Southern California-based jazz chanteuse Amber Weekes has a truly gorgeous voice: warm, soulful and laden with poignant inflection. When she sings a ballad, she always sounds like every word is heartfelt. Although she’s splendidly showcased on her debut Christmas album, The Gathering, only half of its 10 tracks can be considered jazz. The rest are …
Amber Weekes Starts “The Gathering” For The Holidays and Douglas Olsen Throws In His “2 Cents” It’s never too early to start thinking of Christmas, right? Well, the latest release from jazz singer Amber Weekes titled “The Gathering” is just that, one of the first and newest holiday albums to arrive this month. It …
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Inventive heartfelt seasonal jazz Amber Weekes – THE GATHERING: It’s been just about a year since I reviewed “Pure Imagination” from exciting jazz vocalist Amber… she’s joined on this inventive heartfelt seasonal jazz album by Paul Jackson Jr, guitarist, bassist John B. Williams, and pianist Josh Nelson… I didn’t find LIVE videos from this new …
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AMBER WEEKES/Gathering: A SoCal jazz vocal mainstay, Weekes delivers her first Christmas album with the requisite great songs and more great players than an indie record should be able to boast. Easy going but stunning, this is a delightful take on Christmases that have everything but snow. Who needs snow? A most welcome new addition …
