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Jazz Album Review: Stella Cole — A Human Voice in an Automated Age

October 28, 2026
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From TikTok to the concert stage, the singer’s unaffected way with the Great American Songbook suggests a hopeful turn in an AI-drenched culture.

Music Album Review: Amber Weekes Keeps Oscar Brown Jr.’s Stories Singing

October 24, 2026
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On “To Oscar With Love,” the jazz vocalist brings warmth, wit, and a fresh perspective to twelve songs by an underappreciated master storyteller.

Jazz Album Review: Shakespeare’s Sonnets — Jazzed and Sometimes Overwrought

October 18, 2026
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Singer Caroll Vanwelden’s “Shakespeare Revisited” brings a flexible voice and adventurous textures to the sonnets, but its melodies and production too often overwhelm the poetry.

Jazz Album Review: The Art of Vocalese — Janis Siegel’s Jazz History Lesson

October 3, 2026
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Janis Siegel’s first project since the Manhattan Transfer’s 2023 dissolution honors the lyric-driven jazz practice shaped by Eddie Jefferson and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.

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