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Mark Murphy: A Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn

Read "A Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
July 24, 2013

In his time, vocalist Mark Murphy has been described as hip, cool, swinging, fearless, gruff, and eccentric (among other things). Some-- but most definitely not all--of these terms could also be applied to Shirley Horn. So it's fitting that Murphy should pay tribute to his compatriot, as he does on A Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn, ...

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Deborah Latz: Fig Tree

Read "Fig Tree" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
April 28, 2013

West Coast/East Coast vocalist Deborah Latz has release two well- received CDs to date: 2004's Toward Love and 2008's Lifeline (both on June Moon Productions). Coming from a stage background, Latz has no problem instilling drama into her interpretations and does so without sounding like she is trying too hard, a pitfall of many of her ...

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Take Five With Jeffrey Gimble

by AAJ Staff
April 22, 2013

Meet Jeffrey Gimble: Born and raised in Houston, TX, Gimble grew up going to the gigs of his saxophone-playing father Maynard, who had a popular big band in the '60s and '70s. Despite his natural curiosity for jazz, he was drawn instead to become an actor and musical theater performer and graduated from Houston's ...

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Take Five With Tyler Mitchell

by AAJ Staff
January 1, 2013

Meet Tyler Mitchell: Chicago born Tyler Mitchell studied the bass with Don Rafael Garrett (John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, Rahsaan Roland Kirk) and Malachi Favors (Art Ensemble of Chicago). He played with Von Freeman before moving to New York in 1984. In 1985/86, he joined the Sun Ra Arkestra, with whom he played and toured ...

Article: Catching Up With

Tianna Hall: Sid, Barney, Duke & Billy

by C. Michael Bailey
November 27, 2012

Jazz vocalist Tianna Hall calls Houston, TX home. At first blush, one might consider Houston a hub for the oil industry, barbecue, and country music, but not one for jazz. However, Houston has a long history with the music dating to the age of the territory bands and the “Chitlin' Circuit" existing between the late '20s ...

Article: Live Review

Westchester Jazz Orchestra: Dobbs Ferry, NY, September 29, 2012

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
October 11, 2012

Westchester Jazz OrchestraMaster's SchoolDobbs Ferry, NYSeptember 29, 2012The much-acclaimed Westchester Jazz Orchestra (WJO) opened its 10th season with a program called West Side Stories, based on that brilliant and timeless 1957 Broadway musical by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. In keeping with the WJO's ongoing educational objectives, the concert began with ...

Article: Interview

Ithamara Koorax: Celestial Elegance

by Chris M. Slawecki
September 24, 2012

Singer thamara Koorax recorded her 15th solo CD, Got to Be Real (Irma, 2012), “live in the studio" in Rio de Janeiro, the place of her birth, with her touring band--bassist Jorge Pescara, drummer Haroldo Jobim (a cousin of Antonio Carlos Jobim) and keyboardist Jose Roberto Bertrami, founding member of Brazil's famous fusion export Azymuth, on ...

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Janet Stevenson's Debut Album, Believe In Spring

June 8, 2012

Believe in Spring by jazz vocalist Janet Stevenson is a journey through life, emotion, and most of all, great vocal jazz. Janet’s debut CD is a refreshing mix of ballads, swing, blues, and Brazilian in a style reminiscent of Shirley Horn and Carmen McRae. The track “Just in Time" will be a featured free download on ...

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Kate Reid: The Love I’m In

Read "The Love I’m In" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
March 10, 2012

Dr. Kate Reid is a faculty member of the Fine Arts department of Cypress College in Southern California. However, Reid is no stuffed shirt, ivory tower type. No, she is a living, breathing, practicing jazz singer, one who holds on to tradition loosely, having fun with the music she performs. She belongs to that treasured group ...

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Meredith d'Ambrosio: By Myself

Read "By Myself" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
February 26, 2012

The deliciously husky contralto of Meredith d'Ambrosio is unlike any other today, but that's obvious. What is not immediately evident is the effect it has, the body's temperature rising slowly--not after listening to a few charts on By Myself, for that would take too long; but after hearing but a few short choruses. By the time ...