Catherine Russell, the much-acclaimed veteran jazz vocalist, took to Birdland on September 3rd to celebrate the release of her new album with Colin Hancock and the Jazz Hounds, entitled Cat and the ...
Russell is a native New Yorker, born into musical royalty. The album features rare 1920s tunes, including some originally recorded by Catherine's father, the late Luis Russell, a legendary pianist, ...
When I was new to the music, all the standard histories of jazz were keen to dismiss what they derisively referred to as the “Vaudeville Blues” singers of the Jazz Age. I remember one line in ...