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About Sheila Cooper
Instrument: Saxophone, alto
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Sheila Cooper
Canadian-born, New York-based singer, alto saxophonist, composer and arranger, Sheila Cooper is -- as saxophone legend Lee Konitz has noted -- "a singer on her horn and with her voice, and that's the best playing for me." Ever since she moved to New York, she has been wowing audiences at the city's top venues, including the Blue Note, Birdland, The Knitting Factory and Five-Spot. And her European tours in support of her acclaimed first CD "Since You Were Mine" which featured world-class rhythm section Renee Rosnes, Scott Colley and Billy Drummond were triumphantly successful, playing to enthusiastic audiences in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia
New Releases Plus A Centennial Birthday Shoutout For Guitarist Mary Osborne
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast opens with a centennial salute to guitarist Mary Osborne. Born in North Dakota, she came to prominence in New York City in the 1940s appearing with jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk and Mary Lou Williams. Also presented are new releases from vocalists Samara Joy, Hilary Kole and violinist Diane ...
Tales of Love and Longing
Label: Candid Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Winter Moon; He's Funny That Way; I'm A Fool to Want You; I Didn't Know About You; How Deep Is The Ocean; Lonely Woman; I Gravitate To You; Body And Soul; So In Love; A Kiss To Build A Dream On.
Sheila Cooper: Tales of Love and Longing
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tra le vocalist emerse nell'ultimo decennio la canadese Sheila Cooper è certo una delle più interessanti. Dotata di un timbro cool e di un incedere sofisticato, dall'attenta e delicata misura espressiva, la Cooper si colloca nel più nobile filone delle cantanti bianche degli anni cinquanta, da June Christy ad Helen Merrill. Eccezione tra le sue colleghe, ...
Sheila Cooper: Tales of Love and Longing
by Michael P. Gladstone
This is a most impressive album from Sheila Cooper, accompanied by pianist Fritz Pauer. The identity issue here is further complicated by the fact that alto saxophonist Cooper/vocalist Cooper makes this recording a veritable trio album by virtue of her musicianship. Cooper, originally from Canada, is now based in Vienna, Austria, pairing with Pauer ...