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The Best Part

Label: Blujazz
Released: 2019
Track listing: Most Of All - I Love You; Dust Off Your Dreams; I've Got a Brand New Baby; Grab a Little Bit of Golden Sunshine; Sweet Angel; One More Spring; Conundrum; I've Been Too Lonely For Too Long

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Moon's Up, Night's Up - Taking the Town By Surprise

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 2, 2019

The annual celebratory broadcast for Joni Mitchell included an assortment of her songs by various jazz artists, plus new releases from Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, Norah Jones, saxophonist T.K. Blue, singer/poet Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein), and vibraphone artist Lolly Allen; also more birthday shout outs to Chris Conner, Betty Bryant (going strong at ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Autumn's Embrace and September Song

by Mary Foster Conklin
October 21, 2019

Happy Fall to all! This equinox broadcast includes new releases from guitarist Claudette King, vocalists Tish Oney, Kelley Johnson, Carolyn Fitzhugh and Chiara Izzi, pianist Sumitra and saxophonist Chelsea McBride's Socialist Night School, with birthday shout outs to saxophonist Vi Redd (pictured), pianists Lovie Austin, Bobby Short, Kait Dunton, Helen Sung and Champian Fulton, guitarist Emily ...

Article: Album Review

Tish Oney: The Best Part

Read "The Best Part" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
September 21, 2019

Dr. Tish Oney is a woman for all seasons: vocalist, arranger, composer, professor, producer. She has many irons in many fires and all of them are hot. Her fifth recording, The Best Part continues her fruitful association with guitarist John Chiodini, whose trio this time around comprised bassist Chuck Berghofer and drummer Ray Brinker (no mean ...

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Take Five with Tish Oney

by AAJ Staff
August 30, 2019

Meet Tish Oney Dr. Tish Oney tours internationally as a jazz vocalist and symphony pops soloist. She has recorded and produced five critically-acclaimed albums, taught voice and jazz at eight universities, and has served several more as an artist-in-residence. She has headlined at thousands of venues worldwide and has performed as soloist with the Detroit Symphony ...

News: Recording

Vocalist Tish Oney with the John Chiodini Trio release 'The Best Part' on Blujazz

August 29, 2019

The Best Part is jazz vocalist, arranger, composer, and producer Tish Oney’s fifth CD project. The music is a compilation of new original songs by contemporary jazz composers, including three never-before-heard songs with lyrics by jazz diva Peggy Lee. Oney's 2015 recording of original vocal/guitar duets titled Songs From the Heart, was honored by the Recording ...

Article: Anatomy of a Standard

"Time After Time" by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn

by Tish Oney
July 3, 2019

In 1946 Jule Styne (1905-1994) and Sammy Cahn (1913-1993) collaborated to write a song for Frank Sinatra for the film It Happened In Brooklyn. Sarah Vaughan was the first artist to record the new gem that same year, backed by the Teddy Wilson Quartet. In 1957 Sinatra finally recorded it with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. The ...

Article: Anatomy of a Standard

"Pick Yourself Up" by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields

by Tish Oney
September 28, 2018

In 1936 Jerome Kern (1885-1945) and Dorothy Fields (1904-1974) collaborated to create several songs for the movie musical, Swing Time, starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. “Pick Yourself Up" served the film as the centerpiece around which a dance lesson given by Ginger to Fred yielded a remarkable “transformation" from a clumsy suitor to a technically ...

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"Charade" by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer

by Tish Oney
June 28, 2018

Ever known for his peerless and timeless musical masterpieces created for the silver screen, Henry Mancini (1924-1994) opened the 1963 motion picture, “Charade," starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, with a masterfully written theme bearing the same title. Over his storied career, Mancini won six Grammy awards plus fourteen additional nominations as well as a slew ...

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"It's Only a Paper Moon" by Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg and Billy Rose

by Tish Oney
March 6, 2018

One of my favorite Great American Songbook composers, Harold Arlen (nee Hyman Arluck, 1905-1986), composed music for over 500 songs during his long, successful career, even though he originally set out to become a great singer and was not particularly interested in writing songs. His tremendous success reached across Broadway stages, Hollywood film scores and Top ...