This heartfelt, and wholly organic new album opens on Melody Gardot’s sultry blues within Your Heart Is as Black as Night and the gentle finger-snapper, swingtown wit of Catch 22, and then they are followed...
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Review of Sylvia Brooks’ Signature by Dave Franklin – UK
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...
The Ark of Music review Sylvia Brooks’ Signature
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...
Scott Yanow from LA Jazz Scene Review Sylvia Brooks’ Signature
Sylvia Brooks was born in Miami to a jazz pianist (Don Ippolito) and an opera singer (Johanna Dordick). She began her career working in the theatre in New York, moved to Los Angeles, and since 2009 has been...
Sofia Thunberg from Lost In The Nordic reviews Sylvia’s new album Signature
Sylvia Brooks is perhaps one of the greatest songwriters we’ve ever come across, with “Red Velvet Rope” she amazed us by her vocal performance and the unique writing style. While it’s accurate to say we will...
The Midwest Record Review by Chris Spector
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...
UN VOYAGE SONORE À TRAVERS « SIGNATURE », LE NOUVEL ALBUM DE SYLVIA BROOKS
On continue notre réveil en douceur avec un moment musical des plus magiques dévoilé par Sylvia Brooks et son album « Signature » à découvrir au plus vite. L’opus va accompagner toute notre semaine, de la...
Review of Signature by C. Michael Bailey on All About Jazz
"Authority" is a word that comes to mind when hearing Sylvia Brooks' Signature. Over three recordings released since 2009, the singer has established herself as a master stylist capable of addressing the...
Press Release in Reveur – Buenos Aires
El largo y sinuoso camino que llevó a Sylvia Brooks de regreso a sus raíces jazzísticas le proporcionó muchas historias dramáticas que contar. Con una voz suntuosa y aterciopelada, Brooks ganó una gran...
Poet as Del Mundo- Press Release- Chili
El largo y sinuoso camino que llevó a Sylvia Brooks de regreso a sus raíces jazzísticas le proporcionó muchas historias dramáticas que contar. Con una voz suntuosa y aterciopelada, Brooks ganó una gran...