Melissa Kassel

Boston citizen Melissa Kassel is a challenging, risk-taking jazz vocalist whose interpretations of requirements have inspired evaluations to Betty Carter and Sheila Jordan; sometimes, she also brings to brain the underrated Jeanne Lee. Kassel, nevertheless, never appears like she actually is emulating some of her affects; the singer is rather original and includes a recognizable design of post-bop. While Kassel brings level of sensitivity and vulnerability to her shows, she isn’t the type of singer who’s willing to perform anything-and-everything to become accessible. Kassel could be abstract and cerebral, and like Carter, Jordan, and Lee, she actually is someone who must be accepted on her behalf own conditions. Kassel’s first recording arrived in 2000, when the standards-oriented Live in the Acton Jazz Café premiered on the tiny, New York-based Muse Eek label.