Cheryl,
a longtime fan of live music is new to smoothjazznow.com
as a contributing editor. Toronto area readers
might remember The Generator, The Triumph Hotel,
and Peaches on Pears Avenue...just to name a
small sampling of the hotspots around town for
live jams back in the day, and Cheryl remembers,
"I was out about town at these clubs listening
to R&B and jazz before I was old enough
to be there, and the two things I love to do
most in my free time are 1. Write and 2. Mellow
out to Smooth Jazz, so writing for smoothjazznow.com
is definitely a dream come true for me."
Cheryl
was born in sunny Jamaica, but immigrated
to Canada along with her parents and two
siblings at the age of 5. Raised in the
Greater Toronto area, Cheryl grew up listening
to soul music. "Aretha Franklin, Gladys
Knight, Shirley Bassey, and Roberta Flack
were all household names to me as a child,
and a lot of smooth jazz has that same feel...there
was a difference between R&B and Soul
music, and these ladies had an abundance
of soul."
"Some of my most life altering moments
have taken place over music. I met my husband
when he was spinning records in a Toronto
nightclub while putting himself through
College, and we've been married 19 years."
Cheryl is an avid reader, a writer, and
loves research, and web surfing. She also
counts photography as one of her hobbies.
In lieu of naming a "favorite"
artist Cheryl tells you what's in the magazine
of her CD player on June 1st,2005...which
is subject to change at any given moment...
John
Legend "Get Lifted"
Rick Braun "Full Stride"
20th Century Masters series-Sammy Davis
Jr.
Dave Koz "Saxophonic"
Chris Botti "When I Fall in Love"
Alicia Keys "The Diary of Alicia Keys"
Donnie McClurkin "Again"
Frank Sinatra "Frank Sinatra"
Matt Dusk "Two Shots"
Rosa Passos "Amorosa"
And the station that is preset #1 on her
dial at home and in the car, which is The
Wave 94.7 FM.
Favorite recent CD addition...Chet Baker
Tokyo I and Tokyo II...Favorite track...Almost
Blue. Email
Cheryl
Cheryl,
a longtime fan of live music is new to smoothjazznow.com
as a contributing editor. Toronto area readers
might remember The Generator, The Triumph Hotel,
and Peaches on Pears Avenue...just to name a
small sampling of the hotspots around town for
live jams back in the day, and Cheryl remembers,
"I was out about town at these clubs listening
to R&B and jazz before I was old enough
to be there, and the two things I love to do
most in my free time are 1. Write and 2. Mellow
out to Smooth Jazz, so writing for smoothjazznow.com
is definitely a dream come true for me."
Gladys
Knight, Shirley Bassey, and Roberta Flack
were all household names to me as a child,
and a lot of smooth jazz has that same feel...there
was a difference between R&B and Soul
music, and these ladies had an abundance
of soul." 
