PORTLAND PRESS HERALD
“Sutton’s success is based on her ability to spread her vocal talent across a wide spectrum of material, from traditional to contemporary and beyond.”
All About Jazz – Paris Sessions 2
Time just scats on by when one is caught up in the wave of creativity that defines Tierney Sutton. How could it be that this enchanted vocalist is now presenting [...]
Audiophile Audition – Paris Sessions 2
Nine-time Grammy nominated jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton has been recording for twenty-five years. The Tierney Sutton Band (Christian Jacob/piano; Kevin Axt/bass; Ray Brinker – drums) performed for over 20 years. They played [...]
ScreenPlay Review
A cinematic sweep has long been present in the music of the Tierney Sutton Band, but never before have the stories been so vivid and the colors as striking. With ScreenPlay this long-running group [...]
Screenplay – 19 songs in five “acts”
After 20 plus years of collaboration that has resulted in 8 Grammy nominations and countless performances in some of the finest venues in the world, the L.A.-based Tierney Sutton Band [...]
Every Breath She Takes – The Sting Variations
One of the strengths of vocalist Tierney Sutton and her long time team of Christian Jacob/p, Kevin Axt-Trey Henry/b and Ray Brinker/dr is that they know how to select themes [...]
Sully Soundtrack Receives Perfect Rating
“Sully” is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood and written by Todd Komarnicki, based on the autobiography Highest Duty by Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger [...]
Paris Sessions Review
Think you know every aspect of Tierney Sutton's artistic persona? Think again. Hearing the Paris Sessions is to hear Sutton anew. Sure, it's that same one-of-a-kind voice, but there's no Tierney Sutton [...]
After Blue – A Truly Great Record
Tierney Sutton sings Joni Mitchell, and if you think that even tells a fifth of the story, forget it. This is not just a jazz singer doing meaningless, pseudo-hip-showoff drivel [...]
American Road Review
Tierney Sutton inhabits songs as few vocalists can or do: with a certain vulnerability and powerful drama that imbues each song with an electricity that sends tingles up and down [...]
Jazz singer Tierney Sutton takes a spiritual look at ‘Desire’
LOS ANGELES, United States — Tierney Sutton is hardly alone among jazz vocalists in trying to bring a spiritual dimension to her music. But lining up jazz standards with the [...]
Desire Review
With a title like Desire, it seems reasonable to expect an album filled with passionate yearning. Wrong definition. Sutton and her bandmates mean “desire” in the aspiration sense. “This record [...]
On The Other Side Review
At a glance, Tierney Sutton's new album is all about being happy. However, as the singer explains in the liner [...]