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Eve Cornelious
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"...her swinging style makes one wonder why she is not a lot more famous." ~ All Music Guide
Something… about… “… sassy Eve Cornelious awaits the ears.” ~NEA Jazz Master Willard Jenkins, Downbeat One of Eve’s ALL-TIME favorite performances was touring all over the world with Roy Hargrove and Chucho Valdez on the Crisol Tour, particularly at Jazz in Marciac performing as a trio with Roy, Chucho and Eve in the Town square. "Eve Cornelious voice was haunting and quite effective on You're Blase.” ~ Jazz Times She has enjoyed a remarkable career [playing regularly in New York City at Smoke Jazz Club, The Brownstone and throughout the USA]; abroad in Europe Eastern Europe, Canada, Japan, Cuba performing at concert and Symphony halls; clubs, festivals, Spoleto, Playboy, North Sea, Monterey, Montreal, Montreaux, Jazz à Vienne, JVC@Lincoln Center, Newport, Jazz Province, Nida Jazz Festival, Jazz@Philharmonic, Lionel Hampton and more. Worthy of at least a Grammy nomination for best 'Jazz Solo Performance.' ~ Larry Thomas, WNCU-FM Award winning vocalist, Eve Cornelious, was the 1st Jazz Vocal teacher in North Carolina at East Carolina University; won the Jazz Composers Fellowship; was a ‘BET Jazz Vocal Discovery’ [served as a host of BET's Jazzy Vocals' TV show]; The Lionel Hampton Award; The Indie Award and The Russian Jazz Performance Award. Her vocalese rendition of Flamenco Sketches [Kinda Blue] is featured in the prestigious radio archives of the Smithsonian Institute. "Miles would have dug it” ~Teo Macero/producer Eve has been featured on recordings and video with Ramsey Lewis, Norman Connors, Javon Jackson; also performed with Jon Hendricks, Dianne Reeves, Mulgrew Miller, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Gary Bartz, Ray Bryant, Chip Crawford, Jeremy Pelt, Anthony Wonsey, Cyrus Chestnut, Gerald Cannon, Willie Jones, Clark Gayton, Frank Lacy, Sherman Irby, Larry Willis, John Hicks, Ronnie Mathews, Walter Booker, Leonid & Nick Vintskevich, David Goloshukin, Lembit Saursalu, Ed Cherry, Calvin Jones, Alvin Atkinson, Winard Harper, Carl Allen, Mark Whitfield, Brian Charette, Stanley Baird, Gregg Gelb and a host of others. "...her swinging style makes one wonder why she is not a lot more famous." ~ All Music Guide Discography: as a Leader Again Naturally Live at Smoke I Feel Like Some Jazz Today Faces of Eve Website: www.eve-cornelious.com AAJ: www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/eve-cornelious
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This page was last updated on 2026-07-17.
