Bruce Crowther, Author at Jazz Journal

Hank Williams: Lovesick Blues – His 58 Finest, 1946-1952

Bruce Crowther — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 11:01:36 +0000

Williams was strictly a country singer, but his music featured swinging rhythms, solo breaks, improvised backgrounds and top-quality musicians

Bruce Crowther — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 10:21:17 +0000

Danish guitarists, percussionists, fiddler and harmonicist latch on to the passion of flamenco, a sound still exotic for northern climes

Bruce Crowther — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:24:20 +0000

Dutch singer, a former nurse, does standards in a set produced by Claire Martin and including Graham Harvey, Nat Steele and Nigel Price

Bruce Crowther — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:12:04 +0000

Brazilian pianist Adolfo and friends pay jazz tribute to Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal, two key but less often cited bossa nova pioneers

Bruce Crowther — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:43:58 +0000

Two-album set revives the West Coast vibist who wrote Herb Alpert's hit Spanish Flea before largely disappearing from jazz into the studios

Bruce Crowther — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 13:17:15 +0000

The British guitarist leads a trio with guest saxophonist Ben Wendel in a set combining baroque-style solo etudes with bop-derived episodes

Bruce Crowther — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:03:27 +0000

Songbook devotee Sloane was acclaimed at Newport in 1961 but then faced the onset of 60s pop, which she defied with typical tenacity

Bruce Crowther — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 10:54:34 +0000

University of Toledo jazz prof sings a set of her own songs, predominantly reflective in style but with Latin and hard-bop episodes

Bruce Crowther — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 13:22:25 +0000

Expressive NYC-based singer, a graduate of the city's New School, gets to the heart and soul of a set of originals

Bruce Crowther — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:42:41 +0000

Jazz has often featured in coming-of-age tales and less convincingly in crime fiction, its arcaneness chiming with the outsider narrative