Results for "Ann Dyer"

Ann Dyer

Björk: Jazz Muse & Hyperballadeer

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 21, 2019

If jazz is, as someone put it, the sound of surprise, then it makes complete sense that countless musicians have become enamored with the music of Björk. Like the most innovative jazz musicians, Bjork is a restless artist who tries to continuously reinvent herself, often blending familiar sources in completely unprecedented ways, and deliberately challenging the ...

Mick Rossi, Le Rex, & Emile Parisien

by Maurice Hogue
May 9, 2019

Creativity must be recognized, particularly the kind endures. The AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians) continues this day, just as it did over 50 years ago, inspiring, pushing forward, and setting the standard for creative music. Only the players change. The premier performing group of the AACM today is the AACM Great Black Music ...

Third Annual Mark Murphy Celebration at Yoshi's Oakland Nov. 14

September 1, 2011

For the third consecutive year, jazz vocal icon Mark Murphy will be celebrated at a fundraiser for the Jazzschool Institute's vocal scholarship named in his honor. One of the most gifted and original male jazz vocalists of the last 50 years, the six-time Grammy nominee has inspired generations of nascent jazz singers. The benefit concert will ...

Mark Murphy to be Celebrated at October 20 Concert, Yoshi's Oakland

August 10, 2009

As one of the most original and gifted male jazz vocalists to perform over the last 50 years, six-time Grammy Award nominee Mark Murphy has inspired generations of up-and-coming jazz singers. On Tuesday, October 20, at 8:00 pm, an eclectic coterie of renowned vocalists who “grew up” under the wing of Murphy’s mentorship will come together ...

When I Close My Eyes

By Ann Dyer

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Mermaid, 2. I Scare Myself, 3. Evening, 4. Sara, 5. Underworld, 6. New England Cowboy, 7. The Official Story, 8. Bacherlorette, 9. One Rupi, One Roti, 10. The Felon, 11. She Dreams (Will O' The Wisp), 12. When I Close My Eyes (Theater Piece), 13. Thirsty (Underworld Reprise Remix)

Ann Dyer: When I Close My Eyes

by Dan McClenaghan
October 14, 2003

Vocalist Ann Dyer pares away all the nonessentials and rides a subtle but inexorable tidal flow into a search for interior truths on When I Close My Eyes. The sound is spare, poetic, and haunting, the singer accompanied by just accoustic bass and drums for explorations of the darker levels of consciousness. The mood throughout feels ...

Revolver (A New Spin)

By Ann Dyer

Label: Productions Fakir
Released: 2000

Revolver: A New Spin

By Ann Dyer

Label: Premonition Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: She Said She Said; Good Day Sunshine; Eleanor Rigby; For No One; Taxman; I

Ann Dyer & No Good Time Fairies: Revolver: A New Spin

by Derrick A. Smith
June 1, 2000

Revolver remains The Beatles’ definitive artistic moment, though the nostalgia-spiked histories tend to opt for its extravagant Summer of Love followup. But on no other Beatles album was there such a mix of experimentation and unsentimental songcraft, with economical but heady arrangements that deserve the description “definitive”. Avoiding the nostalgic waxed glow of many jazz vocal ...