The husband-and-wife duo's first album in a decade, Hidden People (Navigator), came out this May, featuring original, story-rich ballads and folk-rock songs.
"Jeffries' rich-toned ballad style resonated in the work of such male jazz singers as Johnny Hartman, Joe Williams and even Sammy Davis Jr. for decades after the chart-breaking success of his 'Flamingo.'".
Paul Englishby as composer and Fiona Laird as director have given them a rich assortment of ballads, such as Tom Bowling, sea-shanties and psalms which movingly underscores the terrible cost of blocking Harrison's invention.
Charges continue to be levied against the authenticity of her songwriting autonomy and hardscrabble backstory, but the single "Video Games" is a rich, torchy Americana ballad; even if it was written by committee, it's still inspired.
He often played raspy, growling solos on up-tempo numbers, yet he displayed a rich, breathy tone on ballads.
The rest of the set brought some very different kinds of songs: slow ballads with rich harmony and pockets of swing (Monk's "Ruby, My Dear"), and stubborn drones over sketched, gestural rhythm (Mr. Motian's "Cambodia").
Still, her ballads are rich and mature; some of them, like "Children of the Universe" and "Glass Ceiling," recalled the poignant colors of the great pieces Burns wrote for Woody Herman's band in the 1940's.
The orchestra sounded great: bright and brassy in the dance numbers, and rich and warm in the ballads.
His ballad tone is rich and smoky on ruminations such as Glade and Kite Flight.
I've Always Kept a Unicorn – a line from Denny's piano ballad "Solo" – is rich in insight from those who loved and despaired of her.
