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Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet: Hustlin’ For A Gig
by C. Michael Bailey
The Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet performs in the same stylistic arena of the Manhattan Transfer and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. There. It has been said; and now we have that out of the way. The UVJQ has been active for the past two decades under the direction of Ginny Carr. They are based in the Washington DC area and have two recordings to their credit before Hustlin' For A Gig. Inhabiting the same orbit as the Manhattan ...
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by Dave Nathan
Make some room, Manhattan Transfer, New York Voices and Four Freshmen, for the innovative, completely ear catching multi voiced renderings of Washington, D. C.' s Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet. Although not signed with a major label, working out of the Capitol has allowed this group to share various venues with some of the more popular jazz artists of our time, including Nancy Wilson, Tony Bennett and Terence Blanchard. The group is made up of the well-meshed voices of Ginny Carr, ...
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