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 every other genre, is first and foremost entertainment, and as such is accessible, infectious and seductive, and that is certainly a perfect by-line for the type of jazz that Sylvia Brooks delivers.
Female Jazz Vocalists You Need to Be Listening to Right Now
Jazz has always had an individual and moody storytelling quality. Instrumentalists have been instrumental (pun intended) in crafting its history, but vocalists are the ones who often close that gap between music and listener. Via the choices they make in phrasing,...
