Susan Frances

Singer-songwriter-pianist Daniela Schachter conjures up a Bordeaux-flavored jazz on her third release Purple Butterfly with songs befitting for wine room ambiences and social gatherings. The … Read More “Daniela Schachter: Purple Butterfly”

It has taken cool jazz singer/pianist Bonnie Lowdermilk a little more than a decade to resurface after releasing her debut CD This Heart Of Mine … Read More “Bonnie Lowdermilk: Up To Now”

Vocalist Anne Walsh has an authentic style of singing that is neither purely jazz or purely pop but rather a fusion of the two. Joined … Read More “Anne Walsh: Pretty World”

Album review of Daniel Smith’s CD, Blue Bassoon

Baptiste Trotignon lives up to the expectations foisted on him as a French pianist. He exhibits control with a gentle touch as he toggles between … Read More “Baptiste Trotignon: Share“

There is a noir jazz complexion in the music of Jim Gailloreto’s Jazz String Quintet that reverberates of haunting sensations in the harmonies of the … Read More “Jim Gailloreto’s Jazz String Quintet: American Complex“

There is a consensus about bossa nova music being first introduced to a universal audience through the world premier of the 1959 film “Orpheu Negro,” … Read More “Robert Kyle: Bossalicious“

Pianist Ivan Farmakovsky has an abstract approach to making music that reminds me of Wassily Kadinsky’s method of painting. Farmakovsky sprinkles his compositions in geometrical … Read More “Ivan Farmakovsky: Next to the Shadow“

Jennifer Lee has a voice that makes it appear she is frolicking through fields of grassy meadows which go on forever as she enjoys the … Read More “Jennifer Lee: Quiet Joy“

Guitarist Royce Campbell has a liking for taking chord progressions from familiar standards and improvising new melodies with them. He thinks outside of the box … Read More “Royce Campbell Trio: Roses & Wine“

The four piece combo who call themselves The Reese Project create a musical dialogue that is lively and harmoniously wheedled as the roving flutters of … Read More “The Reese Project: Eastern Standard Time“

Album review of the David Leonhardt Trio’s CD, Bach To The Blues

Album review of Anna Estrada’s CD, Obsesion

Pianist Pamela Hines exhibits an intuitive nature when it comes to punctuating her notes and making distinctive accents that intensify the mood of her music. … Read More “Pamela Hines: This Heart of Mine“

Album review of Kelley Suttenfield’s CD, Where Is Love from Rhombus Records

Album review of Massimo Sammi’s CD, First Day

Album review of Ellynne Plotnick’s CD, Life Is Beautiful

Contemporary jazz trumpeter Chris Pasin shows that once you are enamored of bop, you never let it go. After receiving a dual bachelors degree at … Read More “Chris Pasin: Detour Ahead”