Results for "Sylvia Brooks"

From Jazz Noir to Technicolor, Jazz Vocalist Sylvia Brooks Reveals a Vivid Array of New Emotional Hues on her Gorgeous Third Album, "The Arrangement"

August 2, 2017

With her first two critically acclaimed albums, jazz vocalist Sylvia Brooks introduced a sensuous jazz-noir sound redolent of femme fatales and tough guys, crooked deals and deep-shadowed urban nightscapes. But no great artist wants to be typecast, and with her third album, The Arrangement, she steps out of the mist and fog into the sunlight, where ...

Eleanor Rigby

August 1, 2017

Album: The Arrangement
By Sylvia Brooks
Label: SBM Music
Released: 2017
Duration: 4:34

Sylvia Brooks: The Arrangement

by C. Michael Bailey
June 11, 2017

Vocalist Sylvia Brooks likes to provide her music a noir patina, that smoky and dark evening tone preferred by the likes of the fictional hard men: Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, and Jeff Markham. On her third recording, The Arrangement, this patina is given a high buff shine into something more contemporary, without losing any of the ...

Restless

By Sylvia Brooks

Label: SBM Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: 'Round Midnight; Boulevard of Broken Dreams; You Go to My Head; Trouble; Last Tango; Be Cool; Blue Alert; Blues in the Night; You're My Thrill; Stormy Weather; I'm a Fool to Want You.

Round Midnight

September 23, 2012

Album: Restless
By Sylvia Brooks
Label: SBM Music
Released: 2012
Duration: 4:49

Sylvia Brooks: Restless

by Jim Olin
September 3, 2012

Part the curtains and turn on the Klieg lights for singer Sylvia Brooks, whose second album, Restless, has the widescreen scope and orchestral sweep of a theatrical production. In fact, the record has the overall feel of a soundtrack for a film yet to be made. However, the kind of Hollywood movie this music recalls is ...

Sylvia Brooks Explores The Noir Side Of Jazz In New CD Release "Restless"

May 12, 2012

LOS ANGELES, CA: Acclaimed jazz vocalist Sylvia Brooks returns with her second genre-busting release Restless, exploring the hungers that haunt us, the passions that drive us and the compulsions that send us careening deliciously close to the edge of the abyss. Initial discussions with arranger and producer Kim Richmond brought forth several ideas. “I wanted to ...

Cry Me A River

Featuring the music of Sylvia Brooks
Duration: 5:22
April 15, 2010

Dangerous Liaisons

By Sylvia Brooks

Label: Maxi Trax Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Come Rain Or Come Shine; Never Dance; Harlem Nocturne; Sway; Cry Me A River; Sophisticated Lady; When The Sun Comes Out; Lush Life; The Man That Got Away; One For My Baby.

December 2009: New Photo Gallery, Profile Improvements and More

by Michael Ricci
December 16, 2009

Dear fellow musician: We made several musician-related improvements since our September newsletter. We upgraded your musician profile and we added more features to promote yourself and your music. And we're also running a $100 off sale on our Showcase and Listening Party services. Please read on...Index Share your ...