by Sylvia Brooks | Nov 28, 2023 | Featured
This new album from vocalist Sylvia Brooks was recorded live at Herb Albert’s Vibrato Jazz Grill, and finds her revisiting some material she released on her studio albums. Joining her on this release are Christian Jacob on piano, David Hughes on bass, Kevin Kanner on...
by Sylvia Brooks | Oct 7, 2023 | Featured, Media
Pristine and powerful jazz vocals light up timeless sentiments throughout this musically sublime live album from Sylvia Brooks and Christian Jacob. Celebrating an extensive career by revisiting some favourite songs from her performance repertoire, Sylvia Brooks...
by Sylvia Brooks | Sep 14, 2023 | Featured
This live jazz album from Sylvia Brooks was made with help from pianist Christian Jacob, who is also her musical director. It’s an album of mostly familiar vocal standards and features Brooks strong singing voice. While Brooks shines on these many times well known...
by Sylvia Brooks | Jul 1, 2022 | Featured, Review
Jazz can be a much-misunderstood genre, thought by many to be the realm of complex time signatures and almost rules-free improvisation, an elitist and virtuosic musical realm. Then again, doesn’t every genre have such sub-sections within their spectrum? Jazz, like...
by Sylvia Brooks | Jul 1, 2022 | Review, Featured
Born into a musical family, jazz artist Sylvia Brooks started on her musical path at a young age. Releasing her first album in 2009, Brooks boasts a long and lucrative professional career, with highlights including a spot on Bob Parlocha’s Top 50 jazz albums list, a...
by Sylvia Brooks | May 12, 2022 | Review, Featured
SYLVIA BROOKS Signature: When last we met Brooks, she had our vote for femme fatale of the year (any year). This time around, she’s toned down her look on the front cover, not disguising her maturity but not reveling in it either. Inside the jacket, you get the...
