George Harris, Jazz Weekly Vocalist Sarah Thorpe mixes her originals with some clever covers with a team of Oliver Hutman/p, Darryl Hall/b, John Betsch/dr and a muscular horn section of TK Blue/woodwinds, Josiah Woodsen/tp and Ronal Baker/tp. Her deliveries range from a passionate and vulnerable duet with Hutman on Horace Silver’s “Lonely Woman” to big … Read More
By Mike Greenblatt, The Aquarian Weekly Deep Blue Love (Dot Time Records), by sultry French-British jazz singer-songwriter Sarah Thorpe, hits the sweet spot. She puts words to Pat Metheny’s “Free,” uses Jon Hendricks’ scat lyrics to Randy Weston’s “Pretty Strange,” completely revitalizes Horace Silver’s “Lonely Woman,” and has the courage to end it all on … Read More
Chris Spector, Midwest Record RICHIE GOODS & the Goods Project/My Left Hand Man: Mulgrew Miller was a valued jazzbo but not really a commodity to the masses, a state of affairs that dooms this tribute album to being made really indie or not at all. Helmed by Miller’s long time bass player, you’d think Goods … Read More
Adam Sieff, London Jazz News There’s something special about jazz music in Paris. Maybe it’s the the beautiful architecture, the atmosphere, the ‘joie de vivre’ – who knows? Jazz vocalist Sarah Thorpe lives and works there, it was where this album was recorded with musicians who also live there or have strong ties to the City of … Read More
