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Album Review: Sasha's Bloc - "Heart on Fire" (8/10)
A homage to jazz age sultriness, swagger and swing, but with brilliant originals rather than tired retreads of standards, this glorious, multi-faceted, polycultural collective— burning up ... -
Album Review: Boz Scaggs - "A Fool to Care" (9/10)
Nearly 40 years after his Silk Degrees heyday, Scaggs remains a vital interpretive link to classic American music forms, from rock and R&B to jazz, ... -
The New Orleans Jazzfest 2015 Diaries
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival “Jazzfest” isn't just about jazz, it's only a name. Every genre of Americana music is here, from blues, R&B, ... -
International Songwriting Competition Finalists
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has announced its finalists for the 2014 competition. Selected from over 18,000 entries from 118 countries all around the globe, ... -
Album Review: Stephanie Spruill - It's a Jazz Day (8/10)
This multi-faceted force of nature brings to her first veritable jazz album a long, lush history as a touring and sessions singer and a powerful rep as a ... -
Album Review: Stephanie Spruill - It's a Jazz Day (8/10)
This multi-faceted force of nature brings to her first veritable jazz album a long, lush history as a touring and sessions singer and a powerful rep as a ... -
Album Review: The Dennis Dreith Band - Reunion (Score: 8/10)
Renowned as a motion picture composer, arranger and conductor, and an influential advocate for musicians’ rights, Dreith––true to the title of this high energy, bold and brassy jazz ensemble ... -
Album Review: Anna Wilson - Jazzbird/Songbird (Score: 8/10)
A few years after her lively duets concept album Countrypolitan, jazz vocalist and renowned country/jazz songwriter Anna Wilson takes the graceful, intimate route on Jazzbird/Songbird, ... -
NAAMA KATES At Room 5 Lounge
Room 5 Lounge Los Angeles, CA Web: http://naamakates.com The Players: Naama Kates, vocals, piano; Cyrus Melchor, MPC, guitar; Steuart Liebig, bass; Emiliano Almeida, drums. Material: ... -
Album Review: Ann Hampton Callaway - From Sassy To Divine
Despite decades of acclaim singing jazz, legendary songstress Sarah Vaughan (aka “Sassy”) has said she was not specifically that —which makes her the perfect icon for a similarly diverse ...
