Whitney Marchelle is a Internationally distributed recording and
performance artist in Jazz, Pop,and Blues. Performances in 5 Star
Hotels, ,Festivals, prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall (New York
Jazz Academy),Off Broadway Shows,Cotton Club, NYC Blue Note and
national commercials under her belt of over 25 years experience
professionally with write-ups in various magazines including Jazztimes,
Jazzis, NYC Times,City Newspaper,Maxx Myricks's Maxx House ,
NYC Hot House. Alpha Phi Delta. Has received active radio airplay.
Performances with:; Wycliffe Gordon,Clark Terry, Wayne
Newton, Eddie Henderson,Quincy Jones, Performed “Hello Young
lovers chart written by the late Don Costa at the Sarah Hotel private
event with several members from the Frank Sinatra band . Also
performed with members who were of the Count Basie Band including
few George Caldwell. Marchelle was singing with Mustfa Orchestra
when Dee Dee Bridgewater graced her stage and it was put in JazzIZ
Magazine,David Fathead,Wynard Harper, Kuni Mikani,Barry Harris,
Sabu Adeoyla,Andy Calabrese,Mike Melito,Sylvia Cuenca and Carmen
Intorre just to name a few.
Marchelle also adds her ability to play piano and guitar on her shows
and recordings as well.
Whitney singing and playing piano at the Zinc Bar in March 2011 with
Sylvia Cuenca, Kim Clark, Helen Sung and special guest trumpeter Dr.
Eddie Henderson. George Eastman House singing and playing her
originals w/ Eastman student bassist Katie Ernst.
Whitney Marchelle performed Dec 26th, 2010 at Carnegie Hall with the
New York Jazz Acedemy
In 2010 Marchelle performed at Eastman in Rochester NY playing piano
and singing for the Women in Jazz Music Festival teaching a jazz vocal
Clinic under Dr. Derrick Smith of Eastman with was aired on channel 8.
Whitney Performed at the African American Festival with Tia Fuller
which her segment was televised on channel 13.
Marchelle performed with bassist Sabu Adeyola and quartet at the Pine
Grill Jazz Festival Reunion in Buffalo 2010.
A.F.T.R.A./S.A.G Spike Lee's produced STATE FARM commercial. For
Ray Charles, Ike Turner studio sessions. Background parts on Law and
Order & Hitch.Don Deigo & Steve Turre's cd
Guest at the Killbourne Hall at the Xerox Rochester Jazz festival 2010
when called up on stage with the African Bassekou-Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
group where they traded impromtu jazz & blues licks and received a
standing ovation 2010. In 2008 a scheduled performance with the
Musican Educators Big Band under the direction of Howard Potter for
the Rochester Jazz Festival.
Numerous International Hotels: Radisson, Harrah's,Hyatt,Hilton, Dusit
Dubai Hotel, La Vila in Paris , & Japan.
Wayne Newton gives the nickname of “Slick” to Marchelle for her soulful
and smooth vocals when performing a 30-minute solo and duet with
Wayne for 4 years.
BillBoard Entertainment Award show (background vocalist w/
lead),Atlanta Jazz Festival, Eddie Durham Festival, Kansas City Jazz
Festival,Rochester Jazz Festival, Jazz In July Festival, Budweiser
Festival. Dee Dee Bridgewater graced Marchelle's stage while
performing with the Mustafa Orchestra at the Art Deco Festival in
Florida (was in Jazziz ). The IAJE (big band in Atlanta GA), Frank
Sinatra's Big Band (Vinnie Valcone conductor), the Drake University Big
Band, several Presidential, Olympic, and Grammy private
events.Harlem Gospel Choir.Singapore Lighting of the Olympic Torch
Festival,Balloon Festival Sentosa Island.
Whitney performed with Paradigm Shift Group & individual members
(Mel Henderson,Gerry Youngman, Sean Jefferson) 2010 Pomodoros in
ROC,Luthern Church Video (Obama's In The House), Memorial Art
Gallery and studio sessions.
Whitney also made a guest appearance with Dave Bergers jazz band at
Jazz@lincoln Center.She performed The Star Spangled Banner at the
Chris Evert Tennis Classic. Opened for KISS, Bill Withers ,Donny
Hawthoway(with sister Joanne Jackson at Oil Can Harry's in Canada
Witches Brew),Tommy Banks Show, Tonight Show Hosted By Don
Rickles.Tony Bennet several same billing w/ Wanye Newton, Fox
Theater, Civic Center, NYC Aaron Davis Hall Theater
acting/singing.Flushing Town Hall opening for Fathead Neuman, ABC
Superstars in Hawaii, Ilikii Hotel,Lenox Lounge,Rochester's NY Memorial
Art Gallery w violinist Auga Davenport, Memorial Art Gallery w/Wycliffe
Gordon & friends.
DISTIRBUTED BY CITY HALL RECORDS NATIONALLY Award
recipient international recording singer/songwriter is based out of New
York City and Rochester NY and stamps you with her own style
immediately. This smooth & straight- ahead jazz CD, Me, Marsalis &
Monk, Engineered by Grammy winner Marc Useli and mastered by
engineer Ken Depotter demostrates the art of composing 'in the moment'
while performing an instantaneous level of creativity. Me, Marsalis &
Monk features Grammy Award Winners REGINAL VEAL & NEAL CAIN
- bass, WYCLIFFE GORDON- trombone and CLARK TERRY - trumpet
& fugel. Also, Don Deigo-tenor, Patience Higgins- soprano sax, Eric
Durham - guitar (son of Eddie Durham), Eddie Davis - trumpet, Sylvia
Cuenca - drums, Kofie Burbridge - flute, Grammy Award Winner Wynton
Marsalis' own Walter Blanding Jr. - arrangements & sax, Dan Nimmer -
piano, and Barry Sames - piano among others.
This cd is produced by Whitney Marchelle, Clark Terry, Marsha “Topsy”
Durham, Phil Tan, Ricky Gordon aka”Dirty Red” and Ernest Gregory.
The CD Me, Marsalis & Monk was recorded in the following states;
Pennsylvania, New York and Georgia.
WHITNEY MARCHELLE aka Marchell Jackson wrote 6 tracks along
with the words to Grammy Award Winner WYNTON MARSALIS's tune,
LOOSE DUCK. The remaining 3 tracks of music by Grammy Award
Winners Thelonious MONK and words by John Hendricks.
WHITNEY MARCHELLE HAS ALOT TO BRING TO THE TABLE. A
poet, theater & television actress but mainly a singer of 3 1/2 octaves
with the ability to read music, attendeing numerous schools and
Universites including New School Univeristy,D.M.A.C.C. Yamaha School
Of Music, Kauffman School Of Music and Eastman just to name a few.
WHITNEY MARCHELLE instructs clinic's of Jazz Vocals & Basic
Theory all over the world including BERKLEE Conservatory(Japan),
Wellington Schools (Dubai), Sojouner House , School 46 ROC,Eastman,
U of R University
Whitney grew up listening and listens to Nancy Wilson, Ella, Sarah
Vaughn, Carmen, Nina Simone, Billy Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Mahalia
Jackson, Bonnie Raitt, Chaka Khan, Barbra Streisand, Eddie Jefferson,
Mel Torme, Pavoritti, Jon Hendricks, Ellington, Sinatra, Mark Murphey,
Monk, Amrstrong, Stevie Wonder, Abbey Lincoln, Ray Charles, B.B.
King, Natilie & Nat Cole, Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Celia Cruz, Lorretta
Lynn, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis,Wynton Marsalis,Leona Horne,
Shirley Horne,Coltrane, Pharaho Sanders and many more..
