Results for "Classic Blues Singer"

Habaka KFJ

Born: December 2

Habaka KFJ, known as “The Panther of Cremona, Italy,” is a self-made international Blues, Jazz and Gospel vocalist whose four-octave contralto has carried her from the United States to stages throughout Europe. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Habaka spent 25 years living and working in Italy, building a career encompassing performance, recording, vocal instruction and Gospel music. Now based in Las Vegas, she continues an artistic journey rooted in musicianship, storytelling and an unmistakable voice. Music runs deeply through Habaka’s family. Her mother, MaryAnn Jackson, was a Jazz singer and dancer; her grandfather, Jeri Jackson, was a pianist, bandleader and promoter; and her father, Melvin Jackson, was a baritone saxophonist with B.B

Lila Ammons

Lila Ammons has forged a path in music that at once honors tradition and her own expressive impulses. Beginning her vocal career in opera houses and concert halls, she later returned to her familial roots in jazz and the boogie woogie tradition (she is the niece of tenor sax titan Gene “Jug” Ammons and the granddaughter of the great boogie woogie pianist, Albert Ammons). She gained popular and critical acclaim touring Europe and Brazil with German pianist Axel Zwingenberger, and as feature vocalist with the ABC&D of Boogie Woogie Quartet with Zwingenberger and Charlie Watts. Ammons has won fans of bossa to blues performing at some of the Midwest’s and Europe's largest Boogie Woogie, Blues, and Jazz Fests