Rah! all the time. He had an extraordinary command for ballads, where his sensitive phrasing showed him at his best. His version of Kurt Weill / Ira Gershwin’s classic “My Ship” is one of the best I ...

There’s both a direct correlation and a distinct kind of a disconnect between the male singing voice and the saxophone family: For whatever reason, the male voice in the baritone register corresponds ...

Kurt Elling was one credit shy of graduating from the University of Chicago with a degree in divinity when he heard another calling. The estimated 400 attending Saturday night's Jazz Arts Group ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The number-one male jazz singer in the home of the Alamo will swing the Triad ...

West Coast singer Mark Winkler (Sweet Spot [Cafe Pacific Records, 2011]) heard David Basse and immediately signed him to his Cafe Pacific Records. Uptown is the first product of this partnership and, ...

"Giacomo Gates is a solid example of a performer who is doing something that no one else does. He evokes an age (that I would hope is not so terribly bygone) when musicians were entertainers and ...

While still a teenager, Curtis Stigers sat in with Gene Harris on Tuesday nights in his hometown of Boise, Idaho. His seamless vocal phrasing and soulful expression seem made for jazz singing. Stigers ...

This Sunday at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, singer Sandy Gardner will introduce the audience to all the men in her life. "My Men and the Music" is a tribute to "all the men who have influenced her ...

Two-time Grammy Award-winner Gregory Porter will be coming full circle when he performs next Friday, Aug. 18, at UC San Diego’s Epstein Family Amphitheater. The most gifted and versatile male jazz, ...