Results for "Jazz Vocalist"

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Wendy Jones

Born: June

Wendy is a jazz vocalist, recording artist, songwriter and arranger who is often praised for her approachable and accessible presence...both onstage and off. She consistently receives accolades for her authentic and honest renditions of jazz standards as well as her ability to transport an audience with her musical storytelling. She is drawn to music that is beautiful, somewhat nostalgic, but also though-provoking. 

 As a professional vocalist, Wendy has appeared on stages from NYC to Chicago to Tokyo and has performed with artists such as NEA Jazz Master Jamey Aebersold, legendary jazz guitarist Howard Alden, jazz violinist Christian Howes, Crystal Gale and has sung backup for the alternative hip hop group Deltron 3030.  She has appeared at Club Bonafide in NYC, the Jazz Arts Initiative in Charlotte, the The Mauldin Blues and Jazz Festival, Mountain Oasis Music Festival, the Spartanburg Jazz Festival, Our World Festival, and the Django Reinhardt Festival in Asheville, NC.

June Yun

Born: June 5, 1995

June Yun, is an up-and-coming vocalist • composer • educator based in New York. Yun was born in South Korea and moved to the U.K. when she was five and spent her childhood in London. She was introduced to classical music by her father, an architect who loved music and influenced her to listen and appreciate music. After moving back to South Korea, she explored other genres in music such as pop, R&B and Soul. Yun went to a music college in Korea and developed skills in song-writing (mainly pop and R&B) and lyric writing. She also worked as a co-producer & administrative director for Avenue D&F Productions during this time.

Sarah Kennedy

Born: June 3

Sarah Kennedy is the kind of performer that brightens the room before the show starts, warms every heart, and keeps listeners spellbound and smirking until the last note has faded. Her repertoire is strongly rooted in straight-ahead jazz, with influences ranging from Sarah Vaughan to Blossom Dearie, but her sound is evolving into an intriguing personal style as she ventures into original composition. 

She holds a diploma in Jazz and Contemporary Voice, completed with instructors from both Vancouver Community College and Capilano University, but more recently she completed a Masters in Creative Arts Therapies from Concordia University.  So in addition to being a brilliant jazz performer with a penchant for thrilling her audience, Sarah Kennedy is also a Music Therapist on a mission to enhance mental health with music.

Dhafer Youssef

Dhafer Youssef is the Tunisian Oud master, vocalist and composer born on November 19th, 1967, in the Tunisian fishing village Teboulba. He grew up in a modest family, coming from a long line of muezzins. Mastering vocal potentials stands as a heritage and a family tradition.

At an early age, his grandfather initiates him to Quranic recitals in which he discovers his vocal potential. Dhafer Youssef starts singing the songs played on his mother’s radio set. His mother’s kitchen becomes his first experimental laboratory. At the age of 6, he discovers the resonance of his voice in his village’s Hammam. This fascinating discovery nourishes his ardent juvenile curiosity: Young Dhafer discovers his favorite toy.

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Fred de Jong

Born: August 7, 1963

Who is Fred de Jong?

If you're in Aruba and are into Frank Sinatra and material broadly defined as the "American Songbook", you want to head to one of the Aruba Sinatra Shows and catch Fred de Jong singing and performing as "Mr. Sinatra" in the prime of his life. Music that will bring back memories and emotions that you forgot you had within you!

Izaäk Franciscus (Fred) de Jong , pronounced "The Young", was born on August 7th, 1963 in Strijen in the Netherlands and moved to Aruba in 1997.

You'll soon discover that Mr. de Jong understands and loves this material and has worked very hard to capture the phrasing and mannerisms of "old blue eyes." No small feat for any entertainer ... especially one who is European!

Sherna Armstrong

Born: April 12

Born in and raised in Arkansas and living in Dallas, Sherna Armstrong is southern soul; she’s a woman from humble beginnings. Although humble, her journey in the world of music is engulfed in creativity, yet inspirational. It is said, “The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree” and that’s true of Sherna because her parents, were soul-filled gospel singers. They sang in separate groups but as a young girl, the unity of what gospel music was and what gospel music meant, was at the core of her musical experience and her love of music. “For as long as I can remember, music was in my life and in every direction there was music

Amanda Walther

Amanda Walther (she/her) is a Juno nominated singer-songwriter and award winning composer from Toronto, Canada.

Amanda is the singer in piano/voice duo Dizzy & Fay, performing original songs on a mission to share their heart-forward music with the world. Inspired by the composers of the American Songbook, Dizzy’s passionate piano and Fay’s romantic voice are the perfect pairing; resulting in original jazz songs that sound fresh, while somehow also echoing timeless standards.

Previously, Amanda spent most of her career as half of folk-roots duo Dala; touring throughout North America for over 18 years. She has shared the stage with numerous artists including Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Jann Arden, Tom Cochrane, Stuart McLean of the CBC’s Vinyl Café and has performed in countless festivals like the New Orleans Jazz Festival and the Newport Folk Festival. Dala’s PBS Special ‘Girls from the North Country’ earned Amanda a Canadian Folk Music Award and a Juno nomination.

Kristina Ray

Born: July 28

Kristina Ray, ex Rajgelj is a renowed traditional jazz singer. 
She has graduated with suma cum laude in 2014 from her diploma thesis of 'Jazz Identity and Chet Baker'. She has also studied Jazz on one of the prestigious Jazz conservatory in the Netherlands Codarts and at City College in New York City.  

In 2013 she has joined a traditional Berklee Jazz Clinics at Umbria Jazz in Perugia, Italy where she also performed at the end of the festival with her ensemble. She has loved working with singer educators such as Donna McElroy and Denis Montgomery III who are respected alumni at Berklee College of Music in Boston.