Listed on Chris Philips’ ‘The Blueprint C’ – Geoffrey Keezer’s Playdate and Harish Raghavan’s In Tense – Page 12 Listed on Zela Margossian’s Guest Chart – Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould’s In Her Words – Page 12 Listed on J-to-Z – Kevin Eubanks and Orrin Evans’ EEE (Eubanks-Evans-Experience) – Page 12 Feature of Jonathan Barber … Read More
The 70th Annual Downbeat Critics Poll is out now, highlighting several albums and artists repped from May 2021-April 2022 at Lydia Liebman Promotions. See the full list below! Rising Star Large Ensemble 1. Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band Rising Star Soprano Sax 1. Roxy Coss Jazz Artist of the Year 17. Dave Liebman Jazz Album … Read More
New York City Jazz Record, January 2022 Best of 2021 selections: BEST TRIBUTES OF THE YEAR / BEST CONCERTS OF THE YEAR Dave Liebman Expansions: Selflessness (Dot Time) BEST REISSUES OF THE YEAR Louis Armstrong: The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966 (Mosaic) BEST DEBUTS OF THE YEAR Samara Joy: Samara … Read More
16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios, Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound) New Releases – Philip Booth (JazzTimes, Jazziz, Relix) New Releases – Andrew Gilbert (San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Classical Voice, Bay Area News Group) New Releases – Mark Holston (Jazziz, Latino) New Releases – Yoshi Kato (San Francisco … Read More
by Gary Fukushima, Downbeat “In Her Words is a conversation, alternating anecdotes from their lives like two friends over lunch. Here, the shared plate is an unconventional string quartet of violin, cello, bass and guitar, with Yeghiazaryan and Gould feeding off the band’s energetic sensitivity in their own ways.” Read the full review here.
By Rob Lester, Talkin’ Broadway Life and love—but mostly love, or the lack thereof, or some lust—from a woman’s point of view are what’s examined in the selections on In Her Words. It presents a dozen perspectives performed by skillful singers Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould. Oops—the word “and” gives the wrong idea; make that … Read More
By Matt Micucci, Jazziz New York-based vocalists/songwriters Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould released their debut collaborative LP on September 24. Read more here.
By Editor, NQ Jazz Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the debut collaborative album from vocalists and songwriters Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould. A collection of originals and ‘carefully curated standards’, the twelve-song album ‘offers a glimpse into the private lives of women told from their unique perspectives’. Read more here.
by Marc Myers, Jazzwax One of the most compelling and ambitious jazz vocal albums of the year is In Her Words, a new recording by vocalists Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould. Like a number of recent jazz albums by female vocalists reviewed here, this one joyfully steers clear of the American songbook—a dusty and lazy resource for … Read More
by Matt Micucci, Jazziz If you’re looking for some great new music to discover this weekend, look no further than our weekly New Release Cheat Sheet. Read more here.
