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Tianna Hall
Jazz Vocalist, Mommy, Nerd
About Me
Tianna Hall is currently the acting bandleader and
singer for The Houston Jazz Band, The Texas Jazz
Band, Mighty Pretty Mixtape & The Houston Big
Band. She has been and continues to be the
busiest and most sought after jazz singer and
vocalist in Texas, working with the finest
instrumentalists in the entire region.
Tianna attended the University of Houston where
she majored in Vocal Performance and worked
professionally in musical theatre and opera for
many years before focusing her craft on vocal
jazz. She was then mentored by Duke Ellington
Orchestra Pianist Marsha Frazier along with her
music director for many years: composer, arranger
and jazz pianist Paul English who helped her
begin her career in jazz in 2004.
Some recent performance venues include
headlining the Candlelight Concert series for
Houston with The Houston Jazz Band as a
Quintet, The Heights Theater as the opening act
for dear friend and jazz legend Jane Monheit, The
Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH, Bayou
Bend Collection, Spiegeltent), Minute Maid Park
for the Houston Astros, Robertson Stadium for
the Houston Dynamo, Jones Hall for the
Progressive Forum's presentations of both
Garrison Keillor & Frank Rich, Hobby Center for
the Performing Arts' Theater District Open House
Presentation for the City of Houston, two
appearances on the late night Houston Television
Variety show for the arts The After Party with
Ernie Manouse and two appearances with
commentator Eric Ladau on KUHF's 88.7 FM
(Houston's NPR affiliate) as well as special
presentations by DaCamera - Houston. Teatro
Diana of Guadalajara, Mexico as well as
numerous other venues throughout Mexico where
she performs with The Mexico City Jazz Trio. She
also works as a studio session vocalist in every
genre for many professional Houston Recording
Studios by day. Ms. Hall can often be found
gracing the homes and estates of politicians,
philanthropists and celebrities across the city of
Houston, the state of Texas, the United States as
well as abroad from time to time for private
contracted engagements such as intimate dinner
parties and grand affairs alike.
Tianna Hall is a Grammy © recognized vocalist
based in Houston, Texas and is currently the
acting bandleader and singer for The Houston
Jazz Band, The Texas Jazz Band, Mighty Pretty
Mixtape & The Houston Jazz Band Orchestra. She
has been and continues to be the busiest and
most sought after jazz singer and vocalist in
Texas, working with the finest instrumentalists in
the entire region.
Tianna attended the University of Houston where
she majored in Vocal Performance and worked
professionally in musical theatre and opera for
many years before focusing her craft on vocal
jazz. She was then mentored by Duke Ellington
Orchestra Pianist Marsha Frazier along with her
music director for many years: composer, arranger
and jazz pianist Paul English who helped her
begin her career in jazz in 2004.
Some recent performance venues include
headlining the Candlelight Concert series for
Houston with The Houston Jazz Band as a
Quintet, The Heights Theater as the opening act
for dear friend and jazz legend Jane Monheit, The
Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH, Bayou
Bend Collection, Spiegeltent), Minute Maid Park
for the Houston Astros, Robertson Stadium for
the Houston Dynamo, Jones Hall for the
Progressive Forum's presentations of both
Garrison Keillor & Frank Rich, Hobby Center for
the Performing Arts' Theater District Open House
Presentation for the City of Houston, two
appearances on the late night Houston Television
Variety show for the arts The After Party with
Ernie Manouse and two appearances with
commentator Eric Ladau on KUHF's 88.7 FM
(Houston's NPR affiliate) as well as special
presentations by DaCamera - Houston. Teatro
Diana of Guadalajara, Mexico as well as
numerous other venues throughout Mexico where
she performs with The Mexico City Jazz Trio. She
also works as a studio session vocalist in every
genre for many professional Houston Recording
Studios by day. Ms. Hall can often be found
gracing the homes and estates of politicians,
philanthropists and celebrities across the city of
Houston, the state of Texas, the United States as
well as abroad from time to time for private
contracted engagements such as intimate dinner
parties and grand affairs alike.
She is currently playing regularly at some of
Houston's finest venues including The Ready
Room, Kiran’s, The House of Blues, Houston
Country Club, River Oaks Country Club, The
Houstonian, The Lone Star Flight Museum & The
Astorian. She has also had steady performance
engagements at Cezanne, Artisans, Plane &
Level, Savoir / Patton's Speakeasy, The Rouxpour
- Memorial City, The Rouxpour - Baybrook, Finn
Hall, Hotel Zaza, Sambuca Jazz Cafe, Crush Wine
Lounge, Kirby's, Vic & Anthony's, Hotel Sorella,
Bistro Alex, Acadian Coast, Marmo, La Colombe
d'or, Leeland House, The Marriott Westchase, The
Rainbow Lodge, The Boom Boom Room,
Timpano, The Magnolia Hotel, Ouisie's Table,
Mascalzone, Eddie V's, Tommy's, Louie's,
O'Rourke's, The Tasting Room - River Oaks, The
Tasting Room - Uptown Park, Downing Street
Pub, Hotel Icon, Solea, The Grove, The Glade,
Discovery Green, MKT Bar, The Four Seasons
Hotel, The St. Regis Hotel, The Westin Hotel,
Hotel Granduca, McCormick & Schmick’s and
Brennan’s of Houston along with countless other
high end venues throughout the Greater Houston
Area.
Her vocals are influenced by artists of many
genres including but not limited to Tony Bennett,
Jane Monheit, Frank Sinatra, Nancy LaMott, Ella
Fitzgerald, Eva Cassidy, Kurt Elling, Sarah
Vaughan, Michael Buble, KD Lang, Karen
Carpenter, Anne Murry, Nancy Wilson, Patti
Labelle, Gladys Knight, Annie Lennox & many
others.
Tianna has eight full length albums under her
belt: her current 2024 release of The Vintage
Jukebox, 2020’s release and her first live
recording: Tianna Hall & The Houston Jazz Band -
Live, with audio & video recorded live in concert at
The Kawai Piano Gallery of Houston by Tan
Truong's Westside Studio with Guitarist Greg
Petito, Pianist Ted Wenglinski, Bassist Andrew
Gordon & Drummer Sam Knight with an intimate
audience; 2007's - Tianna Hall & The Mexico City
Jazz Trio - Lost In The Stars; 2010's - Tianna Hall
& Danny McKnight - Ballads & Bossas; her 3rd
album released on Blue Bamboo Music in 2011 -
Tianna Hall - Never Let Me Go; her 4th album,
Two For The Road (another collaboration with the
Mexico City Jazz Trio) released in August of 2012;
her holiday album with Guitarist Chris Cortez
titled Noel released in November of 2013; Hit Me
With a Hot Note, her 6th album and the 5th to be
Grammy recognized, is a collaboration with
guitarist Paul Chester, bassist David Craig, the
late Drummer Sebastian Whittaker, Trumpet
Dennis Dotson & Saxophonist Warren Sneed. It
was produced at Wire Road Studios of Houston
with acclaimed audio engineer Andy Bradley at
the helm.
Tianna Hall is a voting member of The Recording
Academy (The Grammy's) and is actively involved
in the jazz and recording artist communities along
with the event professionals community as an
active member of the Houston chapter of NACE -
International (The National Association of
Catering & Events).
