Adam is extraordinary. Such musicianship and time!
author: Black Olive Jazz
Adam Blankman brings to mind a young Mel Torme. Extraordinary in pitch, timing--scatting with the best of them--a singer's singer. I heard perform live, and his range and musicianship are remarkable. He left me and the audience breathless with his vocal feats and sensitive delivery. He's someone to watch and listen to!
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Fresh, creative, diverse, swinging and very cool.
author: Barry Green, bassist, author
Blankman delivers in straigh simple and clear musical terms. The songs and music come through in a diverse array of great arrangements: groovey, jazzy, swinging, contemporary, Gospel, rock, bebop even Indian! Fine playing by side-men! Impressive diction, virtuosity and delivered with a clear smile and a lot of joy. Highly enjoyable! Highly recommended!
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innovative and fun
author: Spivek
Blankman is a true master of reinvention of genre. He is taking songs that have been around for years and years and granting them a new lease on life through brilliant arrangement and an innovative singing style that absolutely goes for broke. I guarantee you that Blankman will be at the forefront of a new Jazz movement and one hundred years from now some joker will come around and try to reinvent the "Blankman" style...
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