Features

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...

Helping Rare Birds Take Flight: Choosing Neglected Songs for a Setlist

Cole Porter wrote approximately 800 songs, according to Robert Kimball, who compiled their lyrics in a hefty tome....

Color Her Celebrated: A Conversation with Our 2025 ASCAP-Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Recipient, Sandy Stewart

Hesitation was never something that could hold singer Sandy Stewart back—not when it came to her career. The...
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Club Reviews

Ryan James Monroe

Ryan James Monroe is a big singer in many ways. He’s physically imposing—someone you wouldn’t mind accompanying you...

Spotlighting New Faces (for this author anyway) at This Season’s “Winter Rhythms”

Last year, I made it to almost every offering at the Winter Rhythms series at Urban Stages. This...

Nellie McKay

For her opening number at her recent show at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, Nellie McKay chose a hit...
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Album Reviews

“Cat & the Hounds—Colin Hancock’s Jazz Hounds” Featuring Catherine Russell

Grab your hat and your party shoes, pack a suitcase for a classic train ride, and get ready...

“You Fascinate Me So: Phillip Officer Salutes Mabel Mercer”

I never had the good fortune to hear Mabel Mercer sing live, so I’ve had to rely on...

Maria Corsaro – “Love Makes the Changes”

Vocalist Maria Corsaro’s dulcet new album, Love Makes the Changes, is a hybrid of sorts, in that it...
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