Joyce Breach

"Listening to Joyce sing is always a powerful and joyous experience. Her connection with the lyric is deeply personal, her voice is pure honey and the caressing humanity in every note is truly special. 0dds and Ends is another perfect vocal gem!"
-Michael Feinstein

"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)

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

"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.
-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!	Reviews from the Metropolitan Room
Standard Time with Michael Feinstein A Tribute to Burton Lane Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:30pm Michael Feinstein Joyce Breach Ron Raines Carnegie Hall-Zankel Hall 57th Street and Seventh Avenue http://www.carnegiehall.org Joyce Breach Midtown Jazz at Midday with Frank Owens-piano, Lisle Atkinson-bass, Warren Vache-cornet Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1pm St. Peter's 54th & Lexington Avenue, NYC Donation: $10 click here for past engagement information	"Truthful, elegant, spare, heartfelt, extraordinarily musical, mellifluous, and sublime. An amazing evening with le tout cabaret present to learn from one of the best friends a song has ever had." -Steve Ross "When Rosemary Clooney recorded her first album for Concord Records, Tony Bennett wrote a one-word liner note. I thought of that word when the performance by Joyce Breach and Richard Rodney Bennett at The Metropolitan Room ended on March 23, and that word is perfect. When a singer with a remarkable feeling for lyrics and phrasing is combined with an accompanist who possesses superb taste, delicate sensitivity and an enormously creative mind, you get the kind of magic that those who witnessed and absorbed this performance enjoyed." -Joe Lang, Jersey Jazz Journal "Joyce Breach has an affinity for old movies and good songs, and she has the taste to choose the prime and avoid the second-rate. In most of her shows she includes tunes that you've probably heard once or twice but never had the chance to get to know. It usually takes an artist with perception and a warm, caressing vocal tone to illuminate the real charm of these songs. With subtle, understated skill, Breach phrases the lyrics to allow the song to express its message. She has confident timing and an intimate delivery, and her vocals never get in the way with unnecessary embellishment. Those who have followed her career over the years might run across an interesting song somewhere and think, "That sounds like a Joyce Breach tune." Her approach is that identifiable." -Elizabeth Ahlfors,BistroAwards.com

	Joyce's Latest Recording
Just Released! Joyce's 12th recording on Audiophile Odds and Ends with Jon Weber on piano, and special guest Warren Vache "Listening to Joyce sing is always a powerful and joyous experience. Her connection with the lyric is deeply personal, her voice is pure honey and the caressing humanity in every note is truly special. 0dds and Ends is another perfect vocal gem!" -Michael Feinstein		Odds & Ends (Audiophile Records ACD-328) With Jon Weber, Arrangements, Piano; Chip Jackson, Bass; Warren Vache, Cornet; Gene Bertoncini, Guitar