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Ellen Johnson: These Days

Read "These Days" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes
October 10, 2007

Chicago-raised vocalist and educator Ellen Johnson emerges with a disc that explores her vast range and improvisational technique without attempting to sound pretentious, an all-too-common trait among jazz vocalists. This is evident throughout These Days, but most specifically on bassist Darek Oleszkiewicz' bossa nova-tinged “Inspiration, a wordless tune which features Brazilian percussionist Ana Gazzola on shakers ...

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These Days

By Ellen Johnson

Label: Vocal Visions
Released: 2006
Track listing: These Days; No Moon At All; The Crossing(with Sheila Jordan); Inspiration; I Feel The Same; Noddin' Ya Head Blues; Esperanca Perdida; Who Know Where The Time Goes; If I Should Lose You; You Don't Know What Love Is; Nostalgia in Times Square; Little Messenger(for Sheila Jordan).

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Ellen Johnson: These Days

Read "These Days" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
October 7, 2006

Despite a terrific press reception to her work, jazz singer Ellen Johnson unfortunately is not the household word she should be. She has previously recorded two albums, Too Good To Title (1993) and Chinchilla Serenade (1997); These Days is her third. Ellen Johnson, originally a Chicagoan, now lives and works in San Diego as ...

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