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Joyce Cooling Shares Christmas Gift with You
Nov. 19, 2008 – Like all of us, Joyce Cooling has always had a ‘to-do before I’m dead’ list. Maybe not as miraculous as curing cancer but still important. Right near the top has always been her wish to write and record a Christmas tune. Well, put a big check mark on that line. Cooling is offering her own Christmas original, 'It’s Feeling Like Christmas,' on her website. In the spirit of Christmas Joyce is giving the tune to you for free. Joyce sings and plays guitar on the tune. Check it out here. http://www.joycecooling.com – by Kari Graham |
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Joyce Cooling Shares Christmas Gift with You
Nov. 20, 2008 – Like all of us, Joyce Cooling has always had a ‘to-do before I’m dead’ list. Maybe not as miraculous as curing cancer but still important. More
Kim Pensyl - When Katie Smiles
Nov. 20, 2008 - In today’s fast and hectic paced world there are times when you just have to put aside some ideas or goals and get back to them hopefully at a later time. More
How Much Love Left in Don Cornelius? Soul Train Conductor Gets Two Restraining Orders
Nov 20, 2008 – To watch Don Cornelius on Soul Train, you’d think there was nothing in the world except peace and love – well maybe a lot of that was just for the cameras. The 72 year old has had two restraining orders slapped against him. More
Peter Friestedt Retuns With Toto/Chicago Inspiration on 'LA Project II
Nov. 20, 2008 -
Peter Friestedt had so much fun with his first 'LA Project' that the sequel was just a matter of time. “LA Project II”, again features lead vocal performances by Joseph Williams (Toto), Bill Champlin (Chicago) to satisfy fans of that rich LA sound. It's proven a winner for Smooth Jazz fans. More
BB King and John Mayer Added For Grammy Nominations Concert
Nov. 18, 2008 – Even folks who don’t believe in the Grammy’s agree the performances can go big! No exception for the Grammy Nominations concert to be held Dec. 3. So far the bill includes Foo Fighters, John Mayer and B.B. King for the show at Nokia Theatre L.A. More
Bob Baldwin's "New Urban Jazz": Musical Gimmick or Next Step in Smooth Jazz?
Nov. 14, 2008 - While fans, broadcasters and even some musicians are predicting the death of Smooth Jazz, at the very least, the radio format is evolving. Radio Consultant Broadcast Architecture has come up with Smooth AC. More
Check Our Sister Site Rock History Book
Expect updates on Classic & Modern Rock. Also interviews and reviews. Check out the new site right now. www.rockhistorybook.com. |
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Joyce
Cooling's Warm Summer Night
July
30, 2007 - On a beautiful summer evening in MD,
it was Joyce
Cooling's first time performing at the Rams Head Tavern
and my first time seeing her perform live. Believe
me, it won't be my last. This girl rocks the guitar
lots of class and style and the bluesy and down
home feel to her style keeps fans coming back
for more. More |
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Joyce
Cooling's Revolving Door
November
3, 2006 - Much like Lewis Carroll's beloved
Alice who followed a nattily attired talking
rabbit down a hole I was equally intrigued
as I recently spent an all too short hour
speaking with contemporary Jazz guitarist
Joyce Cooling. The San Francisco Bay area
composer/musician readily admits that having
a conversation with her can be both an adventure
and elusive. At one point during our conversation
she asks, "Have you noticed with me that
you can never get a straight answer? Have
you noticed that?" More |
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Joyce
Cooling Happy with "Steady Eddy"
partner Jay Wagner
September
16, 2004 - If you've ever talked to Joyce
Cooling you'd know that she's not short
on Pizzazz and times that by ten when she
walks on stage. Add partner Jay Wagner to
the mix and you'll understand why opposites
attract . "He doesn't have a lot of complicated
emotions or ups and downs," says Cooling,
"He's very much a steady eddy kind of
guy." She adds "I'm very different,
I'm up and down and all over the place. It's
a good combination, he cools me off and I
light a fire under him." The two met
while both playing the Brazilian Jazz circuit
in 1985 and the two clicked instantly both
personally and musically. Wagner has produced
all her albums and on the new one 'This Girls
Got To Play' contributes keyboards, vocals
and soprano sax. "He hides his light
he will not be in the front he wants to be
in the background. With a guy like that sometimes
only the musicians get it. They know he's
special but he's just a shy guy," says
Cooling. Read
our updated interview with Joyce Cooling. |
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Joyce
Cooling Thankful To The Jazz Clubs
July
13, 2004 - Joyce
Cooling discovered Jazz as a teen and
though she was given a huge Jazz library from
a friend early on she also gives thanks to
New York Clubs for cutting her some slack.
