One of the most compelling and ambitious jazz vocal albums of the year is In Her Words, a new recording by vocalists Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould. Like a number of recent jazz albums by female vocalists reviewed here, this one joyfully steers clear of the American songbook—a dusty and lazy resource for true jazz singers of 2021.
Six of the 12 song…
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