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Juliet Varnedoe: Cajun Blue
by C. Michael Bailey
New York based singer songwriter Juliet Varnedoe has a plan. She has developed a New Orleans themed recording, Cajun Blue, which is to be released later this year, a collection of eight original blues and jazz songs combining the disparate influences of King Oliver Creole Band, the classical French chanson as realized by Blossom Dearie and ...
January 2022: While We Were Gone
by C. Michael Bailey
Cecilia Bartoli Unreleased Decca Records 2021 A pandemic-age benefit is the marketing of unreleased past projects. Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli's Unreleased is such a project, having been recorded in 2013 and subsequently shelved. The program emanates from the center of the Classical period, well presented by Kammerorchester Basel under conductor Muhai ...
Jazz Vocals 2021
by C. Michael Bailey
Here are some notable jazz recordings heard this past year. Roseanna Vitro Sing a Song of Bird Skyline Records 2021 This release addresses jazz vocalese using Charlie Parker's music and is crafted by field expert, Roseanna Vitro while being recorded in two sessions (with two separate bands) on either ...
Classical Music 2021
by C. Michael Bailey
Here is a smattering of notable classical music released in 2021. Isata Kanneh-Mason Summertime Decca 2021 Isata Kanneh-Mason's debut, Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann (Decca, 2019) was a shrewd business decision disguised with clever production, selections at the edge of the standard repertoire, looking deeply into an ...
Alan Schulman: AS IS: O Holy NIght
by C. Michael Bailey
The jazz ensemble AS IS is cleverly made up of husband and wife Alan Schulman (guitar) and Stacey Schuleman (vocals) with a historically fluid remainder of the band. The pair have two previous self-produced releases: A Love Like Ours (2017) and Here's To Life (2018). The two artists return in this holiday season with a provacative ...
Donna Courtell: I Want a Doll
by C. Michael Bailey
Some music is self-evident and some needs unpacking. Donna Courtell's holiday single “I Want A Doll" is music of this latter category. Courtell splits her professional time between singing and running her Courtell Talent Agency. Her creative arc recently intersected with that of bassist Greg Nathan and by extension, Nathan's father, Charles. There is a bit ...
Christmas 2021
by C. Michael Bailey
The Holiday Season is enough to make anyone come out of hibernation. Here are some holiday recordings worthy of consideration. SWR Vokalensemble, Marcus Creed, Director In Dulci Jubilo: Weihnachtskonzerte von Michael Praetorius SWR Classic 2021 “For in heaven we all have to make music..." so says composer Michael Praetorius, ...
Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble: What to Wear in the Dark
by C. Michael Bailey
Being taken for granted is the greatest tribute and worst slight to any artist. Kate McGarry has made music that brilliantly colors outside the lines since her release, Show Me (Palmetto Records) in 2003 (there was a 1992 standards release, Easy To Love (Vital Records) that is out-of-print). Her career has provided five provocatively thoughtful and ...
Kristin Callahan: Lost in a Dream
by C. Michael Bailey
The body of compositions known as “jazz standards" has proved to be as durable as it is long lived. These musical pieces, partially provided by the “Great American Songbook" and partially by composing jazz practitioners, have afforded artists a veritable bottomless pit of material with which to apply their own unique vision. One-hundred-plus years of recording ...
Mark Winkler: Old Friends
by C. Michael Bailey
The appeal of singer and lyricist Mark Winkler is not that he has an outstanding vocal instrument. Rather, it is uniquely unique; easily identifiable. Winkler has what Broadway composers once called a “lyricist's voice." It is a voice of a song writer that is honest and genuine and that is where Winkler gets to the listener. ...
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