"You know if I could ever find the club
owners I'd love to say thank you. I owe them
so much." When Cooling was too young
to enter those Jazz clubs she still got a
glimpse of the action, "They knew I was
under aged but they let me sit on the steps
and listen because they could just see how
crazy I was about it," says Cooling.
"Some would let us in after hours just
to watch and these were the people that truly
understood." The guitarist told Smooth
Jazz Now certain clubs stand out in her mind
like the Village Vanguard and the Village
Gate in New York. Cooling is currently charting
with 'Expression' from the album 'This Girls
Got To Play." Read
our current interview with Joyce Cooling. |
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Joyce
Cooling Happy Being a Marketing Hook
June
16, 2004 - It's no secret that Smooth Jazz
is mostly a boys club but Joyce
Cooling says that didn't hurt her a bit,
"I think the only reason I got signed
was because I'm female. It did not work against
me," says Cooling. She told Smooth Jazz
Now that if she was a man her first album
would have never been released, "Being
female in Smooth Jazz lets face it is a marketing
hook and that's ok I could care less. All
I know is I have to play." Cooling is
currently charting with the hit 'Expression'
from her latest album 'This Girls Got To Play'
and she is our artist of the month for June.
The guitarist says the whole girl power thing
in music it's usually "very valid but
then some is not so valid it's just too cutesy.
You know cutesy women getting by on other
stuff. Read
our updated interview with Cooling.
Joyce
Cooling On Her Adventurous Teenage Years
June
9, 2004 - Let's face it, we all acted out
during our teenage years. Maybe it was drinking
lemon gin in between classes or getting that
daring tattoo or piercing. Joyce
Cooling probably has you beat in that
department though - she hitchhiked across
Canada! "We were sixteen or seventeen,"
says Cooling, "Our parents to this day
had no idea. I told my mom I was just going
to my friend's house." Cooling who has
just released the album 'This Girls Got To
Play' said they saw as much of Canada as they
could, "We hitchhiked right through the
country to Montreal and my friend had a brother
living in Toronto so we visited him and we
went to Calgary but we didn't get to Vancouver.
I think we ran out of money." The guitarist
says she was, "a little nuts" back
then adding, "If I had a daughter I would
be terrified by this." Cooling is our
'Artist of the Month for June. Read
our interview.
Joyce
Cooling - 'Artist of the Month' For June
June
1, 2004 - Joyce Cooling doesn't know if it
was a weird twist of fate or simply bad luck
that her last album 'Third Wish' was released
on one of the darkest days in recent memory
- 9/11. Living in San Francisco the former
New Yorker could only think about her family
that day, "I was terrified," says
Cooling "I was glued to the TV like everyone
else and I forgot all about the CD being released."
The guitarist told Smooth Jazz Now that the
period following the World Trade Center attacks
had her contemplating leaving the music industry
all together. Cooling says, "I felt like
a big pink puffy wad of cotton candy like
what am I going to do play guitar?" Well,
that's exactly what she did but not before
a lot of soul searching. "You come right
back home to where you started realizing that
you know what? This is what I love, this is
something I have to do. It's in my bone marrow."
The result is her new album with a title that
describes an artist with fortified conviction,
'This Girls Got To Play." Joyce Cooling
is the Smooth Jazz Now 'Artist of the Month.' Read
our interview from April, 28th 2004.
Joyce
Cooling Returns March 23 on Narada
Jazz
February
24, 2004 - Joyce
Cooling is making big changes. The guitarist
has a new album on a new record label. The
CD on Narada Jazz is called "This Girl's
Got To Play" and will be in stores March
23. Narada Jazz is very excited about the
project calling it, "sassy, sexy, and
savvy." Cooling says, "The time
leading up to the album was, musically speaking,
a very restless one for me. I was anxious
to experiment with new ideas." The guitarist
did experiment and it paid off, "For
me, it's a good thing to be on the edge. It
keeps me focused and looking forward to the
next project." The
title song looks back at her own life, "As
a kid, I just had to play music. All I wanted
was to be in a band." says Cooling, "No,
I wasn't a cheerleader in high school."
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