Vanessa Rubin’s The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron Nominated for 51st NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album On Thursday, January 9th, it was announced that iconic jazz singer Vanessa Rubin’s album The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron is nominated for the 51st NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz … Read More
By C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz Vanessa Rubin The Dream is You: Vanessa Rubin sings Tadd Dameron Finally, a fitting tribute to the music of Tadd Dameron, with Vanessa Rubin‘s vocal adaptation of Dameron’s work as an added plus. The Cleveland native has distinguished herself as an impressive song stylist with a Midas touch … Read More
By Steve Keogh, London Jazz News Cleveland-born singer VANESSA RUBIN has been a fixture in New York since the 1980s. She made several albums for RCA/Novus in the 1990s, has a new album of songs by Tadd Dameron, but this is quite probably her debut in the UK. Ahead of concerts in London (21-23 November … Read More
by Charles Waring, Soul and Jazz and Funk “Life happens while you’re a jazz singer,” laughs Vanessa Rubin, explaining her long absence from the world of recording. For those mystified by her sudden disappearance back at the dawn of the 2000s, she says “I never stopped singing,” adding, “but you can’t be on stage all the time. I’m happy to … Read More
This year, Lydia Liebman Promotions is thrilled to represent three dynamic artists performing at this year’s EFG London Jazz Fest: Ralph Peterson – The Messenger Legacy When: Sat. November 23rd 2019, 8pm Where: Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, Belgravia, London SW1X 9DQ Drummer Ralph Peterson Jr. assembles an all-star group to pay tribute to The Jazz Messengers, the prolific … Read More
by Takehiko Tokiwa, Jazz Life
Jersey Jazz When Tadd Dameron’s name is mentioned to jazz fans, most would think of him as a jazz composer and arranger, with some perhaps mentioning his piano playing. Some of his tunes like “If You Could See Me Now” and “Good Bait” have become widely played jazz classics. He did, however write tunes for which he … Read More
by Bruce Crowther, Jazz Journal The subtitle of the record is Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron. A highly significant presence in jazz, if perhaps more for his composing, teaching and influence than for his performances, Dameron’s valuable contribution is effectively spotlighted with the 12 songs presented here; all of them originate, either alone or in … Read More
Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama Vanessa Rubin pays reverent tribute to the great Tadd Dameron and in doing so has joined Paul Combs (and others elsewhere) in drawing attention to the importance of Mr Dameron not simply as composer of Jazz music, but in the greater realm of popular music as well. Even the … Read More
By: Michael Bourne, WBGO It’s been too many years since Vanessa Rubin came on Singers Unlimited with a new album, and her newest is one of her best. The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron celebrates the great composer and arranger of the ’40s and ’50s. Dameron, like Vanessa herself, was born in … Read More
