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Nora Germain: Little Dipper

January 7, 2015

By John Wesley Reed Jr. Nora Francesca Germain was born 1991 in Madison, Wisconsin. Now based in Los Angeles with a BA in Jazz Studies from USC Thornton School of Music, she was the first violinist alumna of the Idyllwild Arts Academy. Mentor and collaborator Marshall Hawkins, former bassist for Miles Davis and Shirley Horn, presented ...

Nora Germain: Little Dipper

by C. Michael Bailey
October 10, 2014

Jazz fiddlers are not exactly household renowned. Joe Venuti, Ray Nance, Stephane Grappelli, Michal Urbaniak, Svend Asmussen, Jean-luc Ponty and Regina Carter pop to the forefront, but then the list falls off quickly. Presently there emerges one Nora Germain (a name made to be in lights if there ever was one) who not only fiddles but ...

Teagan Taylor: Hello

by Dan McClenaghan
June 8, 2013

Teagan Taylor, San Diego's very talented up-and-coming vocalist/trumpeter/cornetist, has roots running deep in jazz. Her first album, I Can't Complain (Jazzomaniac Record, 2011) featured knock-out versions of the familiar standards, “Takin' A Chance On Love, “Bye Bye Blackbird, and Gershwin's “But Not For Me," and “Summertime." On the sophomore outing, Wonderland (Jazzomaniac Records, 2012), Taylor spread ...