Claire Martin & Richard Rodney Bennett - Live Review - Next Magazine

This is the last weekend of the spring season at the Algonquin Hotel's glamorous Oak Room. British jazz luminary Claire Martin and the acclaimed Sir Richard Rodney Bennett have crossed the pond to favor us with A Couple of Swells - Songs of Irving Berlin. Favoring a cool, sultry style that combines the best of Julie London and Cleo Laine, Martin is a wonderful interpreter who's perfectly paired with Bennett at the keyboard.