Michelle DellaFave

I was first exposed to jazz as a child because my Dad was a drummer who worked in New Jersey. He constantly played Frank Sinatra and Luis Prima, Count Basie and Buddy Rich, big band and Jazz. Music was always in my ears and I learned how to sing from listening to the great performers. I was always singing in school and continued after high school. New York brought me a job as a Copa Dancer at The Copacabana, and I got to see the greats. When the dancers were taken off the clubs regular feature, due to funds, I auditioned for The Dean Martin Show executives and became a Golddigger and Dingaling Sister and a Soul Sister, working 7 years in LA. There I did commercials singing for Red Rose Tea, and Equity shows. I have done choral work, and recorded my own cds. I produced on Jazz pop called Cool Burn, a gospel cd and a patriotic cd. Moving to New York City my birth home, I have worked many clubs. I love rhythm, since my Dad was a drummer and since my Mom was a dancer, I can't sit down for a long time. I need to keep moving so I love jazz and experimenting with vocal sounds. Sad or happy songs, I just love to make music and working with other musicians is just like home for me. I perform as a soloist at St Marks Church in the Bowery, and for veteran events and always working on new songs to record.