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Laurie Fagen

Laurie Fagen sings classic jazz with a fresh spin

About Me

Laurie Fagen, www.LaurieFagen.com With extensive vocal and instrumental music training, long-time Valley resident Laurie Fagen of Chandler has performed in large award-winning choral groups, madrigals and smaller singing groups. Her first instrument was clarinet, followed by oboe and then alto and tenor sax, where she played in a highly-acclaimed, award-winning jazz band that traveled throughout the Midwest, playing with such greats as trumpeter Clark Terry.

Fagen spent many years singing and dancing in musical stage productions for professional and community theatre in the Phoenix area, and performed contemporary and pop tunes in the Valley for events, private parties and other settings. Switching to classic jazz, Fagen is booked regularly in clubs and restaurants and for corporate and public events, public private parties and other settings. Fagen is also an art promoter with Art Online AZ LLC, at www.ArtOnlineAZ.com; as well as a fiber artist with her company, Fagen Designs, www.FagenDesigns.com; and her newest venture is crime fiction writing with details at www.ReadLaurieFagen.com; she is also past president of Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuths Chapter at www.DesertSleuths.com.

My Jazz Story

I was first exposed to jazz by the late great Jack Oatts, our jazz band leader in a small Midwestern town in Iowa, where I played alto and tenor sax. I sang in many other genres after that, but recently came back to jazz and all that early training has served me well.