I always look forward to reviewing material featuring the songs of Cole Porter. Cole Porter was versatile as both composer and writer of poetic lyrics. His music has a time…
When this recording was released in 1996, it marked the first recording in almost ten years for this popular Swedish singer. Baumann made a wise choice selecting standards …
FOR YOUR EARS ONLY is a warmly sensitive and intimate collection of jazz vocals by singer Bob Stewart, and it is a CD collection that has some of the best jazz arrangements…
Ja Ron Eames is a very warm singer and personality. I recall reviewing this record at the time of its first pressing in 1996 when I operated a jazz site of my own. Accom…
Although new to my ears, the wonderful voice of Loretta Holloway is known to the followers of the Las Vegas jazz scene. Born in Belton, South Carolina, Loretta has performe…
The Jazz Review is always on the look-out for young new talent to inform its members about. Well we have found one of the best new female jazz vocalists around. We found Lo…
Vocalist, Cookie Coleman delivers a real gem with One Night in Paradise. This recording has it all. Great arrangements from Adi Yeshaya, a first rate band, fine sound, and …
This long awaited CD from this fine vocalist is finally available. When listening to Grace, you know immediately that she means business. Her voice is like an instrument th…
If you are unfamiliar with Allan Harris as I was, get a hold of this CD and introduce yourself to a wonderful jazz singer and a jewel of an album. An album that beautifu…
Last month a jazz fan wrote to us inquiring on where to purchase a CD by an jazz vocalist she had heard perform, "Sandra Booker". We had never heard of Sandra, however from…
This disc is a good representation of balance of jazz, blues, ballads and snappy standards. There’s no lack of interpretation here and it never gets stale. The determine…
When it starts, you hear synthesizers and plaintive guitar - the start of a typical "smooth" album. Then the theme closes with a catchy three-note pattern and the guitar ge…