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Rod Stewart: Rod Stewart: Just One of Those Things: Rod Stewart Salutes Mel Torme
by Ken Dryden
After several volumes of standards from the Great American Songbook, sixtyish rocker Rod Stewart is still loved by many of his female followers, though most seasoned jazz fans dismiss him as an aging rocker desperately seeking a new audience. On this date, the English singer attempts a series of songs either written or recorded by none other than Mel Tormé, though a number of major labels showed no interest in this project. As a result Stewart formed his own label ...
read moreSweet Baby J'ai: The Art Of Blue
by Jim Santella
Introduced to jazz at an early age in Kansas City, where her uncle Vernon Gower played bass with Billie Holiday and Lionel Hampton, Sweet Baby J'ai has been impressing Los Angeles audiences for the past ten years with her eclectic approach that includes jazz, blues, and spoken word. Surrounded by several of L.A.'s finest musicians, J'ai's original storytelling approach is enhanced by trumpeter Oscar Brashear, pianist Nate Morgan, saxophonist Louis Taylor, Jr., bassists Nedra Wheeler & Trey Henry, and others. ...
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