By Matt Micucci, JAZZIZ Remember record stores? Remember the thrill of turning your friends on to new music by swapping vinyl and CDs? Yeah, we do too. That’s why we’re rebooting that tradition for the digital age with our “Crate Digging” video series, in which we’ll search through crates of our memories to bring you … Read More
By Joe Ross, Roots Music Report Everybody Knows is a jazz-flavored soul album that also makes a beautiful thematic statement that the world needs more hope, compassion and care. Brianna Thomas’ powerful style of vocalizing is characterized by confident, articulate and intricate jazz phrasing. Read more here.
by Brian Morton, Downbeat “In an interview from several years ago significantly titled “Going Beyond Categorization,” Brianna Thomas talks about her sense of song already being present and simply happening upon it. That might also apply to her own songcraft, in which she already has escaped genre categorization.” Read the full review here.
By Jim Hynes, Making A Scene Jim Hynes Top Jazz Releases on 2020. Read more here.
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here Here we have yet another skilled woman singer with a stellar band, giving us nine standard jazz and contemporary songs and two from Thomas herself. Read more here.
By Marilyn Lesster, Theater Pizzazz Jazz singer-composer, Brianna Thomas, is the daughter of CJ Thomas, a vocalist, drummer and leader of “Dave & The Dynamics.” She has not only been immersed in music and performing since the age of six, but has been praised and mentored by the likes of Wynton Marsalis and Rock and … Read More
By Keanna Faircloth, WBGO “The mood of Brianna Thomas’ sophomore effort, Everybody Knows, embodies the experience of living in a climate wrought with polarizing emotions. Self-released and produced by the Grammy award-winning Brian Bacchus, with liner notes from Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Miller, the album certainly finds Thomas in great company.” Read the … Read More
By Matt Micucci, JazzIz Brianna Thomas’ captivating vocal talents are on full display on her sophomore album, Everybody Knows, on which she presents a program of original compositions and reimagined classics. Read the full article here.
By Matt Micucci, JazzIz “Brianna Thomas’ captivating vocal talents are on full display on her sophomore album, Everybody Knows, on which she presents a program of original compositions and reimagined classics.” Read article here.
By WBGO The world ground to a halt, but the music kept coming. Read this article here.
