jazz2love

    Album:  Tis Autumn Artist:  Naama Label:  La Reserve Records Website:  https://www.naamasings.com Dreamy and ambient, vocalist Naama possesses a spellbinding vocalese reminiscent of vintage Connie Francis, demonstrating a smooth vocal stride reflective of classic jazz artists like Lainie Kazan and Peggy Lee.  Her timbres shine like a flawless diamond with a clarity and luster on par with the iconic Petula Clark.  Her 2025 release Tis Autumn showcases her charismatic style and sultry feline purr. Track after track is sheath in a romantic glaze as her accompaniment plays in time to her rhythmic stride.  Sleek and shimmery, her voice glides harmoniously along "Autumn Nocturne" and pulsates with a beguiling sensuality across "Autumn Serenade."   Endowed with the alluring sonorous of a siren, Naama's style recalls of Hollywood's Golden Age, evidenced in her bopping rendition of "Sweet Pumpkin."  Her lyricism pervades a Carlisle...

Album:  The Rings of Saturn Artist:  Joanne Tatham Label:  Cafe Pacific Records Website:  https://www.joannetatham.com Vocalist Joanne Tatham celebrates the gorgeous sounds of cabaret blues on her CD The Rings of Saturn.  As one Washington Post reviewer praises her shimmering vibrato, her voice is touted for being "reminiscent of the pop balladeers of the late '50s and early '60s," liken to such crooners as Shirley Bassey and Dinah Washington. Some may feel her time has passed with the mid-20th century while others embrace Tatham's steadfast affection for everlasting music. A compilation of jazz standards, pop favorites, and original numbers, Tatham embraces the jazz cabaret syllabus of the mid-20th century on her recording, opening with Nina Simone's perennial tune "Love Me or Leave Me."  Rather than delivering the song in a Nina Simone-esque voicing, Tatham inscribes the melody with her own individual imprint and nuances, making the song sound...