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Melba
Jams on the the Hudson and in Edinburg... read
review and view video.
Melba's
voice is rich and mature but forever young. She is always in touch
with her emotions and lets it totally into her songs. A joyful experience.
Doc
Severinsen - On tour, March, 2007
...
I haven't said this to her before... I don't want to swell her head, but
Melba is really great!
Bill
Hughes - Leader, The World Famous Count Basie Orchestra, during an
interview at the Jazz Museum of Harlem 2-23-07
To
hear real jazz singing, listeners need only have
stayed
for the second half of the evening, when the
mighty
Melba Joyce swung the Basie Orchestra.
Howard
Reich, Arts Entertainment at Symphony Center
Chicago
Tribune 2-05-07
"Last summer I was pleasantly
surprised at the Pecara Jazz Festival in Italy when I rediscovered Melba
Joyce singing wtih the Count Basie Orchestra. Now she has a "Live in London"
CD (recorded at Ronnie Scott's with a crack rhythm section) on the Berachah
label. If you're tired of all the little girls wannabe-jazz singers,
check out this disc." - Ira Gitler
You
are great!
You
were wonderful!
Some
of us got it
and
some of us don’t....
and
Melba, you got it!!
Tony
Bennett
Umbria
Jazz Festival 2005
This
would have made Basie smile. Vocalist Melba Joyce added rich sheen to the
set.
The
Post Standard, Liverpool, NY
When
Melba steps onto the stage, she brings light to the audience. (Transliteration)
Michael
Ivanov - Pianist,The Ivanov Project, Moscow, Russia
She
has to be a star some day.
Louis
Armstrong
Melba
Joyce backed by a seasoned trio sang with spine tingling cool.
Ann
Powers, New York Times March, 2001
Melba
Joyce, jazz singer hushed the room with a big soprano voice that was like
a soft, strong wind.
Lynn
Richardson, New York Times November 2000
It
was really the most memorable night I've had at a jazz club (Ronnie Scotts-Birmingham,
England) since I came to Western Europe. There are few occasions in one's
life when mood, sounds and sights stream together in such harmony. Her
voice brought it all together.
Terrance
Petty, Associated Press Gmbh Bonn
She
has a big sound, fine intonation and much feeling.
Ira
Gitler, JazzTimes
She
took a mediocre piece of material and breathed new life into it with her
energetic vocalise... Melba revealed a keen dramatic sense that allows
dynamic shadings to underscore the lyrics.
Harvey
Siders, Los Angeles Herald Examiner
She
has an exciting, electric voice that lends itself well to any type of song.
Particularly on upbeat songs, she uses her vocal equipment much as a good
musician uses his instrument, to run the gamut of expression.
Walter
A. Evans, Seattle Post Intelligencer
Melba
Joyce can belt out a tune with passion and power. When she speaks she delivers
a well honed philosophy that is as engaging and inspiring as one of her
performances.
Mark
Blumberg, University Times (Cal State, Los Angeles)
Her
voice which ranges from mezzo-soprano, can hush the entire room one minute
and drive the crowd to holler, the next.
Dave
Ferman, The Dallas Morning News
Magnificent
MELBA!
Roger
Boykin, Musician, Composer, DJ KKDA-AM Dallas/Ft Worth
Melba
Joyce is a brilliant talent in a long tradition of Jazz singing. The flexibility
and purity of her voice are in a class of masters in this genre.
Tommi
Liuhala, Finland |
