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Notable and Nearly Missed 2015

Read "Notable and Nearly Missed 2015" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


John Petrucelli Quintet--The Way (Self Produced, 2014). New Jersey-native saxophonist John Petrucelli is an ambitious young man releasing his debut recording, The Way, as a two-CD set. The eleven selections presented are divided roughly in half, original compositions to standards. Petrucelli's quintet contains both a guitar and piano as harmony instruments, providing a fully-realized foundation for this performance. Thelonious Monk's “Gallop's Gallop" is a circuitous case in point. The complexity of the piece is muted by the mastery with which ...

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Album Review

Deborah Latz: Fig Tree

Read "Fig Tree" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


West Coast/East Coast vocalist Deborah Latz has release two well- received CDs to date: 2004's Toward Love and 2008's Lifeline (both on June Moon Productions). Coming from a stage background, Latz has no problem instilling drama into her interpretations and does so without sounding like she is trying too hard, a pitfall of many of her contemporaries. Latz has a probing and brilliant alto voice that can achieve several ends at the same time. She can readily conquer the sharp ...

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Deborah Latz: Lifeline

Read "Lifeline" reviewed by Suzanne Lorge


Deborah Latz is a bold singer with a strong sense of her own musical identity. So sure-footed is she that it's hard to imagine her needing a lifeline--she's more the type to throw one to the sinking. Lifeline does just that--the 14 tunes pull the listener into Latz's fast-moving ship as it skims across her repertoire of standards to safety on the opposite shore. Latz kicked off the CD at New York's The Kitano on October 1, 2008, and for ...

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Deborah Latz: Toward Love

Read "Toward Love" reviewed by Andrew Rowan


A sure-footed singer possessing a mature sound and an attractive, lived-in voice, Deborah Latz uses Toward Love as an opportunity to explore a traditional set of popular standards with satisfying results. A swinging “It Had to Be You sets the pace with the band providing great ballast for her vocal. What a treat it is to hear drummer Jimmy Wormworth motor the proceedings on brushes. The ability to imbue a song with honest emotion informs Latz's forthright reading ...

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Deborah Latz: Toward Love

Read "Toward Love" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


They say that love makes the world go around. I don't know about that, but it's made for some great songs, tunes that vocalist Deborah Latz goes after with gusto on her debut disc, Toward Love.On the classic “Loverman," where Billie Holiday sounded fragile and deeply hurt—where Carmen McRae gave us a wounded, world weary mood—Latz evokes a hopeful innocence, as though she believes it will happen, that loverman will show up. The vocalist demonstrates some downtempo sass ...

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Event

Jazz Vocalist Deborah Latz is Performing Live at Soule International Restaurant!

Jazz Vocalist Deborah Latz is Performing Live at Soule International Restaurant!

Source: All About Jazz

Soule International Restaurant, located at 920 Fulton Street between Washington and St. James in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, will feature Deborah Latz on Saturday, June 27th from 8 - 11pm. Deborah Latz is a jazz vocalist, writer, actor, and private vocal instructor. She is certified in Somatic Voicework and has coached students in theater and choreography at Brown University and at Public School 153, as well as corporate executives. A recipient of the Best Actress Award at the ...

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Award / Grant

Blues Foundation Nominates Singer-Songwriter Jean Shy for "Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year"

Blues Foundation Nominates Singer-Songwriter Jean Shy for "Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year"

Source: All About Jazz

MEMPHIS, TN - The Blues Foundation nominates King Edward Records Artist JEAN SHY for the 2009 Blues Music Awards in the category of “Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year,” with her new CD “The Blues Got Soul.” The Blues Music Awards are recognized as the highest honor given to Blues Artists. This is Jean Shy’s first nomination.

Born in the Blues capitol of the world “Chicago", her vocal Background had its beginning in Gospel Music. Jean is definitely a ...

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Performance / Tour

Deborah Latz Upcoming Gigs for February, March, and April 2006

Deborah Latz Upcoming Gigs for February, March, and April 2006

Source: All About Jazz

January 31, 2006 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Dear Friends & Family, Great gigs are coming up over the next few months! On Saturday, February 4 and March 18 I'll be playing two sets starting at 9pm at Night and Day - they have recently completed their back room and it looks absolutely gorgeous, replete with a beautiful mural. Not to mention, the New Orleans cuisine is delicious. And then on Monday, April 24 from 7pm to 9pm I'm ...

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Deborah Latz at Sweet Rhythm Tuesday, December 13, 8pm & 10pm

Deborah Latz at Sweet Rhythm Tuesday, December 13, 8pm & 10pm

Source: All About Jazz

November 23, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Sweet Rhythm http://www.sweetrhythmny.com 88 Seventh Avenue South (btn. Grove and Bleecker) NYC 212 255 3626 Tuesday, December 13, 8pm & 10pm $15 door/$10 minimum with Rick Germanson, piano Bob Bowen, bass Elizabeth Keledjian, drums “Deborah [Latz] has one of the BEST new voices I've heard in a LONG time. Her phrasing and unique style is simply...elegant and versatile and spunky!" - Jan Jenson, Jazz Now “...a ...

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Deborah Latz Fri. Sept. 23 at the Triad 9pm

Deborah Latz Fri. Sept. 23 at the Triad 9pm

Source: All About Jazz

September 22, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Just a reminder that tomorrow night, Friday, September 23 I'm singing at The Triad! Come and celebrate John Coltrane's birthday with us - we'll be playing a couple of his originals and one of his favorites. With me on the stand will be Timo Elliston on piano, Bob Bowen on bass and Elizabeth Keledjian on drums. The Deborah Latz Quartet offers up straight-ahead jazz vocals with ...

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Deborah Latz' Upcoming Gigs

Deborah Latz' Upcoming Gigs

Source: All About Jazz

August 10, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] The Deborah Latz Quartet offers up straight-ahead jazz vocals with a dash of Monk, a cool sip of bossa, and an inkling of film noir. In Toward Love, her 2004 debut jazz CD on June Moon Productions, Deborah Latz weaves ten standards into an odyssey of love. With a voice, which by turns is sexy, sultry and playful, Deborah Latz leads us to places, both distant ...

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Fig Tree

June Moon Productions
2013

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Lifeline

June Moon Productions
2009

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Lifeline

June Moon Productions
2008

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Toward Love

June Moon Productions
2005

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Toward Love

Unknown label
2004

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Sur l’instant

June Moon Productions
0

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Love Theme From Spartacus

From: Sur l’instant
By Deborah Latz

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