March / April 2009 – JAZZIZ MAGAZINE – ON DISC
"The kickoff track to vocalist Carolyn Lee Jones' Bon Appetit! sets the palate for an intimate set of straight-a-head jazz...hip selections...swinging side dish ...superb accompaniment."
January 2009 – Los Angeles Jazz Scene - Scott Yanow
"she has a strong voice along with the will power... there is an infectious longing in her voice... Bon Appetit is a solid start for what will hopefully be a productive career."
January 28, 2009 – The Management of Brooklyn Jazz Café - Dallas, Texas
"The Carolyn Lee Jones Quartet has gained out standing accolades and is held in highest esteem. Covering a wide spectrum of musical genres', they will literally have something for everyone....man, that WAS cool"
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January 12, 2009 – The Singers Club– United Kingdom - Jack Jaffe
"a diverse mix of both standards and some not so well known melodies, swingingly delivered...a promising debut." read full review
August 13, 2007 – CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE - Stu Hamstra, New York City
"Carolyn Lee Jones started to sing 'Take the A Train'..the show was great - Ms. Jones has great style and great vocals." read full review
January 13, 2006 – By Perry Stewart - Special to the Star-Telegram Ft. Worth Texas
"The B&B Blues Room is a gem of a joint... Dallas diva Carolyn Jones, belted a crisply phrased 'Blue Skies' and a soulful 'Since I Fell for You'. " read full review
April 28,2006 – Cabaret Hotline Online - Stu Hamstra, New York, NY
"Jones has a lovely voice and gave us the most lyrical high note of the afternoon...Jones' second number was a swinging 'Blue Skies'."
The kickoff title track to vocalist Carolyn Lee Jones' Bon Appetit! (Catn'round Sound) sets the palate for an intimate set of straight-ahead jazz. Courses include hip selections from Dave Frishberg - "Peel Me A Grape", naturally - and Bob Dorough, whose distictive warble is a welcome addition on a duet of his signature "Devil May Care." In Keeping with the culinary theme, the Dallas, Texas-based singer also serves up a swinging side dish of Ellington's "Tulip or Turnip." Throughout, Jones receives superb accompaniment from pianist Wells Hanley, bassist Saadi Zain and drummer Jacob Melchoir.
Here is what a popular Dallas Jazz Venue has to say...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:25 PM
Sunday's at brooklyn Jazz Cafe has so much to offer: "Sunday Jazz Brunch"
The
Carolyn Lee Jones Quartet In a few years, people will probably be
looking back and saying "man, that was cool". Armed with a Scott Bucklin (keys),
Jonathan Fisher (bass) and Terrance McDaniel (drums),
Carolyn is set to demonstrate what makes jazz.. JAZZ! It might not seem likely that the mention of the names would strike a cord of immediate cognition in the jazz community, but nothing could be further from the truth. Like many other local jazz artists, The Carolyn Lee Jones Quartet has gained outstanding accolades and is held in highest esteem. Covering a wide spectrum of musical genres', they will literally have something for everyone....man, that WAS cool.
Visit Carolyn Lee Jones at www.carolynleejones.com
The Singers Club - United Kingdom WORDS & MUSIC No 163 -
Monday, January 12, 2009 8:44 AM
"Jack Jaffe" jack.jazzy@talktalk.net
CD REVIEW: BON APPETIT!
Dallas resident, Carolyn Lee Jones, chose the wintry end of the year to launch her first professional CD. Its 14 tracks don't contain the obvious Rodgers & Hart melody
(Have You Met . . .) but they do contain a diverse mix of both standards and some not so well known melodies, swingingly delivered, one of which I have to single out for immediate attention. It's called Gypsy Lady and I've heard it before because its composer - who also wrote the lyric - is Singers' Club member Peter Matthews. Over the years, Peter has performed many of his songs at the SC but this hummable melody, I believe, is the first to be recorded.
I can only list a few of the CD?s 14 tracks. Carolyn has picked out a plum by having 85-year-old veteran Bob Dorough join her for a duet on Devil May Care, Bob's own composition - he also plays. Her rendition of Berlin's Blue Skies dovetails neatly with Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (see above, LEST WE FORGET) and Peel Me A Grape is offered in a relaxed Blossom Dearie style
... a promising debut.
New York City
CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE #070804 - Monday, August 13, 2007
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I checked my watch ? show time was in 3 minutes??.. I stopped again - things
didn't feel right. I turned around and started to walk in my original
direction and turned, expecting to see Grand Central Station behind me. But it was gone! Then I realized it was across the street from the station! I had exited on the south side of the street, completely turned around by the maze of passageways I had followed!
Thus it was that I arrived at BUTTERFIELD 8 a full 15 minutes late, just as
Carolyn Lee Jones started to sing "Take the A Train." Yea, right - if I had
taken the A train I would be in Harlem right now. Bad advice, Carolyn. Her
next number? Had she changed her set list as a way of chiding me for my late
arrival by singing "I Didn't Know What Time It Was"? By the way, the show was great - Ms. Jones has great style and great vocals.
Posted on Fri, Jan. 13, 2006 Nightcrawler Ft. Worth, Texas
You'll be glad to get the blues at a place called B&B
By Perry Stewart / Special to the Star-Telegram
It's kind of a shame to blow the cover off a special little nightspot that the mainstream horde of music lovers hasn't yet found. But here we go:
The B&B Blues Room is a gem of a joint at 2001 S. Riverside Drive, about eight traffic lights south of Lancaster Avenue as you leave downtown Fort Worth. Jazz fans from all compass points find their way there on Sunday evenings, when conga drummer James Ray rallies a seasoned quartet around vocalist Deanna Self. Another guest singer, Dallas diva Carolyn Jones, belted a crisply phrased Blue Skies and a soulful Since I Fell for You.
New York City
April 28th 2006 - Cabaret Hotline Online ? Stu Hamstra
From Dallas via Nebraska, Carolyn Lee Jones sang an original song " A Different Shade of Blue " by Julie Bonk and Jeff Gold. Jones has a lovely voice and gave us the most lyrical high note of the afternoon. Jones? second number was a swinging "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin).
