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Indra: Indra
by Jakob Baekgaard
Thanks to the unpredictable ways of life, Indra Rios-Moore, a female jazz singer from Manhattan, has ended up in Denmark where she now lives with her husband whom she met in New York in the spring of 2006. The reason for the move was love, but in the case of Indra, love and ...
Antoinette Montague: Behind the Smile
by Woodrow Wilkins
With every smile is a story. Singer Antoinette Montague explores this concept with Behind the Smile, a collection of 13 songs that represent things that have influenced the smiles in her life. A native of Newark, New Jersey, Montague has performed at a variety of venues, including Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, ...
Margeaux Lampley in Paris
by Guy Zinger
Margeaux Lampley Café Universel, Paris January 16th, 2010 As a treat for my 40th birthday, I went for a weekend in Paris to hear Margeaux Lampley. And a treat it was... Margeaux Lampley, born in New York, raised in California and, after practicing law in the U.S., starting her second ...
Vocalist Sophie Berkal-Sarbit CD Launch at the Trane Studio on Valentine's Day!
Talented and Stunning Young Jazz Vocalist Sophie Berkal-Sarbit Releases CD “Young & Foolish" (7 Arts/E1 Music Canada). Sophie Berkal-Sarbit celebrates her new release with a special Valentine's Day CD Launch Event at: “The TRANE STUDIO Jazz Lounge" Sunday, Feb. 14 - From 9:00 pm TORONTO - January 29, 2010 - On Valentine's Day - ...
Take Five With Franck Amsallem
by AAJ Staff
Meet Franck Amsallem: Mickey Mac: Franck Amsallem has been a professional pianist and composer for over 30 years. As a leader he has released seven cds, all of which have received rare critical acclaim. His sideman credits have included some of the great names in jazz: Gerry Mulligan, Charles Lloyd, Gary Bartz, Sonny Fortune, Bobby Watson, ...
Ubiquitous Ace Session Guitarist/Producer Louie Shelton Interviewed at AAJ
Hundreds of millions of people have heard him play without having heard of him. A veteran session guitarist, Louie Shelton played on a slew of million-selling records during his three decades in Los Angeles. His credits include female vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, and Whitney Houston; ...
Louie Shelton: In Session
by Alan Bryson
Hundreds of millions of people have heard him play without having heard of him. A veteran session guitarist, Louie Shelton played on a slew of million-selling records during his three decades in Los Angeles. His credits include female vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, and Whitney Houston; ...
Petra van Nuis / Andy Brown: Far Away Places
by Jack Huntley
The combination of a female vocalist backed by a solo guitar is not a heavily- exploited instrumentation, and there's a reason for that--it's very hard to pull off. While Ella Fitzgerald's recordings with Joe Pass are a perhaps the gold standard, overwhelmingly the piano is the stand-alone accompaniment instrument of choice for singers. But vocalist Petra ...
Mickey Roker: You Never Lose the Blues
by Victor L. Schermer
Drummer Mickey Roker is a mainstay and icon of the jazz world, having a played with Dizzy Gillespie, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Lee Morgan, and many of the other signature groups of modern jazz. Yet he has always maintained his Philadelphia roots, and is and has been a regular at Ortlieb's Jazzhaus in that ...
Ella Fitzgerald: Twelve Nights in Hollywood
by Ken Dryden
Ella Fitzgerald Twelve Nights in Hollywood Verve Music Group 2009 Ella Fitzgerald needs no introduction to most jazz fans because the “First Lady of Swing" had a remarkably productive recording and performing career that spanned from the mid '30s until around 1990, when multiple health problems forced her ...
