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

Nic & Desi – “Dance Another Day”

The European tradition of cabaret—bohemian and sophisticated (and frequently cerebral, political, satirical, and angsty)—continues to be a major...

Maureen Kelley Stewart— “This Is Always”

If likability were quantifiable, say on a scale of one to 10, singer Maureen Kelley Stewart would probably...

Kim David Smith’s “Comme Une Folle: torch songs for tough times because gay”

With his new show, at Joe's Pub, Comme Une Folle: torch songs for tough times because gay, singer...
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Album Reviews

Juliet Ewing’s “Simply ‘S Wonderful—The Magic Of Gershwin”

Regardless of the prevailing musical tastes, singers in each generation discover the remarkable, varied, romantic and passionate musical...

Hannah Gill’s “Spooky Jazz Vol. 3”

I am aware that the traditional phrase is “moved to tears” but when listening to Hannah Gill’s new...

Familiar Jazz in Unfamiliar Fashions: “Elemental” New Collaborative Album from Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap

A fun new album featuring vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and pianist Bill Charlap, Elemental is for serious jazz...
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