Results for "Female Jazz Musician"

SongAh Chae

South Korean pianist and composer SongAh Chae is based in Valencia. Her music is shaped by literature, scripture, and landscape, creating soundscapes that are spacious, contemplative, and deeply lyrical. For Chae, music is ultimately an act of communication — a way of sharing reflection, emotion, and faith through sound.

Originally trained in classical piano, Chae moved toward jazz after discovering the rhythmic language and freedom of improvisation. She studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston (B.M.) and continued her master’s studies at Berklee Valencia (M.A.), where she developed a personal approach to composition — one that treats improvisation as part of the architecture of the music. Influenced by pianists such as Tord Gustavsen and Bobo Stenson, her work blends refined melodies with rhythmic vitality, moving fluidly between introspective passages and groove-driven improvisation.

Tamara Lukasheva

Born: April 16, 1988

As a composer, singer and instrumentalist, she is an artist of the highest calibre who lives and loves music in all its facets.

With her works, she creates captivating and profound soundscapes that take all listeners on an emotional journey

Her compositions are a mixture of creativity, innovation and technical sophistication. They expand the boundaries of music and explore new horizons, but Tamara Lukasheva is not only impressive as a composer.

With her extraordinary voice, which can sound both powerful and delicate, she imbues her songs with a magic all of their own. She tells stories that move us all, travelling through the world full of curiosity and with alert senses. Music is her mother tongue — and her means of processing impressions, encounters, everyday life and world events. And to create something new that in turn touches other people; across borders and musical categories.

Hillai Govreen

Hillai Govreen is a clarinetist, saxophonist and composer based in New York. Hillai’s upcoming album Every Other Now is a collaboration with bassist/composer Ben Meigners, and features some notable names of the NY music scene such as Steve Cardenas (guitar), Eric McPherson (drums), Café Da Silva (percussion) among others. The album is set to be released in August 2025 under the Fresh Sound label.

Her previous album “Allusions” (2021) is a duet with pianist Nitsan Kolko. Their duet feature spontaneous musical dialogue and alludes to various ancient fables. In addition, Hillai arranged music for a nonet consisting of strings and woodwinds.  

Sara Magnúsdóttir

Icelandic jazz Hammond organist Sara Magnúsdóttir brings an exciting new voice to the Hammond Organ, blending nordic lyricism with deep grooves and a soulful touch - all tied together by her background in the jazz tradition.

Growing up in a small Icelandic village with a fascination for jazz lead her to her studies in the US. During her college years, she discovered a deep pull towards the Hammond organ, its power and soulful sound. Taught by veteran organist Mike LeDonne, Sara was inspired to say the least. After finishing her BM in Jazz Performance from William Paterson University, she went on to get a MM in Jazz composition and arranging, building on her other big passion of big band music. 

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Jenny Maybee

Jenny Maybee is “equally talented as a vocalist and pianist.” Her “piano playing and vocals…are altogether eloquent and heart-stopping…her voicing is expertly balanced…and her phrasing sings wonderfully throughout the repertoire.” Her vocals have been described as “exquisite,” “hauntingly beautiful,” and “in the same league” with Billie Holiday—music that “you could close your eyes to and nod out blissfully in a deep groove…”

Her piano style has been compared to Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, and Cecil Taylor. Jenny “make(s) beautiful music expressing the sheer joy of being alive. You sense it in the augmented chords that Maybee plays on her piano, then leaping like a mad gazelle to catch its essence with her voice.” As a classically trained jazz pianist and vocalist, Jenny’s “unique style seems fairly sedate on the surface, but is capable of sudden intensity whenever the music demands.” This mixture of sensitivity and boldness weaves through her original compositions and interpretations of jazz standards.

Christine Xu

Christine Xu  (徐晨曦)  

Christine Xu is a Beijing based Jazz Vocal/Composer/Educator

Christine Xu received a bachelor’s in Music Education from ZheJiang Conservatory Of Music. After graduation, she studied artistic director in Berlin, Germany.

In 2021, Christine received a master degree in Jazz Studies (Vocal) from Queens College, CUNY, studied under Jazz musicians Chareneè Wade, David Berkman, Jeb Patton, Dennis Mackrel, Antonio Hart, Michael Mossman, Aubrey Johnson.

Christine’s latest work,“Seek and Find” released June.21.2024, is her debut modern Jazz album, which collected her 10 original compositions. The album was recorded at 55Tec in Beijing by Christine with guitarist Zeran (Chris) Chen, bassist Wenjun (Vino) Wu and drummer Yongheng (Bei Bei) Wu. The album was mixed and mastered by Dave Darlington at Bass Hit Recording in NYC, USA.

Nichapa Jittaleela Air

Born: August 8, 1982

Nichapa Jittaleela is Thai female Jazz Pianist, Vocalist, Composer and Producer which many people known her name in the name of “Air”. She is the first Thai female Jazz Pianist-vocalist who performed in many Jazz Festival/concerts both national and international stages with the band under her name.