jazz2love

  New Release:  A Celebration of Maurice Hines, Tappin’ Thru Life from the DIVA Jazz Orchestra Label: DIVA Jazz Release Date: May 15, 2025 Website: https://divajazz.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@divajazzorch YouTube: https://youtu.be/IYvmtKvMVHI Capturing the glitz, pomp, and merrymaking of Prohibition Era jazz and the Golden Age of jazz, the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, accompanied by a cadre of special guests, sizzle, shuffle, sway, swoon, and strut their way across their new release A Celebration of Maurice Hines, Tappin' Thru Life .  The recording is a tribute to the life and times of Maurice Hines, the award-winning singer, dancer, actor, choreographer, writer, director, and the older brother of iconic actor and dancer Gregory Hines.  Born in 1943, Maurice Hines passed away in 2023, leaving a legacy that holds the harbingers of vintage swing in reverence.  The recording revisits tunes featured in Maurice Hines's award winning show Tappin' Thru Life , a soundt...

Album:  Hats Off Artist:  Steve Lipman Label:  Self-Released Website:  www.stevelipmanmusic.com Jazz vocalist Steve Lipman returns from a 6-year hiatus to release his third offering Hats Off .  Possessing the suave stylizing of vocalist Michael Feinstein, Lipman's remake of well-known standards from the Great American Songbook interspersed with recent works showcase his vocalese as a magnetic crooner.   Lipman shares in a press release about his choice for the recording's repertoire, “It’s about all kinds of love: romantic love, love for family, love of country; love for all of what constitutes the intricate wonders of humanity." Going into the recording, his choices from the pages of the Golden Age of Jazz along with his selection of contemporary tunes are modulated to fit his alto register.  A register that handles the swing jazz gamut with sophistication, which plumes with refinement in his remake of "You Make Me Feel So Young."  His i...