Results for "Mharlyn Merritt"

Mharlyn Merritt

Born: March 30, 1950

Mharlyn Merritt is a vocalist with roots in Jazz, R&B and Classic Soul who has lived in London and New York and now creates music, novels and poems in her hometown of Philadelphia, PA.

Daughter of world-renowned Jazz bassist/composer, Jymie Merritt (Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie), Mharlyn Merritt is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Fellowship in Jazz Performance and an Interdisciplinary Arts Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. With the band Messenger, led by guitarist/composer Richard Lee Steacker (Grover Washington Band), Mharlyn opened for Hugh Masakela, Eddie Palmieri, and Richard Beltzer among others. During the disco-era her voice graced the background of numerous sessions at Philly’s legendary Sigma Sound Studios.

I Owe It to Dakota

Label: Honeybunch Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Make it Easy on Yourself - The Late Late Show- What Do You See in Her? - Broadway - Invitation - When Lights are Low - When Sunny Gets Blue

Jazz Vocalist Mharlyn Merritt Pays Tribute To Forgotten Jazz Diva With New Album

September 20, 2023

Jazz vocalist Mharlyn Merritt is excited to announce the September 9, 2023 indie digital release of her new classic jazz/pop LP, in homage to pre-eminent vocalist Dakota Staton, entitled: I Owe It to Dakota, available on all major streaming platforms including Spotify, Amazon Music, iTunes and iHeart Radio. Dakota Staton made an indelible mark on the ...

Alone Together

By Mike Merritt

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2005
Track listing: Look At What You've Done For Me - Insensatez - You Don't Know What Love Is - Fade To Black - Alone Together - Consider Me Gone - Moon and Sand - We'll Be Together Again