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Article: Album Review

Daniela Schachter: Purple Butterfly

Read "Purple Butterfly" reviewed by Edward Blanco


A gifted vocalist who just happens to also play the piano quite well, Daniela Schachter conjures up comparisons to the great Diana Krall on Purple Butterfly, an offering of contemporary jazz vocals covered with a bit of honey and a taste of Italy. This Sicilian-born, New York-based artist possesses distinctive high-pitch voice, which she employs on ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Tommaso Cappellato

Read "Take Five With Tommaso Cappellato" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Tommaso Cappellato: Italian drummer and composer Tommaso Cappellato always strived to leave his mark as the founder and creator of numerous musical situations. His curiosity for different styles and continuous will for research led him to travel and explore various countries in the world to meet, learn from and collaborate with influential musical artists. During ...

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Article: Album Review

Irene Atman: New York Rendezvous

Read "New York Rendezvous" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Canadian songbird Irene Atman follows her highly acclaimed self-titled, indepedent debut of 2007 with another remarkable effort, this time recording ten gentle standards in an auspicious New York Rendezvous with pianist Frank Kimbrough and other New York players, providing a new meaning to the phrase “New York state of mind." Meeting Kimbrough twenty years ago on, ...

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Article: Album Review

Tessa Souter: Nights of Key Largo

Read "Nights of Key Largo" reviewed by Suzanne Lorge


Tessa Souter excels at creating mood and on her new CD, Nights of Key Largo, that mood is one of a relaxed intimacy: She never strains to emote, never pushes a note, never rushes a phrase. Her material--13 songs about moonlight, sand and romance--lends itself to this kind of laid-back treatment, reminding the listener that there ...

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Irene Atman: New York Rendezvous

Read "New York Rendezvous" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


Every once in a while, a fresh voice comes along that's worthy of notice. Or, in the case of Irene Atman, it's an experienced voice with a fresh interpretation of classics. When other children wanted to hear bedtime stories or have parents sing them to sleep, Atman sang to herself. By the age ...

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News: Recording

More Praise for PJ Parker's "Dreams Are Meant for Two" - From France and Jazz Fans Around the World

More Praise for PJ Parker's "Dreams Are Meant for Two" - From France and Jazz Fans Around the World

Somerset, New Jersey -- Jazz vocalist PJ Parker's latest CD, Dreams Are Meant For Two, continues to receive critical praise, this time from the venerable Jazz Hot magazine of Paris, France. At the same time, jazz fans from around the world continue to let their preferences be known: PJ's artist profile page at AllAboutJazz.com--the most popular ...

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Article: Album Review

Scott Feiner: Dois Mundos

Read "Dois Mundos" reviewed by David Adler


What has native New Yorker and former guitarist Scott Feiner been doing in Rio de Janeiro since 2001? He's been playing the tambourine-like pandeiro, developing it as a viable jazz instrument, leading an ensemble--and effectively creating a music--he calls Pandeiro Jazz. In this unique idiom, the handheld pandeiro replaces the drums and yields a sound that ...

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Article: Album Review

Spike Wilner: 3 To Go

Read "3 To Go" reviewed by George Kanzler


At a small jazz festival a few years ago the advertised theme was a celebration of Duke Ellington's music. But some featured acts, including one highly regarded younger pianist, obviously hadn't taken the theme very seriously, his only begrudging nod to it being a rendition of the jam session standby, “C-Jam Blues," hardly a tune representative ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Vocalist Irene Atman Performs at the Kitano on June 3rd, 2009

Vocalist Irene Atman Performs at the Kitano on June 3rd, 2009

Vocalist Irene Atman will be performing with her Quintet at The Kitano in NYC on Wednesday June 3rd, 2009 in celebration of her new release “New York Rendezvous” Irene Atman - Vocals Frank Kimbrough - Piano Jay Anderson - Bass George Schuller - drums Joel Frahm - Saxophone ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Irene Atman and Daniela Schachter meet at the Intersection of Joel Frahm

Read "Irene Atman and Daniela Schachter meet at the Intersection of Joel Frahm" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Nowhere in jazz is the soil so rich as it is in the area of female vocals. Major label, independents, melting pots and old school, there are vocal releases appealing to any persnickety taste. Such a diverse marketplace is to the fortune of the listening public. This fortune is magnified when two dramatically different singers share ...


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