Tag: James V. Monaco

Karen Mason: Mason at Mama’s in May

Peter Haas | May 24, 2017 | 0 Comments

It is with her theater songs that Mason shines most brightly.

Margaret Whiting: Dream-The Lost Recordings

Alix Cohen | November 4, 2016 | 0 Comments

Let the beautiful vocals wash over you.

Ana Gasteyer

Elizabeth Ahlfors | November 1, 2016 | 0 Comments

Belts some killer R&B, and sees the world through her own prism of many colors.

Hilary Kole: The Judy Garland Project

John Hoglund | April 5, 2016 | 0 Comments

She infuses every melodic line with a knowledgeable underpinning.

Laura Ellis: Jazz in the Shadows—Songs of Film Noir

Steve Murray | January 25, 2016 | 0 Comments

The beguiling Ellis channels the atmosphere and dark themes of the music.

Dec. 17: Freddy Cole

Cabaret Scenes Magazine | December 15, 2015 | 0 Comments

Freddy Cole has reserved a seat at the table of jazz giants.

Oct. 15: Holly Penfield

Cabaret Scenes Magazine | October 13, 2015 | 0 Comments

Holly Penfield raised the roof at The Hippodrome Casino London with The Judy Garland Songbook.

Holly Penfield :The Judy Garland Songbook

Helen Theophanous | September 27, 2015 | 0 Comments

Holly Penfield raised the roof at The Hippodrome Casino London with The Judy Garland Songbook.

Freddy Cole

Steve Murray | July 20, 2015 | 0 Comments

Freddy Cole SFJAZZ, San Francisco, CA, July 19, 2015 Reviewed by Steve Murray for Cabaret Scenes Revered by his peers, Freddy Cole is reserved a seat at the table of jazz giants and continues, five decades into his career, to be a standard bearer of the swinging romantic balladeers. A master of the judicious, never […]