Results for "David Frishberg"

David Frishberg

Born: September 21, 1986

Dawn Clement: Dear Ms. Dearie

by Paul Rauch
June 4, 2026

In giving this album a listen, it is difficult not to jump between the original recordings of the great Blossom Dearie, and those newly recorded by modern-day pianist/vocalist Dawn Clement. After all, those who have followed Clement's career have heard the comparisons between the two, particularly the vocal style that those critiquing Dearie referred to as ...

Nancy Reed & Spencer Reed: Happying

by Katchie Cartwright
August 19, 2024

The jazz world encompasses a multitude of local communities. Jazz came to Delaware Water Gap and the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania via the inns and summer resorts for which the region has been known since the second decade of the 19th century, attracting New Yorkers and Philadelphians seeking summer refuge and fresh woodland air. By ...

Record Store Day 2024 Jazz Releases

by Kyle Simpler
April 11, 2024

Every year, Record Store Day (RSD) promises limited edition vinyl releases for all tastes in music. From the latest popular artists to the most obscure archival releases, RSD drops try to cover a lot of musical territory. Practically all genres of music are represented and, of course, jazz is no exception. Fortunately, the April 2024 drop ...

Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth

by Mike Jurkovic
March 1, 2021

Borrowing music from Broadway (Oliver!, South Pacific, Bye Bye Birdie), alt-rock (The Dresden Dolls' “Sing!"), the great American Songbook, ("Getting To Know You"), R&B, and beyond, it takes an artist of sure and rising stature to curate one hell of a coherent protest album. Veronica Swift is that artist and, most declaratively, This Bitter Earth is ...

Retta Christie with David Evans and David Frishberg: Volumes 1 and 2

by C. Michael Bailey
August 6, 2010

Vocalist Retta Christie exists at the curious intersection of country & western, swing and film music. Country music and jazz may seem strange bedfellows, but bedfellows they have been since the 1920s and bandleaders Spade Cooley and Bob Wills, Jay McShann and Count Basie all slumming together in Great Plains dance halls. It is from this ...