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Whoever said that Los Angeles, California is not a hot bed for Jazz, and that the American west coast was the last place to host true-to-genre Jazz performers? While the idea of the American Jazz mecca seems to always default to New York City, we have to remember that...

On her fifth release, Sylvia Brooks Live With Christian Jacob, Sylvia Brooks kicks open the door and issues a robust reading of her recital book. Drawing from her four previous recordings: Dangerous Liaisons (CD Baby, 2009), Restless (CD Baby, 2012), The Arrangement...

Pristine and powerful jazz vocals light up timeless sentiments throughout this musically sublime live album from Sylvia Brooks and Christian Jacob. Celebrating an extensive career by revisiting some favourite songs from her performance repertoire, Sylvia Brooks...

This live jazz album from Sylvia Brooks was made with help from pianist Christian Jacob, who is also her musical director. It’s an album of mostly familiar vocal standards and features Brooks strong singing voice. While Brooks shines on these many times well known...

We continue our sweet day of discoveries with the most magical musical moment unveiled by Sylvia Brooks and her album “Signature”, an opus to discover as soon as possible. It will accompany our whole week, in the sweetest and most beautiful ways. In 9 astonishing...

This heartfelt, and wholly organic new album opens on Melody Gardot’s sultry blues within Your Heart Is as Black as Night and the gentle finger-snapper, swingtown wit of Catch 22, and then they are followed by the searingly upbeat and joyous melodies within the...

Sylvia Brooks is a fast-rising Jazz vocalist, her latest work is delivered in the form of a nine-track album entitled “SIGNATURE.” Sylvia brings her audiences a mesmerising combination of smooth articulate vocals backed by organic and soulful instrumentation. Opener...

According to the details I’ve been readin’ on the ol’ internet from my Google machine over here – it sounds like solo artist Sylvia Brooks has challenged herself to add a bit more into this particular record, her fourth since she first started releasing music...

Sylvia Brooks is perhaps one of the greatest songwriters we’ve ever come across, with “Red Velvet Rope” she amazed us by her vocal performance and the unique writing style. While it’s accurate to say we will follow Sylvia for the next few months, it’s because to this...

Sylvia Brooks was born in Miami to a jazz pianist (Don Ippolito) and an opera singer (Johanna Dordick). She began her career working in the theatre in New York, moved to Los Angeles, and since 2009 has been singing jazz-oriented music. Signature is her fourth...

On continue notre réveil en douceur avec un moment musical des plus magiques dévoilé par Sylvia Brooks et son album « Signature » à découvrir au plus vite. L’opus va accompagner toute notre semaine, de la plus douce et belle des manières. C’est sur 9 titres aussi...

Jazz can be a much-misunderstood genre, thought by many to be the realm of complex time signatures and almost rules-free improvisation, an elitist and virtuosic musical realm. Then again, doesn’t every genre have such sub-sections within their spectrum? Jazz, like...