Since her captivating debut in 2009, jazz vocalist Sylvia Brooks has displayed a gift for inhabiting different personas, with a subspecialty in film-noir inspired femmes fatale. On this – Signature (Rhombus Records) – her fourth album, she embraces the most challenging role of all, defining herself with a set of beautifully crafted original songs. Her evocative lyrics and emotionally direct delivery imbue the music with hard-won authenticity. Whether looking back with wry affection on her walk-on-the-wild-side youth or lamenting a lost love, Brooks brings bracing honesty and poise to the material.
How Signed Jazz Albums Preserve the Legacy of the Golden Era
Why Jazz Collectibles Still Matter In a world where music is increasingly more digital, disposable, and easily accessible than ever before, it can be something profoundly grounding to hold an actual album in your hands. Even more so when said album bears the...
