powerful and caressing, versatile and fluid, mike thornton can be daring and calculating in the same phrase. "winning versatility", "considerable finesse " , "hushed boomer balladry", and "certainly has no problem evoking finger-snapping nonchalance".

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JAZZ: Jazz Vocals, JAZZ: Swing/Big Band



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Mike Thornton - Vocalist:
"In the jazz-pop spectrum, he fits somewhere between Mark Murphy and Steve Tyrell-- not bad company.
He has winning versatility, considerable finesse, hushed boomer balladry, and certainly has no problem evoking finger-snapping nonchalance"
- Mike Joyce, Washington Post

"Powerful and caressing, versatile and fluid, Mike Thornton can be daring and calculating in the same phrase. From his well-crafted scat solo on Joyspring, to the final note held to almost a whisper on When I Look In Your Eyes, Thornton shows his versatility."

"Mr. Thornton has the ability to take his crowd on a journey through 20th Century Jazz; quoting works by the great onesâ¦.Joe Williams, Al Jarreau, Mark Murphy, Mel Torme and othersâ¦"

"...itâs easy to see why (Thorntonâs) audience listens so intently to the warm, yet intense sounds of the Thornton Quartetâ¦.â