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Herbie Hancock (featuring Norah Jones): Court and Spark (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music December 04, 07

The ingredients here are provocative: Joni Mitchell's poetic composition, Norah Jones' remarkable voice, Wayne Shorte...

Norah Jones: Wish I Could (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Jones’ third CD, Not Too Late, debuted at the top of the charts in early 2007, and sold 400,000 copies during its fir...

Norah Jones: The Nearness of You (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Almost from the release of her debut CD, critics carped that Norah Jones was not a “real jazz singer.” Students of ...

Jim Campilongo (featuring Norah Jones): Stella (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

Jim Campilongo and his trusty Fender Telecaster can be found playing their unique brand of quirky country-jazz every ...

Norah Jones: Don't Know Why (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

This lovely ballad, composed by Jones’ guitarist, helped catapult the vocalist’s Blue Note debut to the stratosphere....

Katie Melua: Blues in the Night (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

Melua sold three million copies of Piece by Piece – over one million in the United Kingdom alone. Her biography is a...

The State of Jazz Vocals Today (Part One) posted in Features and Interviews February 13, 08

By Ted Gioia How do we assess the current state of jazz singing? Of course, you can’t judge a CD by its cove...

Jazz Vocals in the New Millennium: Selected Listening posted in Features and Interviews February 13, 08

NOTE: Here are links to track reviews of a representative sampling of jazz vocal performances released since the star...

A History of Cool Jazz in 100 Tracks (Part 2) posted in Features and Interviews May 16, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia We continue with our history of cool jazz in 100 tracks. Below we present the final fifty r...

Jazz Singing Today: A View from Europe (Part One) posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 24, 08

My recent two-part essay on "The State of Jazz Vocals Today" received more comments, pro and con, than any other arti...

Breaking Jazz News & Opinion: August 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages September 01, 09

Twenty-somethings on a jazz mission They want to build the jazz audience with money borrowed from mom. Re...

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...

Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 16, 08

Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay When you hear that sound, you know it’s time again for the jazz.com weekend track review round...

A Time to Celebrate . . . posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 30, 07

We are not just closing out the year . . . we are also concluding our first month on the web. Since launchi...

Jazz Dialogue: Gary Giddins in Conversation with Loren Schoenberg (Part Two) posted in Features and Interviews May 22, 08

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Mitchell, Joni (Roberta Joan Anderson) posted in Encyclopedia March 20, 09

Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is the rare pop star with a devoted following in the jazz world. Her uncommon vocal d...

Melody Gardot: The Rain (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 19, 09

It's been a few years since the Norah Jones Sweepstakes mentality hit the jazz scene—Enter now! Sing a torch song, a...

Breaking Jazz News & Opinion: September 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages October 05, 09

Tony Bennett's $10 million deal Who says there's no money in singing standards? "Why I love j...

The Best Jazz Web Links: January 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages February 01, 09

Hank Crawford dead at age 74 Crawford's passing comes just a week after the death of his former coll...

Frisell, Bill posted in Encyclopedia March 31, 08

Guitarist Bill Frisell has a borderless musical personality which sounds at home in virtually any context. His abilit...

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