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Veronica Swift

At age 23, Veronica Swift is now being recognized around the country as one of the top young jazz singers on the scene. In the fall of 2015, she won second place at the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition. In 2016 she was asked to perform a concert of her own at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York City and she was a guest artist with Michael Feinstein at Jazz at Lincoln Center with the Tedd Firth Big Band and Marilyn Maye and Freda Payne. Veronica’s first appearance at Jazz at Lincoln Center was at age 11 when she performed at the “Women in Jazz” series at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola

Album

Veronica Swift

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: I Am What I Am; Closer; Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me; The Show Must Go On; I'm Always Chasing Rainbows; In the Moonlight; Severed Heads; Je Veux Vivre; Chega de Saudade; Keep Yourself Alive

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Holiday releases By Jae Sinnett, George Burton, Gregory Porter, Nicky Schrire, Aubrey Logan Plus A Celebration of Bob Dorough's Centennial

Read "Holiday releases By Jae Sinnett, George Burton, Gregory Porter, Nicky Schrire, Aubrey Logan Plus A Celebration of Bob Dorough's Centennial" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new music from Sarah L. King, with holiday releases from Jae Sinnett, George Burton, Gregory Porter, Nicky Schrire, Aubrey Logan, plus birthday shoutouts to Beegie Adair, Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, with a special nod to Jazz Master Bob Dorough for his centennial. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by ...

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Article: Year in Review

Katchie Cartwright's Best Jazz Albums Of 2023

Read "Katchie Cartwright's Best Jazz Albums Of 2023" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


There were lots of fine new jazz albums in 2023. Too many for one to hear them all, much less try to rank them. So from among the excellent albums I reviewed on All About Jazz in 2023, here are 10 outstanding releases, projects that especially drew me in and kept me there. (Click the album ...

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Article: Year in Review

Mike Jurkovic's Best Albums Of 2023

Read "Mike Jurkovic's Best Albums Of 2023" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Led by Veronica Swift and Lakecia Benjamin, 2023 spotlighted some brilliantly moving new music in a year of previously unheard masterpieces. If music soothes the savage beast, this was a great year to be listening. John ColtraneEvenings At The Village Gate Impulse! Records

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Article: In Pictures

Dominique Eade with the John Toomey Trio at the Attucks Jazz Club

Read "Dominique Eade with the John Toomey Trio at the Attucks Jazz Club" reviewed by Mark Robbins


Dominique Eade has been teaching at The New England Conservatory for over 30 years. Her students have included Roberta Gambarini, Michael Mayo and Aoife O'Donovan. Well known in jazz circles for her scatting, improvising, delivery, Eade is neither showy nor pretentious. She is more concerned with the music and the story than with the small vocal ...

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Article: Live Review

San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2023

Read "San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2023" reviewed by Walter Atkins


César Chávez Square San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2023 San Jose, CA August 11-13 2023 This year's 2023 edition of the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest was a magnificent presentation of different musical genres, ranging from local to international artists. Each day of SJZSF 2023 offered a robust and extensively varied ...

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Article: Catching Up With

Veronica Swift: Breaking It Up, Making It New

Read "Veronica Swift: Breaking It Up, Making It New" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Easily on track to become the “Streisand-in-the-mosh-pit" of her restless generation, singer and urban changeling Veronica Swift likes to shake things up and keep things moving. Especially her music. Especially on an album that bears her name. Veronica Swift, her latest. “I want to inspire people to fight against the forces that curb our ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Elina Duni, Veronica Swift, Maria Pia de Vito, Gabriela Martina & More

Read "Elina Duni, Veronica Swift, Maria Pia de Vito, Gabriela Martina & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Too often we focus our attention on instrumental jazz... in this hour we remedy that by paying special attention to jazz vocalists who excel at surprising and challenging expectations.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter “Freeman Square" SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Hamiet Bluiett, A Coltrane Interview, Natural Info. Society, Veronica Swift

Read "Hamiet Bluiett, A Coltrane Interview, Natural Info. Society, Veronica Swift" reviewed by David Brown


Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective. This week, let's celebrate the birth anniversary of Hamiet Bluiett; check out John Coltrane ending his time with Miles in an interview from Stockholm 1960; and ...


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