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A New York based singer, composer and educator who is blessed with a beautiful voice, Aubrey Johnson has worked in her career with such notables as Janis Siegel, Fred Hersch, Sara Serpa, Bobby McFerrin and John Zorn among others.

Ms. Johnson, whose debut CD as a leader (Unrivaled) came out in late-2019, is featured on this LiveStream singing and accompanying herself on piano.

She performs a few consistently haunting original ballads, “Easy To Love” (which contains some memorable high notes), and a few rousing numbers.

Aubrey Johnson is a singer well worth discovering.

– Scott Yanow

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May 23, 2020

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Felix Pastorius

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Marcus Miller

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Jaleel Shaw

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Review:

This is the seventy seventh in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.

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Altoist Jaleel Shaw was born and raised in Philadelphia, earning a degree from Berklee and a Master’s from the Manhattan School of Music.

He has since worked with the World Saxophone Quartet (2006), the Roy Haynes Quartet and the Mingus Big Band, recorded with Tom Harrell and Nate Smith, and led three albums of his own.

Playing unaccompanied saxophone might be a little difficult for many but Jaleel Shaw sounds beautiful with his tone, even at the beginning of this performance from May 23, 2020 when he is briefly warming up,

After performing Thelonious Monk’s “Bemsha Swing,” Shaw builds up a few improvisations, often utilizing a repeated figure that he uses as a foundation for the musical thoughts that follow.

The result is a set of spontaneous, intriguing and surprisingly accessible music that is both boppish and unpredictable.

-Scott Yanow