"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 ...

That has certainly been the case with the Welsh jazz vocalist Ian Shaw. Now in his late 30s, Shaw has developed into one of the most exciting and original jazz singers of his generation. An ...

In 2019, Cole is king. Feted on record by John Pizzarelli, celebrated with a new seven CD set of his early work from Resonance Records, and praised and reappraised from numerous journalistic angles, ...