Sue Matthews

Like Eden Atwood as well as the past due Susannah McCorkle, Sue Matthews is an extremely accessible jazz singer who incorporates cabaret and traditional pop elements. Matthews, who lives in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, includes a clean, crystal-clear, fairly sort of tone of voice; she is not a durable, hard-edged vocalist ? la Ernestine Anderson or Carmen McRae. non-etheless, Matthews swings, and she brings a whole lot of blues feeling to her function. She has a large, full tone of voice and an extraordinary range; for all your vulnerability that she shows, Matthews won’t become accused of sounding just like a waif. Actually, you can hear how she’s been suffering from some areas of Ella Fitzgerald’s performing, particularly, the softer, even more caressing part that Fitzgerald frequently shown on ballads (although Matthews isn’t as forceful or as gritty as Fitzgerald could possibly be on uptempo materials). Some listeners possess likened Matthews to Diane Schuur, but while Schuur’s concentrate is definitely traditional pop (from the pre-rock range), Matthews’ is actually an improvising jazz vocalist (which isn’t to state that she actually is a purist). And although she actually is cabaret-influenced, Matthews will not get into the sort of stereotypically campy lyrics that some contemporary cabaret artists are recognized for. To place it bluntly, Matthews (like Atwood and McCorkle) gets the great taste to stay away from cornball lyrics. Matthews’ 1st solo album, Like Dances, premiered on the tiny SIR Information in 1991, and her second SIR launch, IF YOU ARE Around (that your East Coast vocalist co-produced with acoustic pianist Stefan Scaggiari), arrived in 1993. From then on, Matthews remained mixed up in Washington, DC region and toured European countries, but didn’t record any longer solo albums before early 2000s. Individually, her third single album, premiered by Renata Music in July 2002. Furthermore to presenting a solo profession, Matthews sings having a Maryland-based group known as Men & Doll, whose additional members possess included Tom McHugh (vocals, banjo, trumpet, kazoo), Expenses Matthews (vocals, acoustic guitar), Tom Anthony (acoustic bass), and Ethan Hannigan (fiddle). Created in 1996, Men & Doll possess toured Europe thoroughly, and those abroad performances will be the concentrate of their Compact disc Reside in Ireland.