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Fay Victor Ensemble: The Freesong Suite
by John Kelman
It's a tough time to be a singer. With an excessive plethora of vocalists mining the Great American Songbook ad nauseum, or trying their hands at songwriting with less than distinctive results, it's harder than ever to be heard. Even once-innovative singers like Cassandra Wilson--now a Grammy Award-winning “star"--have deserted experimentation, resting instead on their not ...
Sunny Voices (Various Artists): Sunnyside Cafe Series
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The production of a music compilation or sampler may, despite its producers' best intentions, go either way. A fair representation of artists may result in excellent tracks, together with perhaps some indifferent ones, and there is simply no pleasing everybody. However, it is possible to get closer to the mark of overall excellence if the compilation ...
Ran Blake: Driftwoods
by Henry Smith
Ever since pianist Ran Blake released his debut recordings on The Newest Sound Around (RCA, 1962) with vocalist Jeanne Lee, he has been a leading voice in the original interpretation of classic standards. With the solo outing Driftwoods, Blake dedicates an entire album to the interpretation of songs popularized by his favorite singers, a list which ...
After Hours
By Jeanne Lee
Label: Owl Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Caravan; You Go To My Head; I Could Write a Book; Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat; Straight Ahead; Fire
Waltz; I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart; Every Time We Say Goodbye.
Natural Affinities
By Jeanne Lee
Label: Owl Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Mingus Meditations (Holland/Lee/Mingus) - 12:06
2. I Thought About You (Mercer/VanHeusen) - 5:04
3. Journey to Edaneres (Hampel/Lee) - 12:22
4. Peace Chorale I/Bushwacked/Peace Chorale... (Clayton/Lee/Tse/Whitecage) - 8:37
5. Free Space (Freeman) - 2:52
6. Trilogy (Smith) - 10:46
7. Ambrosia Mama/Celebration of a State of... (Lee/Shange) - 8:00
Jeanne Lee: Natural Affinities
by Clifford Allen
All instruments are, naturally, a mere approximation of what can be done with the human voice; yet in avant-garde improvisation, it is the saxophonists and pianists who are credited with being the innovators. Artists like Jeanne Lee, Patty Waters and Julie Tippetts are often shunted aside to make way for counterparts Archie Shepp, Albert Ayler, and ...
Jeanne Lee and Mal Waldron: After Hours
by Alexander M. Stern
Mal Waldron’s passing this past December robbed jazz of one of its finest and most original pianists. His long career was marked by many high points, including stints with Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy and Booker Little. It is especially wonderful to listen to Waldron in solo and duet settings, where his unique style on ...
Jeanne Lee/Mal Waldron: After Hours
by Rex Butters
Like too many utterly original and fearless jazz artists, Jeanne Lee’s audience and reputation seems to reside more within the community of musicians than listeners. Despite remarkable classic recordings with Archie Shepp, Anthony Braxton, Carla Bley, Andrew Cyrille, Billy Bang, William Parker, Steve Coleman, and of course, Gunter Hampel, Lee has never received the notoriety due ...
Don't Freeze Yourself To Death Over There In Those Mountains
By Jeanne Lee
Label: Owl Records
Released: 1984
