Sandi Russell
Jazz Singer
Jazz Singer
'Nobody Got Off Scat-Free'
Sandi Russell is to be commended for organising this, the first Musicon Durham Jazz Festival.
The event took place at St Chad's College - a seat of learning only a wing and a prayer away
from the cathedral, the castle and the prison.
Not that Ms Russell took any prisoners. Looking very svelte in a beige posh cardi with gold decorations and brown trousers - the epitome of cool - the Harlem born, Dunelmian resident, gave an exuberant, even astonishing, display of vocal pyrotechnics - this was Tina Turner meets Dee Dee Bridgewater with a touch of Ella and Sassy (Sarah Vaughan) and a Covent Garden coloratura thrown in to the melting pot - an outré performance!
Lance Liddle (Bebop Spoken Here 4-03-11)
‘An extraordinary singer’ Lionel Hampton
‘Magnetic, moving’ Johnny Hartman
‘Big voice, big presence’ Geoffrey Smith (Jazz Record Requests, BBC Radio 3)
‘Sandi Russell achieves a compelling swing’
Humphrey Lyttleton (Best of Jazz, BBC Radio 2)
‘A commanding presence’ Bruce Crowther (Jazz Journal, UK)
‘This unique vocalist … an entertaining singer … smart and savvy’
Dave Miele (Jazz Improv, USA)
‘Sandi Russell was the hit of the evening’ Robert Maycock (The Independent)
‘Sandi Russell is a class act’ John Fordham (The Guardian)
‘Sandi Russell is strictly superb’ Jack Lloyd (Philadelphia Enquirer)
‘Bright, strong voice and an awareness of the emotive power of a lyric’
Richard Sudhalter (New York Post)
‘Ms Russell personifies the maxim that the human voice is the most expressive of all musical instruments’
Matthew Wells (Darlington & Stockton Times)
‘Everyone ought to hear Sandi Russell’ Alan Twelftre (Metro Radio)
Not that Ms Russell took any prisoners. Looking very svelte in a beige posh cardi with gold decorations and brown trousers - the epitome of cool - the Harlem born, Dunelmian resident, gave an exuberant, even astonishing, display of vocal pyrotechnics - this was Tina Turner meets Dee Dee Bridgewater with a touch of Ella and Sassy (Sarah Vaughan) and a Covent Garden coloratura thrown in to the melting pot - an outré performance!
Lance Liddle (Bebop Spoken Here 4-03-11)
‘An extraordinary singer’ Lionel Hampton
‘Magnetic, moving’ Johnny Hartman
‘Big voice, big presence’ Geoffrey Smith (Jazz Record Requests, BBC Radio 3)
‘Sandi Russell achieves a compelling swing’
Humphrey Lyttleton (Best of Jazz, BBC Radio 2)
‘A commanding presence’ Bruce Crowther (Jazz Journal, UK)
‘This unique vocalist … an entertaining singer … smart and savvy’
Dave Miele (Jazz Improv, USA)
‘Sandi Russell was the hit of the evening’ Robert Maycock (The Independent)
‘Sandi Russell is a class act’ John Fordham (The Guardian)
‘Sandi Russell is strictly superb’ Jack Lloyd (Philadelphia Enquirer)
‘Bright, strong voice and an awareness of the emotive power of a lyric’
Richard Sudhalter (New York Post)
‘Ms Russell personifies the maxim that the human voice is the most expressive of all musical instruments’
Matthew Wells (Darlington & Stockton Times)
‘Everyone ought to hear Sandi Russell’ Alan Twelftre (Metro Radio)
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