Dov Manski & Kristin Slipp - A Thousand Julys (2013)

Listening to A Thousand Julys gave me a continual sense that—finally—I was listening to a jazz record that might truly appeal to a non-jazz audience in a fresh way. Without being calculated or hiply “indie”, this music seems to jump effortlessly from one style to another, from one age to another. It may contain a hip downtown eclecticism on the one hand, but listening to the gorgeous “For Heaven’s Sake” suggests that a Broadway fan would love this music just as much.