Dave Valentin

With radio formats as segregated as they are these days, few artists dare mixing two genres on a single recording, let alone the three -- smooth jazz, lite bebop, and Latin -- that the [more]

Stevie Wonder, one of the finest songwriters of the past 40 years, helped to modernize soul/R&B during his career, writing quite a few popular [more]

A great player shows how easily he can handle trite pop. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

Two sides of Eliane Elias are on display on this CD. She is heard as an effective soft-toned singer of bossa nova and (particularly on the last few numbers) as a strong post-bop jazz [more]

With radio formats as segregated as they are these days, few artists dare mixing two genres on a single recording, let alone the three -- smooth jazz, lite bebop, and Latin -- that the [more]

This best-of collection tellingly starts off with four consecutive tracks from Elias' 1991 album A Long Story. The disc doesn't get out from under the wordless [more]

Nnenna Freelon ought to know. She leads music education workshops for singers, kids and families. She taps into her own creativity on Listen, writing or co-writing [more]

CTI was having its troubles financially at the time. They recycled arrangements for all their artists and limited their budgets. Austin sang this undistinguished material with as much [more]

Sanctuary: 20 Years of Windham Hill is an excellent sampler of the new age label's history, featuring all of their most famous artists, as well as most of [more]

Eliane Elias has moved further and further into mainstream pop in recent years, and Around the City continues that course. Having begun as a member of the jazz ensemble Steps Ahead, [more]