Metropolitan Jazz Octet: It’s Too Hot for Words– Celebrating Billie Holiday (Delmark) Billie Holiday tributes can get pretty lachrymose, but Chicago’s ebullient Dee Alexander is not one to throw a pity party. Here, as is her wont, … Read More “Metropolitan Jazz Octet: It’s Too Hot for Words– Celebrating Billie Holiday (Delmark)” To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.
Dee Alexander: Songs My Mother Loves From Mark Murphy’s Rah! to Cécile McLorin Salvant’s WomanChild, there have been plenty of vocal albums over the decades that take your breath away on … Read More “Dee Alexander: Songs My Mother Loves” To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.