Joyce Breach

"Joyce Breach has the most attractive sound of any female singer since
Rosemary Clooney."
-Margaret Whiting

"I absolutely love your voice, and I couldn't be more pleased that you chose Love Can Change the Stars and The Boy Next Door. You sang them enchantingly, and I could never hope for a better performance than these two. Much applause and admiration."
-Hugh Martin (from a private letter on
Reel Songs)

"A throaty peach named Joyce Breach has been adding a new luster to Manhattan's after-dark scene. Her husky voice, superb taste in songs, and unique way with a classy tune are worth waiting for."
-Rex Reed, NY Observer

"Joyce Breach has enough of Mabel Mercer's traits to qualify as a worthy acolyte...Breach has a warm,foggy voice that wraps itself comfortably around ballads that take the long view. Breach breathes into both songs (All in Fun and Lucky to Be Me) the kind of farsighted understanding that made Mercer the oracle that she was.
-Stephen Holden,The New York Times

"One of today's saloon-iest singers...a soothing,evocative,low-key jazz-pop interpreter. There may be singers as good on the local scene currently but surely none better."
-David Finkle, The Village Voice

Appearing Soon!
Saturday, July 26, 2008 8pm Monroeville Jazz Festival with the Reid Hoyson Trio: David Budway, piano, Dwayne Dolphin, bass Reid Hoyson, drums Monroeville, PA for information visit www.monroevillejazz.org click here for past engagement information	"There are certain Great American Songbook singers (call them Standard Bearers) who, when they're at work, convince you they're the best singer alive. Here's one of them. It's all direct and directly to the heart and soul." -David Finkle, The Village Voice "Like her mentor, Ms. Breach gets to the aesthetics of her repertoire, examining each stanza, turning both the rueful, obscure ballads...and the swinging vintage standards into one-act musical scenarios with polish and brio. Her singing is technically flawless and emotionally wrenching." -Rex Reed, New York Observer

	Joyce's Latest Recording
Joyce's 11th recording on Audiophile, "Remembering Mabel Mercer, Volume Three" "This is the third and final volume in Joyce Breach's exploration of Mercer's repertoire, and it's hard to imagine a singer better suited to the task. Starting in the '70s, she brought a Manhattan-style ambiance to a string of local clubs. Joyce has always been a pleasure to hear: her feather-down voice is close to a purr, and like Mercer she has a no-frills delivery and an air of calm wisdom. The simplicity of her style conveys a trust in the great songs she sings, but Joyce steers clear of the prissiness and formality that make "tasteful" a dirty word." -John Gavin, from the CD liner notes "...all but dare one not to compare to some of the exemplary composer songbooks recorded by Ella Fitzgerald. Yes, that's how fine these sets are." -Jeff Rossen, Cabaret Scenes		Remembering Mabel Mercer, Volume Three (Audiophile Records ACD-335) With Keith Ingham, Arrangements, Piano, Leader; Jeff Tillman, Guitar; John Beal, Bass; Russell George, Violin; Laurie Goldstein, Basson; Robin Bushman, Violin