© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-rcorn Recent reviews written by member rcorn en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_148271894148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - Karrin Allyson is an established jazz singer who falls somewhere between Cassandra Wilson and Diana Krall and the huge number of rising "stars" in terms of critical and popular admiration. Yet, this album from 2001 is one of the best of this decade and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~148271894148 Mon, 19 Jul 2004 03:24:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_148271894148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_146968907396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - 5 months ago, when this came out, I listened to it twice, and gave it a 4-star rating on Amazon.com. As I recall, I said something like this: "I am one of the biggest Tierney Sutton fans in the universe, and it pains me to give one of my heroes 'only'... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~146968907396 Fri, 9 Jul 2004 01:11:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_146968907396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_146195058308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - The idea for this album is unusual. Bill Evans, possibly the most lyrical jazz pianist ever, had never been an accompanist to an American jazz singer, prior to this album date of 1975. And a pianist playing with just a singer doesn't sound like a jazz... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~146195058308 Sat, 3 Jul 2004 14:40:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_146195058308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_145910238852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - Kurt Elling is generally thought of as the best young male jazz singer (defined as under 40) in the business. I'm not sure that that is such a good thing. Among the old lions, he's probably closest to Mark Murphy; but I prefer listening to the timbre... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~145910238852 Thu, 1 Jul 2004 02:09:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_145910238852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_145499328132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - Was Mel Torme the best male jazz singer ever? Many think so. Frank Sinatra once said of him: "If I am the 'Chairman of the Board', then Mel Torme owns the whole damned company." Bing Crosby uttered similar words when describing Torme. But Torme... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~145499328132 Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:30:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_145499328132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_145132129924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - Stacey Kent is Great Britain's answer to Diana Krall. Both are jazz megastars on the respective sides of the ocean. Compared to other top-notch jazz singers, does either one currently deserve the hullabaloo each is getting? Probably not; but this is a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~145132129924 Fri, 25 Jun 2004 01:24:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_145132129924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_144715779716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - I purchased this in early 1992, when it first came out, and was essentially neutral about it. Then in 2004, "Down Beat" Magazine interviewed 73 of the top jazz singers in the world, and that expert consensus listed this as the 3rd best vocal jazz album... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~144715779716 Tue, 22 Jun 2004 01:56:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_144715779716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_144397930116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - Tierney Sutton is, in my opinion, the most gifted, technically proficient female jazz singer working today. Nobody sings with more consistently perfect intonation, diction and phrasing than she does. And as for this album, her tribute to Bill Evans,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~144397930116 Sat, 19 Jun 2004 02:14:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_144397930116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143912898180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - Normally, when a vocal jazz album hits me at a "4 and 1/2" level, I bump it up a star to 5. Vocal jazz artists are so underappreciated and unrecogniaed; give them all the due they can get, and then some, I say. This year, though, I've had 3 vocal... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143912898180 Fri, 18 Jun 2004 03:02:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143912898180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143725596292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - There are 3 great vocal jazz ensembles in the country today: Manhattan Transfer; New York Voices; and Laurie Wheeler and Nash DeVille. All 3 would be the first to say that they wouldn't be where they are, but for Jon Hendricks and Lambert, Hendricks &... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143725596292 Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:51:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143725596292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143603568260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - What is a great jazz singer? It's somebody who can invent new melodies, invent new lyrics, seemingly all on the fly, and sound like an instrument in the process. Mark Murphy, Ella Fitzgerald, Jon Hendricks, Betty Carter--all are great jazz singers... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143603568260 Tue, 15 Jun 2004 02:09:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143603568260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143584431748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - I write this with the benefit of 14 or so years of perspective. When this first came out, Take 6's second album, I was thoroughly blown away. One listen to "I L-O-V-E U", and you'll understand why. Here we have 6 incredibly gorgeous-voiced men,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143584431748 Mon, 14 Jun 2004 23:04:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143584431748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143417052804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - Who is the best non-classical musician in the nation under the age of 25? Britney Spears? Justin Timberlake? Avril Lavigne? Mandy Moore? The latest "wannabe" from "American Idol"? As they say in New York, "fuhgiddaboudit." It's Peter Cincotti... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143417052804 Sun, 13 Jun 2004 01:22:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143417052804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143395819140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - Do you remember/have you seen the movie "Buena Vista Social Club"? You know, the wonderful documentary by Wim Wenders, where Ry Cooder goes to Cuba and discovers all these wonderful Cuban street musicians who are 70-80 years old (Ibrahim Ferrer being... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143395819140 Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:11:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143395819140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143259700868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - There are three great vocal jazz ensembles in the country: Manhattan Transfer; New York Voices; and (the more obscure) Laurie Wheeler and Nash D'Ville. Manhattan Transfer is best known, and had a tremendous album in 1985 with "Vocalese". But this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143259700868 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:59:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143259700868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143232831108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - On two nights in June of 2003, while recording live at the Broadway Club in North Beach, San Francisco, jazz singer Kitty Margolis channeled Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme, Betty Carter and Mark Murphy, and created one of the finest albums... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143232831108 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:57:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143232831108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143146520196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - In June, 2004 "Down Beat" magazine's Frank-John Hadley polled 73 of the top jazz singers in the world, for a list of the top 30 vocal jazz albums of all time. This was #2. (#1, BTW, was Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley) That's subjective, to be sure;... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143146520196 Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:50:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143146520196?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143128563332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - Over the past 10 years, the consensus among jazz critics has been that the two best female jazz vocalists in the business are Diana Krall and Cassandra Wilson. In June 2004, Frank-John Hadley interviewed 73 of the top jazz singers in the world for "Down... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143128563332 Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:48:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143128563332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143056473732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - I bought this album a year ago from "Daedulus" for $5.98. Best $5.98 I've ever spent; this one is worth the full price. In exploring the catalogue of Kendra Shank, though, I was dismayed to learn that this is the last album she has done. She still... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143056473732 Wed, 9 Jun 2004 11:09:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143056473732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143012040324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - I remember that in about 1958 or so, "Down Beat" magazine rated Annie Ross as the best woman jazz singer--and she was an ensemble singer. 44 years later, another ensemble singer, Janis Siegel (the alto voice of "The Manhattan Transfer"), released this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143012040324 Wed, 9 Jun 2004 00:03:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143012040324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_142937001604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - A danger in doing an album of standards which have been done a bazillion times before is that they'd better be sensational, in order to be memorable. But then along comes this album. This is an album, of standards done a bazillion times before (leaning... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~142937001604 Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:23:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_142937001604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_142821854852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - Tierney Sutton is finally wending her way into national consciousness with "Dancing in the Dark", her Sinatra tribute album from 2004. However, this 2002 release is her best; more than that, it is the best vocal jazz album, IMO, since Cassandra Wilson's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~142821854852 Mon, 7 Jun 2004 10:30:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_142821854852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_142806847108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rcorn - This in my opinion was the best vocal jazz c.d. of 2003. Jackie Ryan is a multilingual singer with an incredible range and a beautiful, rich voice. Whether she's whispering ("Estate", or Jon Hendricks' "In Summer"), belting ("Jump for Joy", in a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~142806847108 Mon, 7 Jun 2004 09:56:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_142806847108?linkin_id=8003929