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Cheryl Bentyne on "Let Me Off Uptown"

by Woodrow Wilkins
May 7, 2005

There's no mistaking her soprano voice -- whether she's going solo or performing with what's perhaps the best jazz vocal group of all time: The Manhattan Transfer. Either way, Cheryl Bentyne has fun when she sings, and her joy is carried over to the listener. Her new album, Let Me Off Uptown, is proof. ...

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Article: Album Review

Cheryl Bentyne: Let Me Off Uptown

Read "Let Me Off Uptown" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
April 19, 2005

Some listeners will be completely satisfied with transparent pop vocalists like Mariah Carey. Others can only be satisfied with densely difficult jazz vocalists, like Lisa Sokolov or Betty Carter. But, as in politics, there also exists an enormous moderate middle ground, a population which craves musical excellence but may not crave the experimental edge. Cheryl Bentyne's ...

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Talk Of The Town

By Cheryl Bentyne

Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 2. They Can't Take That Away From Me 3. Little Butterfly 4. The Very Thought Of You 5. Love Me or Leave Me 6. Everything Happens To Me 7. Farmer's Market 8. Talk Of The Town/Get Out Of Town 9. Girl Talk 10. The Meaning Of The Blues 11. It Might As Well Be Spring 12. These Foolish Things 13. Still Good Friends

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Cheryl Bentyne: Talk Of The Town

Read "Talk Of The Town" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner
January 4, 2004

Talk of the Town raises an interesting question for the jazz critic and consumer: how to evaluate a musical endeavor that so accurately, so skillfully, and so consciously resurrects a earlier stylistic periods that the notes seem to ring out from another era. Cheryl Bentyne’s surety of voice, the precision and skill of her accompaniment, and ...

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Talk of the Town

By Cheryl Bentyne

Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To; They Can't Take That Away From Me; Little Butterfly; Very Thought Of You; Love Me Or Leave Me; Everything Happens To Me; Farmer's Market; Talk Of The Town / Get Out Of Town; Girl Talk; Meaning Of The Blues; It Might As Well Be Spring; These Foolish Things; Still Good Friends.

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Cheryl Bentyne: Talk of the Town

Read "Talk of the Town" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
December 19, 2003

Before rounding out my list of the best jazz recordings of 2003 , I must make one addition. I had just received Cheryl Bentyne's Talk of the Town and was tempted to hold it over until 2004, and I am now most glad I did not. One quarter of the Manhattan Transfer, Ms. Bentyne ...

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Talk Of The Town

By Cheryl Bentyne

Label: Telarc Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To; They Can't Take That Away From Me; Little Butterfly; The Very Thought Of You; Love Me Or Leave Me; Everything Happens To Me; Farmer's Market; Talk Of The Town / Get Out Of Town; Girl Talk; The Meaning Of The Blues; It Might As Well Be Spring; These Foolish Things; Still Good Friends;

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