Blossom Dearie

Jazz has done so much to resist popularity since the end of the big band era: the squirrel-chase sound of bebop, the steely architecture of Coltrane, the raw honk and squeal of free jazz, the over-academic approach of neo-conservatives. Read More

Amy Cervini - whom The New York Times describes as a thoughtful and broad-minded jazz singer" for her free-spirited, genre-blind approach - recently celebrated her new recording Digging Me, Digging You: A Tribute to Blossom Dearie, with two sold-out nights at The 55 Bar in NYC, a sold-out coast-to-coast Canadian tour. Read More

Sara Gazarek — once hailed as the next important jazz singer" by The Los Angeles Times — is back on the scene with the recently recorded Blossom & Bee, her debut for the Palmetto label. Read More

I've lamented before about the lack of humor and lightness in jazz (see "A Laughing Dilemma, Revealed" ). Read More