The Duchess Unveils New CD - December 12, 2005
Blessed with a unique voice that can be in turns sweet, sultry or silky, Jazz Duchess Doris Spears, has sung with many legendary Jazz & Blues performers throughout her career, including Lionel Hampton, Von Freeman, Jack MacDuff, Joe Zook's Blues Deluxe and Lefty Bates Allstar Blues Band.
On Friday Nov. 11th to a SRO Jazz & Blues crowd at the Ellarslie Mansion Museum in Trenton NJ, the chanteuse showed that her skills are second to none; both as a seasoned singer with an unmistakable voice and as an accomplished showwoman that knows the art of how to take an audience to the many places her incredible life has taken her sincerely and unapologetically.
The show was titled "Treasures in Rhythm", but could have just as easily been titled, Doris Spears, "The Treasure within a Treasure."
With a 7 piece rhythm section conducted by Master Pianist-Organist David Braham of Union New Jersey, and supported by three sexy back-up singers dubbed the "Parisian Pearls"; that is Carol Kounitz, Amy Raditz, and Charley Gayden on the Blues tunes, Mam' selle Spears and her crew glided on wings of silk on "Deed I Do", Swung deep into the Delta on "Jack of All Trades", Did Lady Day proud on "Everything Happens to Me" and elevated the art of listening up a riveting notch on the personally penned, "Ode to a Whore".
My suggestion is to see "The Duchess" whenever you can and while you can. As with all great treasures, you can miss her...and what a shame that would be!
Jasmine Lee
11/25/2005-"Jazz Now"
On Friday Nov. 11th to a SRO Jazz & Blues crowd at the Ellarslie Mansion Museum in Trenton NJ, the chanteuse showed that her skills are second to none; both as a seasoned singer with an unmistakable voice and as an accomplished showwoman that knows the art of how to take an audience to the many places her incredible life has taken her sincerely and unapologetically.
The show was titled "Treasures in Rhythm", but could have just as easily been titled, Doris Spears, "The Treasure within a Treasure."
With a 7 piece rhythm section conducted by Master Pianist-Organist David Braham of Union New Jersey, and supported by three sexy back-up singers dubbed the "Parisian Pearls"; that is Carol Kounitz, Amy Raditz, and Charley Gayden on the Blues tunes, Mam' selle Spears and her crew glided on wings of silk on "Deed I Do", Swung deep into the Delta on "Jack of All Trades", Did Lady Day proud on "Everything Happens to Me" and elevated the art of listening up a riveting notch on the personally penned, "Ode to a Whore".
My suggestion is to see "The Duchess" whenever you can and while you can. As with all great treasures, you can miss her...and what a shame that would be!
Jasmine Lee
11/25/2005-"Jazz Now"