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Dolores Scozzesi: A Special Taste
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 ...
Dolores Scozzesi: A Special Taste
by C. Michael Bailey
Los Angeles-based vocalist Dolores Scozzesi concludes A Special Taste with the time-honored Kosma/Mercer standard, “Autumn Leaves." Her approach is one of simplicity and elegance, opening the piece with Jacques Prevert's French lyrics, an alto Edith Piaf crossed with Roberta Gambarini and accented with Daniela Schachter. Scozzesi is accompanied to great effect by guitarist ...
Fascinatin' Rhythms: Singing Gershwin
Label: Rhombus Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Somebody Loves Me; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Someone to Watch Over Me; Fascinating Rhythm; I've Got a Crush on You; Who Cares?; But Not for Me; I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise; Love Walked In; How Long Has This Been Going On; Let's Call the Whole Thing Off; They All Laughed; Embraceable You/Our Love Is Here To Stay.
Melody Breyer-Grell: Fascinatin' Rhythms: Singing Gershwin
by Michael P. Gladstone
Coming on the heels of her well-received debut album, The Right Time (Rhombus, 2004), jazz singer Melody Breyer-Grell's Fascinatin' Rhythms: Singing Gershwin is an appreciation of the Gershwin songbook. This is, by itself, a daunting task, since there are many preceding greats who have interpreted these songs many times over. Tackling tunes like “Embraceable You," “Someone ...
Melody Breyer-Grell: Fascinatin' Rhythms: Singing Gershwin
by Marcia Hillman
Melody Breyer-Grell and the Gershwin songbook make a good combo on this, her second release, ably abetted by Don Braden (sax), Jim Rotondi (trumpet), Gloria Cooper (piano), Dean Johnson (bass), Matt Wilson (drums), John Hart (guitar) and Kahil Kwame Bell (percussion). The vocalist's classical and musical theater training blends well with the richness of George's harmonies ...
Melody Breyer-Grell: Fascinatin' Rhythms: Singing Gershwin
by C. Michael Bailey
2008 is shaping up to be a stellar year of stripped-down jazz vocal recitals. Witness Long Beach native Melody Breyer-Grell's collection of Gershwin standards, Fascinatin' Rhythms; Breyer-Grell is supported by the basic jazz piano trio, with the intelligently applied supplementation of solo instruments. Breyer-Grell's voice is front and center in this recording, never obscured by the ...
Resilience
Label: Rhombus Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Nature Boy (E. Ahbez) - 5:45; 02. Into the Smooth (S. Johnson/M. Wiens) - 3:58; 03. Litle Sunflower (F. Hubbard) - 8:27;
04. Slow Down Jimmy (T. Copley/M. Wiens/R. Holler) - 4:26; 05. My Funny Valentie (Rogers/Hart) - 4:29;
06. Lucky So In So (D. Ellington/D. March) - 6:55; 07. Killer Joe (B. Golson/Q. Jones) - 5:28; 08. Whisper Low (S. Johnson/M. Wienz) - 3:45;
09. One for My Baby (Arlen/Mercer) - 3:51; 10. Riviera Paradise (S. R. Vaughn) - 7:48; 11. It Was A Very Good Year (E.M. Drake) - 4:36;
12. Fever (E. Cooley/J. Davenport) - 5:05; 12. Angel Eyes (M. Dennis/E. Brent) - 3:20; 13. Für Elise (Beethoven) - 4:39.
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