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...jazz chart immediately upon its release. She has a jazz drummer fiance, her parents love and support her, and her career is backed by an all-star squad of management, publicity and production pros, as well as sidemen straight from the first team: pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Christian McBride, saxophonist Michael Brecker. Most of all, her voice is a silken, controlled wonder that is both a genetic gift and the product of superb training. When she wraps it around one of the classic American songs she loves to sing, you know Jane Monheit can't miss...
...then this week, you might find it hard to believe it's all one performer. In her live appearances, Monheit has moved from visible self-consciousness to something close to comfortable; on her recordings, she's crossing into territory she never could have traversed successfully only months ago. Saxophonist Brecker, a seven-time Grammy winner, says, "From the moment I walked into the studio and heard her sing, I sensed I was in the presence of a major new talent. Jane has an amazing set of pipes, and she knows music...
...headless corpse was discovered last November. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets calling for Kuchma to resign, and Kravchenko's departure is seen as a gesture of compromise by the President and an effort to preserve his own hold on power. DIED. MORRIS ("MOE") KOFFMAN, 72, flutist, saxophonist and Canadian jazz icon best known for his catchy flute tune Swinging Shepherd Blues, which went to the top of the pop charts in 1958 and was subsequently recorded by more than 100 artists including Ella Fitzgerald; in Toronto. Over a five-decade career, Koffman released more than 30 albums...
...Saxophonist Adderley once said that Davis "is not a good trumpet player but a great soloist," a seemingly gnomic statement that nails Davis precisely. Unable to execute the speedy, flowing lines of be-bop, he instead found a voice whose terse eloquence resided not only in his exquisite, lapidary phrases but in the silent spaces between them as well. On Blue in Green, the album's third cut, there are passages of such poised stillness that they constitute a sort of aural photograph, a moment perfectly preserved...
...saxophonist Sonny Rollins said that performing in concert is like making love to an audience, while recording a CD is like cybersex. Do you agree...