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Jamille JAM Hunter
I AM JAM!
About Me
Fluidity and discipline are two of the defining elements of artistic
craft. The ability to experiment and flow is born from understanding
the rules and not only breaking them, but also expanding them.
Vocalist Jamille “JAM” Hunter exudes this dexterity through her
abilities as singer, composer, musician, and performer. Her stage
presence along with her sultry, full-bodied vocals brings her
classical and jazz training center stage. Her vocal range moves
listeners through an array of moods from cheery and up-tempo to
contemplative and sensual.
A self-described “neo-jazz” singer, “JAM” is poised to emerge on the
increasingly volcanic contemporary jazz scene and take her place among
the likes of Robert Glasper, Dianne Reeves, Taylor McFerrin, Jason
Moran, Bilal, and others.
The texture of her sound is reminiscent of a smoky jazz venue. She is
an old soul with a bright spirit. Her vocals soar and explode
thematically around love, whether it is romantic love, love for life,
or love for creating. And while the pain of love seeps into her
melodies, her compositions tend to swing towards resonant uplift,
capturing her joy that arises from performing, writing, and arranging.
Her sound is not contained or confined to a single genre making her
potential as a contemporary vocalist elastic.
With years of gigging in the R&B/Soul arena under her belt, and
previous classical training “JAM” began to train intensively as a jazz
vocalist in Los Angeles, CA at the World Stage of Leimert Park.
Seeking an international experience she left Los Angeles and hit the
stage in Nagoya, Japan where she honed her craft as the lead vocalist
at the Stardust Jazz Club. Throughout her career “JAM” has performed
the Star Spangled Banner at Dodger stadium, sang in the Bobby Jones
Gospel Fest, The River Arts Fest, performed in Opera Memphis and the
Memphis Star Challenge.
Most recently produced the Sarah Vaughan Tribute Concert that is set
to become an annual performance spotlighting the brilliance of this
quintessential vocalist.
JAM cites her influences as Earth Wind and Fire, Dinah Washington,
Stevie Wonder, Sarah Vaughan, Dianne Reeves, Jill Scott, and Robert
Glasper.
JAM will release her first CD/Single “In the Sun” in 2012.