C. Michael Bailey – Bailey’s Blog

Red

“music that pushes the envelope of vocal jazz and R&B”

Post author:C. Michael Bailey - Bailey’s Blog
Post published:April 27, 2020
Post category:Red Reviews

Pater draws every bit of creativity from her mezzo-soprano voice. Her capability is elastic like that of Betty Carter and Cheryl Bentyne, with the midrange guts of Sarah Vaughan.

Fire Dance

“very contemporary fare that is certainly enjoyable.…a distinctly crisp and precise contemporary character sure to please any Pater fan.”

Post author:C. Michael Bailey - Bailey’s Blog
Post published:April 24, 2020
Post category:Fire Dance Reviews

I have only been called out (by name) by another music writer once. But that once was over my review of Beata Pater’s Red (B&B Records, 2013), where my fellow…

Tet

“Elastic and malleable, hers is the new voice of jazz vocals.”

Post author:C. Michael Bailey - Bailey’s Blog
Post published:April 21, 2020
Post category:Reviews Tet

she achieves a sound between Miles Davis’s Birth of the Cool and Oliver Nelson’s Blues and the Abstract Truth as realized by the lovechild of Betty Carter and Mark Murphy. But Pater is like no other.