The Newport Jazz Festival just announced that tickets will go on sale and the lineup will drop for the 2024 festival (August 2-4) on April 9th at 1PM Eastern, which has this East Coast mama reminiscing of all my favorite moments from last year! After having finally experienced the longest-running jazz festival in the country last year, it quickly made its way to the top of my ever-expanding list of favorite summer fests.
Few musical artists possess the soul required to illuminate the entire history of a genre with their harmonies. Samara Joy, the 23-year-old jazz vocalist carrying nearly a century’s worth of …
Janis Siegel
Just A Little Lovin
Go Away Little Boy
The Late Late Show
(I m Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over
Where Are You?
I Wish You Love
The Big Hurt
Vocalist Janis Siegel is a member of the world-famous Manhattan Transfer, but she has also released several satisfying records as a solo artist. This CD features Siegel paying tribute to the New York hit-making institution.
more » of the 50s and 60s known as the Brill Building, and to female singers. A topflight band accompanies Siegel, including pianist Cedar Walton, tenor saxophonist-flutist David Fathead Newman, and trumpeter Tom Harrell. The singer and her soulfully syncopated crew work their magic by recasting tunes such as the Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil gem, Just a Little Lovin , and Toni Fisher s The Big Hurt. Siegel s sophisticated and sensitive vocals also give justice to Dakota Staton s The Late, Late Show, Etta Jones s Don t Go to Strangers, and Nancy Wilson s (I m Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over.