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Jeffrey Gimble: Beyond Up High
by Edward Blanco
With the plethora of female vocalist producing new albums these days, it is indeed refreshing to hear a new male voice sure to make an impact in the jazz world, and that's just what L.A. singer Jeffrey Gimble is certain to accomplish with his stunning debut Beyond Up High. An actor raised in the Texas blues ...
Vocalist Jeffrey Gimble Releases Debut Album, "Beyond Up High"
"Beyond Up High," Jeffrey Gimble's Debut CD, arranged by Tamir Hendelman and produced by Mark Winkler, to be released April 15, 2013 on Cafe Pacific Records. Jeffrey Gimble’s “Beyond Up High" displays all the appealing qualities of an unusually intriguing new album, certain to be around for more than a little while. Just listen to the ...
Mark Winkler: The Laura Nyro Project
by C. Michael Bailey
The combination of a unique and beautifully au courant voice with an equally rare and manifold composing talent makes for compelling listening. When the voice is that of vocalist/songwriter Mark Winkler and the songs are by Laura Nyro, the resulting project reaches criticality rapidly. Winkler has been composing and recording for the better part of 30 ...
Jackie Ryan: Listen Here
by C. Michael Bailey
There exists an intersection point in a vocal recording where four elements coalesce in excellence to produce a superb recording: the vocal, instrumental, material and sonic. Singer Jackie Ryan's Listen Here exists on this very point. AAJ critic Dan Bilawsky addressed the first two elements in his thoughtful review of Listen Here, calling Ryan, “a force ...
Mark Winkler and Cheryl Bentyne: West Coast Cool Coming Your Way!
Limited dates and a new CD! THE WEST COAST COOL SHOW! Mark Winkler platinum award-winning jazz vocalist/lyricist meets Cheryl Bentyne, member of The Manhattan Transfer, and sparks fly. This duo is intent on proving how cool the West Coast Cool Jazz scene of the 1950s still is. Together and separately they perform songs by Dave Brubeck, ...
Mark Winkler to Release "The Laura Nyro Project"
Although his last three CDs have placed high on the Jazz Week charts, and his lyrics have been regularly recorded by over 150 singers (including Dianne Reeves, Cheryl Bentyne, Jackie Ryan and Bob Dorough), for his latest work jazz singer and lyricist Mark Winkler has created a new album dedicated to fresh interpretations of the work ...
Cheryl Bentyne & City of Hope All-Star Jazz Benefit: Hollywood, CA, August 11, 2012
by Carl L. Hager
Cheryl Bentyne & City of Hope All-Star Jazz BenefitCatalina Jazz ClubHollywood, CAAugust 11, 2012After kicking off Saturday night's festivities with a hard-charging version of Cole Porter's “It's Alright With Me," a beaming Cheryl Bentyne welcomed Catalina Jazz Club's capacity audience by effusing over the wide array of talent that had assembled ...
David Basse: Uptown
by C. Michael Bailey
West Coast singer Mark Winkler (Sweet Spot [Cafe Pacific Records, 2011]) heard David Basse and immediately signed him to his Cafe Pacific Records. Uptown is the first product of this partnership and, for the sake of the male jazz singer, does not come a moment too soon. There exists a huge disparity between female and male ...
Sweet Spot
By Mark Winkler
Label: Cafe Pacific Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Like Young; Catch Me if You Can; But Not For Me; Sweet Spot; This Side Of Loving; Somewhere In Brazil (West Coast); After Hours; On Broadway; Jazz is a Special Taste; Some Other Sunset; Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring; Somewhere In Brazil (East Coast).
Mark Winkler: Sweet Spot
by AAJ Italy Staff
Che sfacciato Mark Winkler. Si fa fotografare con un lecca lecca in bocca come se fosse Katy Perry. Ma al contrario della provocante cantante pop, il losangelino qualche qualità nella voce ce le ha davvero. In giro da almeno 25 anni, un'idea di cosa dovrebbe essere la canzone swing l'ha dimostrata: dolcezza, bel canto e tanta ...
