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Whitney Marchelle Jackson

Whitney Marchelle Jazz vocalist and pianist is like obie wan & the force a Jazz Jedi Knight. A zelig, cryptic musically.Scorched souful, Scats fiercely!

About Me

Berklee Alumni performing Artist Grammy Whitney Marchelle Jackson is a Internationally distributed recording ,songwriter, educator, and artist in Jazz, Pop, and Blues. She has received awards in performance, songwriting and Life Achievement. who also teaches and plays some piano and guitar.

Perfoms at 5 Star Hotels inscluding Dusit Dubai, kobe japan, Paris & more. Festivals, Carnegie Hall ,NYC Blue Note, The Velvet Note, Russian Samovar, Pier 84,Mintons, Apollo, United Nation Events, Off Broadway,Commercials, World Cup, and Award and tribute shows! Her new release album of various styles of music; is entitled Strong Black Women where she honors Beyonce by a swinging jam of Single Ladies, Honor Nina Simone and arranges the Piece Strong Black Women 8 Different ways, featuring artist like Dee Dee Bridgewater, Vondi Curtis Hall, Brande Younger, Endea Owens, Rachel Z, Akua Dixon , Hala Maroc. rapper Lady Luck, Melvin Jones Camile Gainer-Jones. and more.

New release under Whitney Marchelle Jackson - Strong Black Women. https://www.amazon.com/Strong-Black-Whitney-Marchelle-Jackson/dp/B0BC2NCK1T

Here is a clip performing the title on piano /vocal song Strong Black Woman -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrqkEyLEA8U&ab_channel=MarchellJackson

Articles in : Jazztimes, Jazzis, NYC Times,City Newspaper,Maxx Myricks's Maxx House NYC Hot House. Alpha Phi Delta,LA Weekly, Has received active radio airplay.

Performances with: Opened for KISS, Bill Withers. Worked or recorded with: Wycliffe Gordon, Clark Terry, Wayne Newton, Eddie Henderson, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Dee Bridgwater, Winard Harper, Patience Higgins, Norman Connors,Curtis Lundy, Frank Lacy, Dezron Douglas, Lonnie Plaxico,Camile Gainer,Tia Fuller, Chris Swiss and Rachel Z and more. In 2010 Marchelle performed at Eastman in Rochester NY playing piano and singing for the Women in Jazz Music Festival teaching a jazz vocal Clinic under Dr. Derrick Smith of Eastman with was aired on channel 8.

Whitney Performed at the African American Festival with Tia Fuller which her segment was televised on channel 13.

Marchelle performed with bassist Sabu Adeyola and quartet at the Pine Grill Jazz Festival Reunion in Buffalo 2010 and 2015 Lewiston Jazz Festival.

Spike Lee's produced STATE FARM commercial.

Guest at the Killbourne Hall at the Xerox Rochester Jazz festival 2010 when called up on stage with the African Bassekou-Kouyate & Ngoni Ba group where they traded impromtu jazz & blues licks and received a standing ovation 2010. In 2008 a scheduled performance with the Musican Educators Big Band under the direction of Howard Potter for the Rochester Jazz Festival.

Numerous International Hotels: Radisson, Harrah's,Hyatt,Hilton, Dusit Dubai Hotel, La Vila in Paris , Satin Doll and more in Japan.

BillBoard Entertainment Award show (background vocalist w/ lead),Atlanta Jazz Festival, Eddie Durham Festival, Kansas City Jazz Festival,Rochester Jazz Festival, Jazz In July Festival, Budweiser Festival. Dee Dee Bridgewater graced Marchelle's stage while performing with the Mustafa Orchestra at the Art Deco Festival in Florida (was in Jazziz ). The IAJE (big band in Atlanta GA), Band, several Presidential, Olympic, and Grammy private events.

Harlem Gospel Choir. Singapore-Lighting of the Olympic Torch Festival,Balloon Festival Sentosa Island.

Whitney Performed the World -Cup for the Polo Association in Bethpage. aired live international TV. Whitney also made a guest appearance with Dave Bergers jazz band at Jazz@lincoln Center. She performed The Star Spangled Banner at the Chris Evert Tennis Classic. Opened for KISS, Bill Withers ,Donny Hawthoway(with sister Joanne Jackson at Oil Can Harry's in Canada Witches Brew),Tommy Banks Show, Tonight Show Hosted By Don Rickles.Tony Bennet several same billing w/ Wanye Newton, Fox Theater, Civic Center, NYC Aaron Davis Hall Theater acting/singing.Flushing Town Hall opening for Fathead Neuman, ABC Superstars in Hawaii, Ilikii Hotel,Lenox Lounge,Rochester's NY Memorial Art Gallery w violinist Auga Davenport, Memorial Art Gallery w/Wycliffe Gordon & friends.

Previously DISTIRBUTED BY CITY HALL RECORDS NATIONALLY Award recipient international recording singer/songwriter is based out of New York City , Patience Higgins- soprano sax, Eric Durham - guitar (son of Eddie Durham), Eddie Davis - trumpet, Sylvia Cuenca - drums, Kofie Burbridge - flute, Grammy Award Winner Wynton Marsalis' own Walter Blanding Jr. - arrangements & sax, Dan Nimmer - piano, and Barry Sames - piano among others.

WHITNEY MARCHELLE HAS ALOT TO BRING TO THE TABLE. A poet, theater & television actress but mainly a singer of 3 1/2 octaves with the ability to read music, attendeing numerous schools and Universites including New School Univeristy,D.M.A.C.C. Yamaha School Of Music, Kauffman School Of Music and Eastman just to name a few.

WHITNEY MARCHELLE instructs clinic's of Jazz Vocals & Basic Theory all over the world including BERKLEE Conservatory(Japan), Wellington Schools (Dubai), Sojouner House , School 46 ROC,Eastman, U of R University.

Whitney grew up listening and listens to Nancy Wilson, Ella, Sarah Vaughn, Carmen, Nina Simone, Billy Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson, Bonnie Raitt, Chaka Khan, Barbra Streisand, Eddie Jefferson, Mel Torme, Pavoritti, Jon Hendricks, Ellington, Sinatra, Mark Murphey, Monk, Amrstrong, Stevie Wonder, Abbey Lincoln, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Natilie & Nat Cole, Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Celia Cruz, Lorretta Lynn, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis,Wynton Marsalis,Leona Horne, Shirley Horne,Coltrane, Pharaho Sanders and many more..

My House Concert Story

My advice to new listeners.. Listen to more then one version of the same song.