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Melissa Morgan

Melissa Morgan - vocalist Melissa Morgan is a newcomer with an old-school pedigree. Her earliest exposure to jazz was by way of her grandmother’s record collection when she was growing up. Some of the first jazz voices she ever heard from among those old LPs �" Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson �" were also some of the greatest. Two decades after first hearing those classic voices, Morgan’s tastes still run to that heyday of the great jazz divas. Her debut recording, “Until I Met You” for Telarc, captures that organic, old-school sensibility and reintroduces it to an entirely new generation of listeners. Melissa Morgan was born in New York City and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey

Melissa Morgan Quartet at the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

By BILL LEIKAM

Melissa Morgan Quartet Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society Half Moon Bay, Ca. May 11, 2014As is often customary, vocalist Melissa Morgan did not immediately appear on stage while her trio of Los Angeles based musicians, pianist Sam Hirsh,bassist Katie Thiroux, and Matt Witek on drums, opened the show with an old ...

Matt Garrison: Patchwork

By DAN BILAWSKY

Instead of simply homing in on one specific musical coordinate, saxophonist Matt Garrison decided to widen his focus and hit a few different targets with his third album. The aptly-titled Patchwork finds him looking toward “initial musical influence, educational influences, and current outcomes." It's a collection of Garrison's personalized yesterday-meets-today musical scenarios. It's ...

37th Paradise Valley Jazz Party at Scottsdale Hilton Resort

By PATRICIA MYERS

37th Paradise Valley Jazz Party Scottsdale Hilton Resort Scottsdale, Arizona March 22-23, 2014 An A-team of East Coast, West Coast and Arizona musicians played a mix of swing and bebop sounds in 14 jam-session-style sets at the 37th annual Paradise Valley Jazz Party. A special element at this party ...

Randy Napoleon: Playing for the Jukebox Crowd

By TRISH RICHARDSON

When guitarist Randy Napoleon titled his latest effort, The Jukebox Crowd (Gut String Records, 2012), the jukebox he referred to was not some nostalgic 1950s era one that sits idly in a corner. Rather, she is a much sleeker, hipper, and more modern version. She is cool and, of course, jazzy, and she commands center stage. ...

Until I Met You

By MELISSA MORGAN

Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Save Your Love for Me; Is You Is or Is You Ain