Esperanza Spalding Stays the Jazz Course While Norah Jones Gets Indie (Column)
- 3:36 AM — May 16 —
- Source: PopMatters
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
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Singer Amy Cervini Announces Her Debut Performance at Joe's Pub on June 17!
- 8:23 AM — May 5 —
- Source: All About Jazz
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
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Sara Gazarek's New CD, "Blossom and Bee," to be Released by Palmetto on June 19
- 9:28 PM — Apr 17 —
- Source: All About Jazz
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
Jazz’s Wizard of Wit—and Much More—Dave Frishberg (Column)
- 8:09 AM — Apr 9 —
- Source: PopMatters
I've lamented before about the lack of humor and lightness in jazz (see "A Laughing Dilemma, Revealed" ). Read More
Biography
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