Jackie Ryan – Listen Here
Now, with the flawless Listen Here, Ryan again surpasses herself. As always, her tone, phrasing and interpretive smarts are impeccable and her range sublime, but there is a fresh earthiness evident across these 14 tracks, an even richer naturalness.
Never one to underplay her dexterity, Ryan covers considerable musical ground, traveling from the brass-lined fervor of her opening “Comin’ Home Baby” and testifying strut of “Accentuate the Positive” to the warm breeziness of “Anytime, Any Day, Anywhere” and the hushed beauty of the Dave Frishberg title track. Along the way, she delivers an enchanted reading of Abbey Lincoln’s “Throw It Away,” revisits the Mexican half of her heritage with the heartrending “La Puerta,” and rivals the majesty of Nina Simone on a towering “I Loves You, Porgy.”
John Clayton who, in addition to playing bass (alongside son Gerald on piano and organ), served as producer and
The VOCAL SOUND OF JAZZ began airing on 89.5 FM (now WHRV-FM) on January 4th 1980. Originally a 30 minute program that aired on Friday evenings, the program expanded to it current 60 minute format and moved to Saturday evenings during the 90s. It was also aired over WUOM in Ann Arbor, Michigan for a five-year period in the late 1980s.
Produced and hosted by Jack Frieden since its premiere broadcast, the program has always attempted to spotlight both jazz vocal music’s post 1950s history, as well as the new singers and songs that will continue to play an increasingly prominent role in the music’s future. With the internet’s ability to attract and entertain jazz vocal fans globally, Jack looks forward to broadening the mission and reach of the “Vocal Sound of Jazz” in coming years.
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