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Steven Davis: The Way You Look Tonight
by Edward Blanco
Los Angeles songwriter and vocalist Steven Davis, finally reveals a non-holiday big band vocals album of his own with the swinging The Way You Look Tonight following in the tradition of great singers like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr. and others. This is traditional big band swing with a new voice interpreting the standards ...
José James: una grande voce per la Black Music
by Angelo Leonardi
La recente pubblicazione per la Blue Note di Yesterday I Had the Blues -The Music of Billie Holiday , torna a collocare José James in una piena cornice jazzistica. È una commemorazione della cantante e un approccio tradizionale che oggi James affronta senza paura d'apparire prigionero del passato. L'altro esempio riguarda l'album For All We Know, ...
Tony Bennett Slays 'Em At Gilmore Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo
by John Ephland
Tony Bennett and His Quartet Chenery Auditorium Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival Kalamazoo, MI May 7, 2016 You could sense it. Here was an artist who was the last man standing from an era that covered anything and everyone, from Gershwin to Gaga. With an accent on George. Tony ...
Hugh Coltman: Shadows - Songs of Nat King Cole
by Angelo Leonardi
Quali percorsi conducono un affermato cantante pop a trasformarsi in jazz crooner, secondo i classici modelli di Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormè, Tony Bennett o Nat King Cole? La biografia dell'inglese Hugh Coltman ci dà una risposta, che nel caso specifico connette la casualità di un incontro col pianista belga Eric Legnini ed eventi ...
Stan Getz
by Mark Barnett
The story of Stan Getz (1927-1991) has to begin with Lester Young. Before Young, tenor sax players seemed awash in testosterone. Their sound was full, rich, deep, blown hard out of the instrument's lower registers, with emotion pouring out in lavish swoops and honks. Then along came Lester. In the post-war 1940s, he invented a new ...
2015: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The year 2015 was a curious blend of ups and downs, with glimmers of optimism offset by its losses. Venues opened to great fanfare, but others closed for a variety of reasons. UNESCO's International Jazz Day became firmly entrenched as the exclamation point on Jazz Appreciation Month activities in April. Daily arts journalism took a hit ...
The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern
By Tony Bennett
Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: All the Things You Are; Pick Yourself Up; The Last Time I Saw Paris; I Won't Dance; Long Ago
and Far Away; Dearly Beloved; The Song Is You; They Didn't Believe Me; I'm Old Fashioned;
The Way You Look Tonight; Yesterdays; Make Believe; Nobody Else But Me; Look For the Silver
Lining.
Tony Bennett at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury
by Mike Perciaccante
Tony Bennett NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY November 20, 2015 At 89-years of age, Tony Bennett has seen and done it all. He also is the owner of one of the most distinctive voices in all of music. In fact, it has been documented that Frank Sinatra ...
Christmas Jazz Begins Thanksgiving Day
Jazz Lovers Radio announces the beginning of the Christmas Jazz season with a sprinkling of Christmas Jazz favorites starting Thanksgiving Day. Each week in December, more holiday tracks will be added to the Jazz Lovers Radio playlists as Christmas Day approaches. The most listenable Christmas Jazz in the world will be featured around the clock starting ...
Ella Fitzgerald: Live at Chautauqua: Volume 1
by James Doherty
Live at Chautauqua, Volume 1 (Dot Time Records) captures Ella Fitzgerald in concert in July 1968. Accompanied by the Tee Carson trio, the eclectic programme ranges from her 1938 breakthrough hit “A-Tisket A-Tasket" through to contemporary pop and Broadway tunes, taking in some selections from her famed songbook series along the way. As Ella explains on ...
