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Jeanie Bryson
It is her unerring sense of swing that most defines Jeanie's style. She is best known for her warm, velvety sound and impeccable phrasing - "She has created a performance language rare in its ability to portray desire and humor", writes Peter Watrous in the New York Times. When he says "the effect is intimacy", he's right on. It feels like being cuddled in front of a smoldering fire when Jeanie Bryson sings.
Hardly surprising given her musical pedigree; she's the daughter of legendary jazz great Dizzy Gillespie and gifted songwriter Connie Bryson. Learning from her mother how a song is crafted, Jeanie acquired a strong sense of lyricism and storytelling that she brings to her music. Her enthusiasm for performance and the sense of joy that it brings to both performer and audience bespeak the many nights she spent in the company of her father and his band, taking it all in both off stage and on.
Jeanie, who earned a degree in anthropology from Rutgers University, found her life's passion by taking full advantage of the world-class jazz department on campus. She began to develop her uniquely personal singing style, and, with her father's legacy and the influence of one of her professors, Kenny Barron, her love of jazz singing happily blossomed into a career.
Having performed and travelled extensively throughout North and South America, Europe, and the Far East, Jeanie has received international acclaim. Along with being a guest vocalist on several outstanding recordings over the years, Jeanie has five solo recordings to her credit: "Deja Blue", on Koch Jazz, and “I Love Being Here With You", "Tonight I Need You So", and "Some Cats Know", all on the Telarc Jazz label, and "Live at the Warsaw Jazz Festival 1991", an import from Germany.
Fans and critics alike eagerly await Jeanie's newest project - "The Dizzy Gillespie Songbook", a loving and fitting tribute that celebrates her father's life, his music, and above all, his legacy. Jeanie directs her attention to her father's music as only a daughter can - CON ALMA - with soul.
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Jeanie Bryson: Deja Blue
by Dave Nathan
For her 4th album, Jeanie Bryson has moved from Telarc label to Koch which has provided a more comfortable framework for her calm, but often sensual, vocal style. Too long seen - - and unfairly so - - as a Peggy Lee clone, she comes into her own on this album. No doubt, there is a resemblance to Peggy. But all singers have been influenced by somebody sometime. What help breaks the link is the play list. The selections have ...
read moreJeanie Bryson: Deja Blue
by Jim Santella
One of today's top jazz singers, Jeanie Bryson delivers convincingly with down-home expression. Lucid lyrics, comfortable phrasing, and mellow harmony make her session easy to like. Her warm, seductive style continues to recall Peggy Lee. Jazz & blues, swing & cabaret, R&B and pop “" she's a natural for all aspects of vocal music. Bryson's fourth major album may be her best yet. Fourteen audio clips from each of her albums may be sampled from her web site .
“Deja ...
read moreJeanie Bryson to Perform at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center This Weekend
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
New York City premiere of “The Dizzy Gillespie Songbook," Friday & Saturday Nov 30 & Dec. 1 at 8pm, $25 / seniors, students $15 The Dizzy Gillespie legacy lives on! His daughter, vocalist Jeanie Bryson, brings her acclaimed evening to Tribeca Performing Arts Center on Nov 30 and Dec 1 at 8 pm. Jeanie Bryson, whose extraordinary singing voice is at once reminiscent of Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee, is also uniquely modern, original and inviting. With her own quintet ...
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The Dizzy Gillespie Songbook: A Collection of Songs Performed by Jeanie Bryson
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All About Jazz
A Listeners Venue for Jeanie Bryson and Coleman Mellett Performance
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All About Jazz
The Hopewell Bistro's Starlight Room is a great venue for listening to live jazz. On Saturday, July 14 at 7:30 p.m., guitarist, Coleman Mellett and vocalist, Jeanie Bryson will perform. They will be joined by Ben Sewell on bass.
Jeanie Bryson, the daughter of legendary jazz great Dizzy Gillespie and gifted songwriter Connie Bryson brings enthusiasm, joy for performance and a strong sense of lyricism to the jazz idiom. It is her unerring sense of swing that most defines Jeanie's ...
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JEANIE BRYSON EVENT Posponed by Venue
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All About Jazz
In a last minute change by presenter, JEANIE BRYSON, slated to appear 2/14/04 has been postponed. The decision comes from the venue having some substantial staffing and electrical issues that needed attention. On the bill were COLEMAN MELLETT and the JOHN BIANCULLI GROUP. The venue representative says that they are very sorry and highly disappointed with the decision but feel that it was necessary. He also said that he gig will most likely be moved to the 2nd week of ...
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Singer Jeanie Bryson contracted for Grand Opening of new NJ venue
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All About Jazz
Renowned Vocalist JEANIE BRYSON is booked to headline the Gala Grand Opening of RHYTHMS OF THE NIGHT---a beatiful new venue in central New Jersey. The sultry, enchanting, siren brings her laid-back yet masterful vocal work for this very special event with her quintet. With more than 10 combined solo and collaborative recording credits in her discography, Bryson's book promises something for most everyone. The event takes place on Thursday, February 12, 2004 from 9:00pm until 12:30 am. Sharing the night ...
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