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On Lost in a Dream, her third full-length recording, D.C.-based vocalist Kristin Callahan interprets a…
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The fourth in a series of trio albums from the Jazz Avenue 1 label, Freedom…
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Producer Eli Wolf wisely highlights Mayo’s voice, undergirding it with tasteful instrumental work by a drummer, keyboardist and bassist that Mayo has known since high school and his tenure at the New England Conservatory of Music, where got his jazz education. The young man can write, too.