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| Lisa Sokolov's "Presence" Five Stars Best of 2004 Down Beat Magazine LISA SOKOLOV'S “Presence” gets “BEST CD OF THE YEAR” from Five Stars ***** Masterpiece Best of 2004 DownBeat Magazine January ‘05 issue “As far removed stylistically from the reigning royalty of female jazz vocalists as John Coltrane is from Grover Washington, Lisa Sokolov fills every moment of Presence with just that. Her voice, which ranges from a guttural bottom end to a gauzy-yet-potent top, is exceptionally expressive, and her personality is so strong that it connects her disparate material as tightly as a suite. The unifying forces are Sokolov's willingness to lay herself emotionally bare on every song and her complete control over her highly compelling instrument. This is jazz vocalizing filled with passion and commitment.” Five Stars ***** Masterpiece Best of 2004 DownBeat Magazine “Even before I write these words, Lisa Sokolov has already hit a grand slam with her new recording Presence—five stars in Down Beat and many kudos from All About Jazz… Presence is a molten tour de force of genre-crushing music. …This is music moving at the velocity of a bullet, creativity and invention years ahead of its time. Ms. Sokolov is changing the face of jazz vocals in the same way Cassandra Wilson did in the last decade, and this change should prove to have greater gravity. “ All About Jazz write your comments about the article :: © 2004 Jazz News :: home page |