Features

Creating a First-Rate Song List: The Importance of Your Musical Menu

Fashioning a suitable song list is an essential task for a vocalist who’s presenting an afternoon or evening…

The 41st Bistro Awards: Captured Moments

Consider this photo gallery a work-in-progress: photos will continue to be added. We just couldn’t wait to post…

Bill and Dee Dee’s Extemporaneous Adventures: How Two Jazz Pros Formed an Unlikely Team

Elemental, an album of jazz standards featuring the combined talents of jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and jazz…
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Club Reviews

D’Jamin Bartlett—”Night Club: A True Story”

In the late winter of 1973, I found myself sitting in the Shubert Theatre to see a brand-new…

Aaron Valentine — “Who Are You Again? Learning to Sing Through Life”

Hearing Aaron Valentine’s rich, piercing vocals on a medley of A Chorus Line’s “Music and the Mirror” (Marvin…

Christopher Caswell — “Ordinary Miracles”

For his new show at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, Ordinary Miracles, singer Christopher Caswell chose a form of…
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Album Reviews

Album Review: Kathy Ingraham’s “Jazz Dreams”

For a project inspired by a 1944 Oscar-winning short film called Heavenly Music, Kathy Ingraham’s new recording, Jazz…

Album Review: Lisa Yaeger’s “Jersey Girl”

Based on her eponymous cabaret show, vocalist Lisa Yaeger’s exciting new album, Jersey Girl, celebrates songs written, performed,…

Album Reviews: Sondheim’s Melodies Linger On

Stephen Sondheim passed away on November 26, 2021 but the immortality of his songs has never been in…
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