jazz2love

  Audiences  are acquainted with the the Great American Songbook, the Disney Songbook, the Reader's Digest Songbook, even the SongbookPro app that categorizes collections of songs to make them easily accessible to listeners.  Now, Toronto-based indie-soul artist, composer, vocalist, and producer Aaron Jensen has established the Countermeasure Songbook, a vast collection of songs he has written, co-written, and arranged for the 12-piece Canadian-based vocal group Countermeasure, of which he is also one of the vocalists. He asserts, "Countermeasure is first and foremost, a family. We've been making music together for sixteen years. We've seen each other through good times and bad. We've lived in the same house for five weeks at a time on tour. The music I write for the group is often inspired by experiences we've shared, or by major personal life events of group members." "In effect," he describes, "this means that we sing the soundtrack of ou...

Album:  Gemini Artist:  Adrianne Duncan Label:  Self-Released Websites:  https://www.adrianneduncan.com https://linktr.ee/adrianneduncanmusic Gemini , the new release from pianist, singer, composer, and arranger Adrianne Duncan, is an after hours elixir, consisting of four original tunes written by Duncan and closing with her reimagination of Sting's pop hit "Roxanne."  Duncan's background in classical music and jazz vocals shine through in her performance, integrating an innovative choreography among the musicians.  The tracks are beautifully nuanced in Duncan's glistening keys and Nick Mancini's reverberating chimes as the silky inflections of her vocals give the melodies a prismatic flare, held together by drummer Jimmy Branly and bassist Dan Lutz. Duncan crafts a sweet balance between scripted verses and improvised excursions in "He's Not Quite You," featuring the entwining twinkles of Mancini's vibraphone.  The melody develops incrementa...