Intimately delivered jazz standards and originals. "...Silky smooth vocals, beautifully articulated guitar."

13 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Jazz Vocals, JAZZ: Traditional Jazz Combo



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Real partnerships can be many things, including fragile and elusive. This musical partnership was for me inspiring, supportive, satisfying, equitable, fun, and challenging in a very positive way. It began with curiosity. For ages Iâd been wondering about the combination of my vocals with the sound of the guitar, an instrument Iâve always loved. Howard had been curious about the blend of his guitarâs sound with a singerâs.

Thanks to our mutual friend, singer/musician Roy Bailey, we arranged a âletâs see what happensâ session. We each prepared a long list of favorite tunes, and together made another list comprised of all the songs we found we both liked. On the list were songs weâd been performing for years, some weâd done only once or twice, and some that were totally new to each of our repertoires. Then we tried the first tune.

Felt real nice to me: totally loved his guitarâs big rich, warm, smooth sound, and Howardâs skillful playing; plenty of room to come in where and how I felt comfortable; lots of chords matching my take on the tune; imaginative riffs inducing me to try some of my own. After recording a tune to see if we liked what we heard (attempting to be as objective as possible), we kept going.
We hope you like it.

Joyce


Reviewing Joyceâs solo performance during an early Barry Harris Jazz Workshop concert at NYCâs Symphony Space, Village Voice music critic Stanley Crouch lauded her ââ¦great beat and phrasing.â Joyce spent the interim time working and growing. Referring to Joyceâs jazz vocals and Turkish classics in nightly shows during a 6-month stint at Istanbulâs Yesil Cabaret, the Turkish daily paper, Hurriyet, described her as the popular clubâs âblack bombshell imported asset.â