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Nina Simone And Her Friends (An Intimate Variety Of Vocal Charm)

Label: Bethlehem Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: He's Got The Whole World In His Hands; Cottage For Sale; Old Devil Moon; I Loves You, Porgy; Try A Little Tendernes; You Made Me Care; For All We Know; What Is There To Say; Too Much In Love To Care; African Mailman; Good Bye; Last Time For Love;

News: Interview

Interview: Wanda Stafford (PT. 2)

August 19, 2014

Wanda Stafford's album In Love for the Very First Time was arranged by Bill Russo and recorded in June 1960—between Russo's School of Rebellion and Seven Deadly Sins for Roulette, with virtually the same band. One of the exceptions was the inclusion of Bill Evans, a quiet period for the pianist during which he played New ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Diane Schuur: I Remember You (With Love to Stan and Frank)

by Victor L. Schermer
May 9, 2014

Diane Schuur is that rare songbird who is equally competent as a jazz singer and a pops entertainer. While some vocalists go with more lucrative popular music and some take the road of the jazz artist in the pure sense, Schuur is able to straddle the two careers. Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole had a ...

News: Recording

Chris Connor: Gershwin Almanac

February 26, 2014

The late Chris Connor remains one of my favorite singers. Unfairly likened to June Christy, Chris had a lower, huskier sound and greater vocal control. Both sang with Stan Kenton, Christy was West Coast and Chris was East Coast and both had a bruised, slick-chick sound—the ache of being jilted. Chris was a songsmith. She told ...

Article: Year in Review

2013: The Year In Jazz

by Ken Franckling
January 3, 2014

The West Coast now has a jazz edifice of its own with strong roots, International Jazz Day grew in scope during year two, jazz made its mark on (and off) Broadway, and the number of musicians lost during the year was large and painful. Here's a look at significant happenings across the jazz world over the ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Stan Kenton: Road Shows

by Jack Bowers
October 28, 2013

For younger readers: yes, there was a time long ago when large groups of talented jazz musicians traveled without respite from city to city and town to town, braving one-night stands or more night after night in (mostly) sold-out concert halls, dance halls, pavilions, nightclubs, schools and other venues. They were known as big bands, so ...

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Relaunch Of Iconic 1950's Jazz Catalog, Bethlehem Records Announced By Verse Music Group & Naxos Of America

August 15, 2013

Classic Albums Will Be Restored & Remastered For CD, Digital, and 10” & 12” Vinyl Release First Reissue Set Debuts August 27, 2013 Bethlehem Records legacy is a lengthy discography that freshly and ambitiously captures and preserves an era of music, including West Coast Cool Jazz and East Coast Bop. Bethlehem Records roster of artists includes ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Kathy Sanborn

by AAJ Staff
June 11, 2013

Meet Kathy Sanborn:Kathy Sanborn is an American singer, pianist, producer and composer. Based in California, Sanborn has released four albums. Her latest jazz album, Six Degrees of Cool, has recently reached Amazon's MP3 Vocal Jazz Bestseller list. Sanborn's upcoming release, Sultry Night, is set to drop on September 2013.John Shelton Ivany of ...

Album

Sings Gentle Bossa Nova

By Chris Connor

Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. A Hard Day's Night (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:30; 02. Downtown (Tony Hatch) - 2:14; 03. A Taste of Honey (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) - 3:09; 04. The Shadow of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:39; 05. Feeling Good (L. Bricusse) - 3:27; 06. Who Can I Turn To ((Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) - 1:56; 07. Can´t Get Over the Bossa Nova (Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Marilyn Gins) - 2:40; 08. A Quiet Thing (John Kander, Fred Ebb) - 3:31; 09. Dear Heart (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini) - 2:44; 10. Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte (Mack David, Frank DeVol) - 2:15; 11. Baby, the Rain Must Fall (Elmer Bernstein, Ernie Sheldon) - 2:38; 12. Stranger on the Shore (Robert Mellin, Acker Bilk) - 2:45.

Article: Album Review

Roger Davidson Trio: We Remember Helen

Read "We Remember Helen" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 20, 2012

The music business holds claim to more than its share of selfish, self-promoting, greedy individuals who built their fortunes on the backs of others but, within its ranks also exist a certain class of individual that truly looks out for the best interests of the music and the people who make it. Helen Keane, by all ...