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Shirley Eikhard: Stay Open

Read "Stay Open" reviewed by Jim Santella


Singer/songwriter Shirley Eikhard puts it all together on her own. Her accompaniment comes about through multi-tracking: she plays all the instruments. A string section, lovely guitar melodies, programmed percussion, a versatile bass line, and intricately woven keyboard thoughts blend together in Eikhard’s songs. Stay Open represents a departure from her straight-ahead formula, and a wider jazz boundary that includes folk, R&B and pop.

“How Low Can You Go” and “Aren’t We Clever” feature a sparkling guest sextet accompanying ...

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Shirley Eikhard: End Of The Day

Read "End Of The Day" reviewed by Jim Santella


Singer/songwriter Shirley Eikhard brings a special vibrancy to jazz. Her intimate vocal style is made for a small room filled with listeners who want to enjoy the pleasures. The title track for this, her 10th album, gives a clue. It's a smooth jazz session for that time of day when you just want to forget what's been happening. Yeah, there are more days like that than preferred. Eikhard fills the room with nine of her compositions. Mostly instrumentals, the songs ...

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Shirley Eikhard: Going Home

Read "Going Home" reviewed by Robert Spencer


Ah, la Shirley. Smoky-voiced, sensual, Shirley Eikhard has the full low tones of Sarah Vaughn and the bold spiritedness of Cleo Laine. Not only is her singing emotionally powerful, but, unusually enough, she wrote the songs that serve as its vehicle here. They range from intimate bossa nova ("Desperately") to up-tempo jazz ("Nothin' Like Love," “Crazy from the Heat") to smoky, bluesy torch ballad ("About Last Night") to time-twisting explorations ("Easy Sailin'" and the funky “A Little Fun").

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Just Call Me Alice

Verve Records
2009

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Stay Open

Shirley Eikhard Music
2003

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Going Home

Blue Note Records
1999

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Going Home

Verve Records
1998

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Let Me Down Easy

Verve Records
1976

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