t scat, but she has a way of presenting lyrics so that they subtly command the song, as if everything flows from her delivery.

Her debut album as a jazz singer, So Much, is a warm but bittersweet collection of songs about love, imagination, and adolescence, ...

Lori Cullen w/ The Ron Davis Trio: So Much

by AAJ Staff
February 1, 2003

Do you have a favorite song? A song you fall into whenever you are feeling deeply? A song that catches you off guard (or even in the shower) and carries you away? Do you have that kind of song?

Wouldn’t it be nice to have an entire album of them? Well, for Candian chanteuse Lori Cullen (and probably many others), this is that album. Captured in the studio with the talented support team of pianist Ron Davis, bassists Drew Birston ...

Ron Davis with Drew Birston: Solo Duo Trio

by Dave Nathan
June 1, 2002

Ron Davis is a dinosaur in this day and age of high specialization and narrow cultural aspirations, in that he is a Renaissance Man. In addition to pursuing his favorite career, jazz piano, and performing regularly in the Toronto area, he also is a published poet and short story writer. He also practices law part time and teaches. His Renaissance disposition has found its way into an eclectic play list and the variety of combinations he has set himself up ...