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The Passion: One Good Reason

Read "One Good Reason" reviewed by Dave Major


In a world where every singer struggles with the ghost of Frank Sinatra or Ella Fitzgerald, it is a rare and refreshing treat to hear a vocalist who can genuinely be said to have their own voice. Considering that this album features three such singers, One Good Reason is a truly special recording. The line-up comprises three of the finest vocal talents in Britain: Sara Colman, finalist in the BBC Radio 2 “Sold on Song" competition; and Liane Carroll, with ...

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Lincoln Center: Adrian Utley (Portishead) & Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) US Premier "The Passion of Joan of Arc" October 29

Lincoln Center: Adrian Utley (Portishead) & Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) US Premier "The Passion of Joan of Arc" October 29

Source: Chris M. Slawecki

Lincoln Center's White Light Festival will present a screening of Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 cinematic masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc, accompanied by the live performance and US premiere of a musical score created by renowned musicians Adrian Utley and Will Gregory of the groups Portishead and Goldfrapp, respectively, on Saturday, October 29 at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall. The new score for The Passion of Joan of Arc, led by British conductor Charles Hazlewood, is Utley's and Gregory's ...

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Jazz and the Passion Crisis

Jazz and the Passion Crisis

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

Next week marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock--the festival that all but doomed whatever hope jazz had of reviving its popularity with the young masses. So what better time for many jazz writers to insist that jazz today is wildly popular with kids--and to beat up on one of our own for saying that's not the case.

Last Saturday, jazz writer, author and drama critic Terry Teachout wrote a column in the Wall Street Journal entitled: Can Jazz Be Saved? ...

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Recording

UK Jazz Fans Rush to Pre-Order the Passion Debut Album Before Stocks Run Out

UK Jazz Fans Rush to Pre-Order the Passion Debut Album Before Stocks Run Out

Source: All About Jazz

The limited release of the debut album by UK supergroup The Passion has got British jazz fans racing to Amazon to pre-order there copy before they all sell out. The group that comprises Jacqui Dankworth, Liane Carroll and Sara Colman have been together for almost ten years, but announced that with the debut album “One Good Reason" finally getting an official release that the band were breaking up to follow their own solo careers. The album, originally recorded in 2002 ...

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The Passion, the UK's Leading Jazz Vocal Supergroup Release Debut Album After Ten Years!

The Passion, the UK's Leading Jazz Vocal Supergroup Release Debut Album After Ten Years!

Source: All About Jazz

Although recorded in 2002 and achieving a cult following among vocal fans, “One Good Reason", the debut album by jazz supergroup The Passion receives its official commercial release on July 21st 2008 on Q Note Records (Distributed by Universal Music). The album, which features the vocal talent of three of Britain's finest singers, Jacqui Dankworth, Liane Carroll and Sara Colman - with Liane also playing piano - has only ever been available at concerts and has become a classic British ...

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