By Jerome Wilson, All About Jazz Leslie Beukelman is a singer from Chicago with an endearingly small and youthful lilt to her voice that sets the tone for the gentle, heartfelt feel of her music. On this release she performs a mixture of standards and original songs that shows how well she can handle both … Read More
By Ron Schepper, Textura textura is excited to feature Leslie Beukelman, Dominic Ingham, and Douglas MacGregor in its twenty-eighth ‘Spotlight,’ with each artist represented by an excellent new album: Golden Daffodil(Beukelman). Read this interview here.
By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Leslie Beukelman sings with rich interpretive voice as well as playing a bit of trumpet with a team of Rob Clearfield/p-o-mel, Patrick Mulcahy/b and Jon Deitemyer on a collection of artsy originals and standards. Her own “Dear Alice” has her in a poetic mood with Clearfield’s piano, while “Wasting … Read More
By Ron Schepper, Textura Golden Daffodil is special for a number of reasons. It’s the first vocal-centred release from Matt Ulery’s Woolgathering Records, for one; more importantly, it flatters singer Leslie Beukelman immensely in presenting a thoroughly rewarding set of introspective originals and well-considered covers. As someone who’s contributed to Chicago’s thriving scene for more … Read More
By Dee Dee McNeil, Musicamemoirs’s Blog Here is a vocalist who uses the jazz premise to challenge herself with creative and unexpected arrangements. Leslie Beukelman holds her own, letting her vocals float like a restless seagull above the fray. Read the full review here.
By Hrayr Attarian, Chicago Jazz Magazine Twelve years after her auspicious debut, vocalist and songwriter Leslie Beukelman returns with the equally introspective and more mature Golden Daffodil. Fronting a rhythm trio of accomplished jazz musicians, Beukelman goes beyond genres on a delightful mix of originals and covers. The selection of songs highlights her talents to … Read More
By Jim Hynes, Making A Scene Golden Daffodil is the first vocal release for bassist/composer Matt Ulery’sWoolgathering Records. We covered Ulery’s most recent release as a leader, Delicate Charms, (a chamber jazz outing which in no way resembles this one) last October on these pages. This is Chicago-based vocalist Leslie Beukelman’ssecond full-length jazz release mixed … Read More
By Steve Provizer, The Arts Fuse Many vocal releases pass over my transom –most of them by female singers. If it’s not a historical re-release of tracks by one of the elite jazz singers, something has to make the disc stand out to snag my attention. While there’s nothing earth-shaking on singer Leslie Beukelman’s Golden … Read More
Leslie Beukelman’s Golden Daffodil is out April 21 on Woolgathering Records Woolgathering Records, the independent label and direct-to-artist web store under the direction of bassist/composer Matt Ulery expands its catalogue with its first vocal release: Golden Daffodil by Chicago-based vocalist Leslie Beukelman. To be released on digital and CD on April 21, Golden Daffodil features … Read More
