"NEWSFLASH"
Joe
is the 2008 National Jazz Awards "Male Vocalist of the Year".
"
one of the top male vocalists on the Canadian jazz scene.
He is not only capable of singing a choice ballad but also the ability
to handle complex jazz numbers, which few others can.
Dave Milbourne - Publisher
& Columnist Toronto Jazz
"
Joe is simlpy the best"
Shaukat
Husain "Straight No Chaser" CFUV
"
The only problem I have with the album is I play tracks from it
too often. When I prefaced the regular 'Money & Finance' segment
on my morning show with 'It's A Jungle Out There' Joe became an
integral part of 'Peninsula Update'! But from the musical standpoint
is where the quality really shows, jazz influenced but accessible
music with this kind of flair is hard to come by...either it's intimidating
to the non jazz fanatic, or it's too easy listening oriented. Joe
get's it just right, the voice is not that sweet it cloys, but the
expression and timing both ask for and give sympathy and friendship.
And it wouldn't be this good without the quality backing...top professional
work that fits in perfectly with the production values of the album.
Did I say Production? Even the 'look' and the packaging shouts quality.
Congratulations to everyone involved."
Don
Smith - Radio Port Philip Victoria Australia
...arguably
one of the world's great jazz singers ... an equally talented studioband
on a collection of smart original tune and several even smarter
versions of jazz standards ..., Thins Turn Out That Way is an instant
classic ... a singer's singer, a horn-ike improviser with brilliant
technique and taste ... worldly soulful and hip ... the essence
of everything wonderful. Five Stars. Joseph
Blake - Times Colonist - Victoria, Canada
I
love Joe's CD ... a top notch release with some outstanding songs
and great musicians. Jacques Emond -
CKCU-FM - Galaxie - Ottawa, Ontario
...
opening track sets the stage for what is to come ... I cannot put
it down ... even take it to work with me to listen on my portable
... great job ... highly recommend this work of musical art to all.
Leon Reyes - Leon's
Jazz In A Box, KVMR Radio 89.5 - Sacramento Ca USA
Good
to see that it's still possible today to find composers/writers
able to propose material as strong as that from the Broadway golden
age. Claude Copaert - Jazz
A Iame Radio Campus -France
...
a veteran jazz singer with several albums to his credit ... now
offers perhaps his best album yet with this year's release of Things
Turn Out That Way ... fourteen tracks of exciting morden jazz music
... anchored by a host of original tunes written by the team of
Pat Coleman abd Colin Lazzerini ... one of the best jazz vocals
albums I've had the pleasure of listening to ... songs are great,
the musical support unchallenged and the singer possesses one of
the best baritone voices in the business ... a heck of an album.
Edward Blanco DJ WDNA 88.9 FM Miami FL in
ejazznews.com
Great
album. Fantastic stuff for our Radio Station. Alex
Pijnen - Brto Radio Nederlands
...
a fabulous album and my listeners love it ... great piece of work.
Helen Jarroe - Cairns FM89.1 - Queensland
Australia
...a
star is born.
Toronto Life Magazine
feeling
for a song is convicing...voice has a gentle, easy quality.
Ottawa Citizen
...sings
ballads that are breathtaking.
Jazz Now
I
like the smokey quality of his voice.
Cadence Magazine
...excellent
voice...really swings.
Calgary Sun
...damn
good singer!
Audio Scene
...abundance
of style!
Globe and Mail
...same
league as Sinatra...voice is velvety...singing soft and supple.
Chatelaine
...our
answer to Torme, Bennett and Sinatra.
Toronto Sun
...saloon
singer in the very best sense.
Toronto Star
...melodic
craftsman...skill, style and sensitivity...national musical treasure.
Goodlife
...mature,
full bodied pipes...like a smooth but robust Cabernet Sauvingnon...sings
with passion, humour and gentleness. Jazz
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