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Article: Album Review

Mark Winkler: Sweet Spot

Read "Sweet Spot" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Over a three-decade career, singer/songwriter Mark Winkler has released more than a dozen albums, and written songs performed by top vocalists including Randy Crawford, Dianne Reeves and Liza Minnelli. On Sweet Spot he brings together all of that experience, plus some superb musicians, to create a collection of songs perfect for a late night club performance--or ...

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Article: Album Review

Mark Winkler: Sweet Spot

Read "Sweet Spot" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


For all of his musical bona fides, Mark Winkler is no more a jazz singer than Jim Caruso or Michael Bublé. In spite of the fact that he attracted the best of the best in his sidemen--bassist Robert Hurst, pianist Billy Childs and drummer Greg Hutchinson--for Sweet Spot, he remains something else. The point being, that ...

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Article: Album Review

Dolores Scozzesi: A Special Taste

Read "A Special Taste" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Whenever the names of legendary vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Edith Piaf are used to describe a new singer, it's clear that there's something special about that artist. Dolores Scozzesi is one such artist, and her unique Mezzosoprano voice separates her from the plethora of female jazz vocalist dotting the landscape these ...

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Till I Get It Right

Label: Iris REcords
Released: 2009
Track listing: 1. Till I Get It Right; 2. How Can That Make You Fat?; 3. Cool; 4. Spring Is Where You Are, 5. Lowercase; 6. Sissies; 7. In a Lonely Place; 8. Future Street; 9. Evolution; 10. How to Pack a Suitcase; 11. In the Moment; 12. You Might As Well Live.

Article: Album Review

Mark Winkler: Till I Get It Right

Read "Till I Get It Right" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Till I Get It Right è l'ultima fatica di Mark Winkler. Il cantante, di base a Los Angeles, firma dodici tracce che faranno la gioia degli appassionati della forma-canzone più contaminata dal jazz. Ma non solo dal jazz, perché la voce limpida di Winkler passa rapidamente da un tema dalla melodia accattivante a capitoli dai contorni ...

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News: Recording

Mark Winkler "Gets It Right" on Ninth Release

Mark Winkler "Gets It Right" on Ninth Release

With the release of Till I Get It Right, Mark Winkler's ninth release and his first on FreeHam Records, jazz critics are already raving about the veterans latest creation. Jonathan Widran of Jazziz writes, “Always sly and cool, yet passionate as a vocalist, his wonderfully compelling, distinctively vivid lyrics tell tales that ...

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Sings Bobby Troup

Label: Rhombus Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Hungry Man; You

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Article: Interview

Mark Winkler Sings Bobby Troup

Read "Mark Winkler Sings Bobby Troup" reviewed by Dave Hughes


All About Jazz: You've recently released Mark Winkler Sings Bobby Troup. What motivated you to devote an entire CD to Bobby's works? Mark Winkler: I really wasn't planning to do a whole CD of Bobby Troup tunes, I was looking for some outside material to fill out a CD of my originals. His work was always ...

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Article: Album Review

Mark Winkler: Sings Bobby Troup

Read "Sings Bobby Troup" reviewed by Mark Corroto


While the tie between jazz and show tunes might be Tin Pan Alley in New York, the West Coast has been the inspiration for hipster song craftsmen. Singer Mark Winkler has made a recording of the quintessential Los Angeles composer Bobby Troup’s music, reviving much of the 1950s and '60s charm. Like Diana ...

Album

Easy the Hard Way

Label: ChartMaker Records
Released: 2000


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