JazzTimes Magazine December 2019 Back Issue

CYRILLE AIMÉE
She made her name channeling the Gypsy spirit of Reinhardt and Grappelli into modern vocal jazz. But now, as Allen Morrison details, the Frenchborn chanteuse is venturing into new areas, both musical and geographic: ditching New York for New Orleans, breaking up her acclaimed quintet, and boldly reinterpreting the songs of Stephen Sondheim.

NAT KING COLE
Before Nat Cole was a solo hitmaker, he was leader of the King Cole Trio. Knew that already, eh? What you may not know is how much that trio recorded before signing with Capitol in 1944—seven CDs’ worth of music, now newly compiled in a deluxe set by Resonance. Michael J. West gets the background on the box, and John Pizzarelli shares his nine favorite Nat tunes.

JAZZMEIA HORN
A Social Call was no fluke; Jazzmeia Horn’s sophomore disc, Love and Liberation, makes clear that as both a singer and a songwriter, she is the genuine article. In a forthright Q&A, the 28-year-old phenom talks to Ted Panken about her church roots, her vocal approach, and her business plans—and describes herself as “living jazz.”