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“To just call Walter "a singer"
doesn't do him justice”
-Al Hunter-philly news
“vocalist JD Walter displayed a
talent for scat singing that rivals the best in jazz history”
-The Chestnut Hill Local (Philly, Pa)-Michael Caruso
"The guy is like an instrument-a
phenomenon!!"
Dave Liebman
"In an age where anyone can put out a CD,
here is a true jazz artist for the long haul."
-Mark Rodney
DJ KUNV Jazz 91.5.
Las Vegas, Nevada
"The really important thing is that starting
from the first sound, JD
captures the listeners’ attention and now they completely belong to him."
Maria Panteleyeva
Poinyl Jazz Report,
Nizhniy Novogorod, Russia
"I mean, he scats like
nobody else. Comparisons fail me. He plays with
long tones like Betty Carter, takes risks like Kurt Elling, possesses a
velvety smoothness like Mel Torme, investigates wordless ululations like
Milton Nascimento, croons with the confident serenity of a Nat Cole.
"
-Bill Donaldson
Marge Hofacre’s JAZZ NEWS
"I walked in as J.D. launched into a standard:
The words were there, the melody was there, and yet I thought it was a
trumpet singing. His vocal timbre is more instrumental than any other
jazz singer I have heard, and his arrangements and treatments are always
interesting and… very musical."
- Bob Dorough
Blue note recording artist
"...the Philly vocalist with the soaring improvisational
style… showcases both his Betty Carter-esque way of elasticizing a melody
and his adept scat singing…"
-Nate Chinen
Downbeat critic
"J.D. Possesses a great gift for improvisation, an acute sensitivity
to nuance and phrasing, and an obvious passionate love for his
work."
- Rosemary Barret, Jazz Critic
Central Pennsylvania Friends Of Jazz Monthly Publication
"He reinvents the voice as a lead instrument… A true bearer
of
the bebop message for the 21st century."
-Brian Hennessy
Jazz critic, Daily News
"He does to a song what Betty Carter did, making it uniquely
his own. 'Turn Out the Stars' will convince you. Walter is a natural who
has 'can't miss' written all over him."
-Frank Rubolino
Cadence magazine
"Scats like an angry postal worker"
-Jef Lee Johnson
Philly musician
"Sings with the pizzazz of a horn player"
-Karl Stark ,
Philadelphia Inquirer
"Five stars! Five stars I tell you! " Sirens in the C-
House "
is without a doubt a five star CD…From track one
to track nine a stunner.."
-Don Williamson
Allaboutjazz.com
"Throwing aside conformity and convention, he uses all sorts
of
vocal devices to provide a new perspective.."
-Dave Nathen
All Music Guide
getmusic.com
"Those in the know have already checked out J.D. Walter, the Philly vocalist with the soaring improvisational style... The arrangements are impressive, too..."
-Philadelphia City Paper
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