Jazz vocalist Michael Winkle's inaugural CD "This Dance" is a compilation of wonderful standards and original songs that are performed by some of Portland, Oregon's jazz elite, and sung with emotion, and maturity by this very soulful and gifted singe [+]Jazz vocalist Michael Winkle's inaugural CD "This Dance" is a compilation of wonderful standards and original songs that are performed by some of Portland, Oregon's jazz elite, and sung with emotion, and maturity by this very soulful and gifted singer. The two original songs "This Dance" and "I Guess I Knew" hold their own with this collection and establish Michael as a talented songwriter and a masterful interpreter of classic material.
"This Dance" has much to offer for a wide range of tastes,featuring great ensemble playing, virtuoso solo performances, and intelligent arrangements by pianist/arranger Joe Millward culminating into a rewarding and satisfying listening experience.
"Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60's, I was surrounded by an incredible music scene that offered such a diversity of musical genres that on any given week end, you could see artists such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Tower Of Power, and Miles Davis, to name a few. "Early on, I was absolutely knocked out by many of the British bands, particularly Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Animals, The Zombies, The Hollies, and of course, the Beatles. Around 1968, an older friend turned me on to a radio station broadcasting from Oakland. I think the station was KSOL or something like that. It was all soul all the time and it just turned me inside out! I couldn't hear enough Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Jerry Butler, The Impressions, The Drifters, Aretha Franklin, and so many others."
"In the seventies, Stevie Wonder, Kenny Rankin, and Bobby Caldwell were the guys that I tried to emulate. Stevie Wonder for sure and Bobby Caldwell to a certain extent were soulful, Kenny Rankin was almost folk like, but with a jazzy edge, and Lenny Williams singing "Soul Vaccination", oh my gosh, so smooth! Al Green and Donny Hathaway were a couple of other singers that really impacted me."
"It was during the 80's that I first really listened to Frank Sinatra. It was like a revelation! I had heard all those songs before, but hadn't really paid attention. Of course, I went through my Sinatra phase just like a million other singers, and found out quickly that I wasn't ever going to be Frank Sinatra. I discovered Chet Baker about 10 years ago and dubbed him the 'Anti Sinatra'; I r
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