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Vocalist Whitney James takes her rightful place among today’s great jazz singers with her stunning debut album, The Nature of Love. James blends a singer’s sensitivity to lyrics with an instrumentalist’s command of phrasing, melody, and timbre. The album’s ambitious program of material includes classics from the Great American Songbook such as Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin’s “Long Ago and Far Away” and Irving Berlin’s “How Deep Is the Ocean,” as well as challenging jazz tunes such as Benny Golson’s “Whisper Not” and Jimmy Rowles’s “The Peacocks.” James doesn’t just sing a tune,she creatively engages it
Johnny Hartman, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Will Downing, Joanna Majoko and More
by Jua Howard
Greetings Music Family! It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show"! I've got new music from Dee Dee Bridgewater, Joanna Majoko and Sandra-Mae Lux, and more timeless music from Johnny Hartman, The Blackbyrds, Whitney James, Will Downing, Etta Jones, Darmon Meaderand many more. Come get lost in the music with me!Playlist ...
Alicia Olatuja, Johnny Hartman, Kat Edmonson and More
by Jua Howard
Welcome Music Family! It's time for another great episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show"! I've got a great show in store for you this week including new music from Alicia Olatuja, Roxana Amed, and Planet D Nonet,; and plenty more timeless music from artists such as Johnny Hartman, Gretchen Parlato, Alan Hampton, and Kat Edmonson. ...
You've Got a Friend - Happy Birthday to Carole King!
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast fell on the day of the Grammy awards and included new releases from vocalists Catherine Russell and Tierney Sutton respectively, composer Miho Hazama, pianist Beegie Adair and trombonist Jennifer Wharton, with birthday shout outs to Natalie Cole, Anne Marie Moss, plus a few jazz treatments of songs by Carole King in the fourth hour ...
The Palladium Theatre Presents Live From New York: Jazz Vocalists Michelle Walker, Whitney James And Emily Braden
The Palladium Theatre Saturday, March 14th at 8pm The Palladium at St. Petersburg College 253 5th Ave N Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 Three adventurous new voices in jazz come together for one night in the spirit of collaboration of standards, re-imagined pop tunes and original music. Vocalists Whitney James, Emily ...
Debbie Winter Quartet: Red Song
by Bruce Lindsay
Classically-trained British vocalist Debbie Winter, formerly a member of Shifting Sands, makes her solo debut with Red Song. The recording may be brief, just 20 minutes, but in that time, Winter's quartet creates a rich and intriguing musical atmosphere with moments of breathtaking beauty. Winter co-wrote the songs with pianist and arranger Aidan ...
The Nature of Love
Label: Damselfly Productions/Stir Stick Music
Released: 2010
Track listing: Tenderly; Whisper Not; A Timeless Place (The Peacocks); Long Ago and Far Away; My Love Is
You; The Very Thought of You; How Deep Is the Ocean; Be Anything; In April.
Whitney James: The Nature of Love
by Raul d'Gama Rose
It is more than likely that Whitney James was born to sing, proving once again the Latin adage (relating, albeit to poetry), that poeta nascitur non fit. And it was probably only a matter of time before she was discovered. Happily there was not that long a wait, for here, on The Nature of Love, is ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 22, 2010
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 Steve Hobbs Vibes, Straight Up (Challenge) 233 247 -14 0 56 1 7 2 1 3 Ahmad Jamal A Quiet Time (Dreyfus) 221 257 -36 4 63 1 5 3 3 8 John Stein Raising The Roof (Whaling City Sound) 194 182 ...
Whitney James: The Nature Of Love
by Bruce Lindsay
The Nature Of Love is singer Whitney James' debut, although the maturity and sophistication of her performance makes this hard to believe. Across an intriguing set of songs James demonstrates an impressive vocal range and a command of phrasing and intonation that usually come only with years of experience. James' voice is expressive ...
