Search results for "Laurence Hobgood"

Laurence Hobgood: New Orleans (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 07, 09

With a cascading introduction reminiscent of tubular bells, Laurence Hobgood sets the stage for a poignant rendition ...

Laurence Hobgood: Que Sera Sera (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music June 21, 09

Originally written for the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock movie The Man Who Knew Too Much, "Que Sera Sera" became synonymous w...

Kurt Elling: Say It (Over & Over Again) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 02, 09

Originally produced as a concert for the Monterey Jazz Festival, Kurt Elling’s CD “Dedicated To You” celebrates John ...

Kurt Elling: Minuano (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

No vocalist is better skilled than Elling at shaping a song into a satisfying dramatic performance. Pat Metheny’s li...

Kurt Elling: My Foolish Heart (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

I don’t believe for one moment that Elling has a "foolish heart” – he sings this ballad with such total authority and...

Kurt Elling: Nature Boy (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

In an age where the category of jazz singer has become increasingly inclusive, Kurt Elling is able to walk the fine l...

Kurt Elling: A New Body and Soul (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 26, 07

Kurt Elling not only promises "a new Body and Soul" in his song title, but he actually delivers the goods. By n...

Pianist Laurence Hobgood with Kurt Elling at Smalls posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 13, 09

Laurence Hobgood is best known to jazz fans as accompanist and musical director for vocalist Kurt Elling, but disce...

Hobgood, Laurence (Bishop) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hobgood, Laurence (Bishop), piano; b. Salisbury, N.C., 23 December 1959. Although several years were spent in Ithaca,...

In Conversation with Kurt Elling posted in Features and Interviews July 07, 09

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The Best Tracks of the Month posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 30, 09

Five times every week, jazz.com features an outstanding recent track on its home page as the Song of the Day. ...

Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07

The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...

The State of Jazz Vocals Today (Part 2) posted in Features and Interviews February 18, 08

The type of emotional immediacy we encounter with Karrin Allyson or Diana Krall or Norah Jones is much harder to fi...

Jazz Singers: The Men posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 18, 08

Below are some extracts from “The State of Jazz of Vocals Today,” focusing on male jazz singers. The second part o...

Jazz Stars Come Out to Celebrate 30 Years of NPR's Piano Jazz posted in The Jazz.com Blog April 20, 09

Jazz.com’s arnold jay smith covers the OctoJAZZarian beat for us. His contributions here (as you may have figu...

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