Results for "Jazzvocalist"

Penni Layne

Born: May 16

Penni Layne has always lived at the intersection of soul and jazz, drawn less to genre lines than to songs that feel lived-in, intimate, and true. The Boston-based vocalist and songwriter brings together the sophistication and phrasing of jazz with the emotional directness of soul and R&B, creating music that feels both timeless and distinctly her own.

Throughout her musical career, Layne has explored the space between genres, embracing everything from jazz standards and soulful interpretations to original compositions written alongside her longtime musical collaborator and husband, Larry Jackson. Together, the two share a creative partnership built on a mutual love of songwriting, storytelling, and the freedom to let music evolve naturally.

Natalie Dietz

Jazz vocalist, composer and songwriter Natalie Dietz has made a strong impression on the Australian and international jazz scene in a short time, impressing both audiences and critics alike with her trademark ethereal vocal tone and original approach as a jazz composer and vocalist. Accepted into the renowned jazz vocal program at New England Conservatory, Natalie honed her composing and performing skills and had the opportunity to work with Grammy-winning artists including Donny McCaslin and Dave Holland. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Music (Jazz Voice Performance) in 2012 her original compositions have attracted wide attention among her contemporaries with their complex harmonies combined with strong melodies

Andrea Miller

"A brilliant young singer” – Al Jarreau      

Andrea Miller's voice has been described as soulful, sensual, hypnotic, and endearing. A Top 5 Finalist in the International Sarah Vaughan Jazz Vocal Competition in both 2021 and 2020, Andrea is currently heating up the international jazz scene, concert stages and radio stations.

Miller opened for the legendary Al Jarreau at many concerts before he passed including the Newport Beach Jazz Festival in California. She received a standing ovation and gracious compliments from Jarreau and his band and was set to tour with and open for him in Europe, just prior to his passing.

Isabel Stover

Born: August 3, 1970

“Elegant.” "An amazing range." "Continually evolving." These are just a few of the ways audiences describe Stover. She uses her richly textured vocals and mastery of phrasing thoughtfully and purposely as a way of delivering an authentic, heartfelt experience, fearlessly deconstructing musical compositions to their emotional core. 

At its heart, singing is storytelling with structure. It makes sense, then, that Isabel Stover, a vocalist with both a master's degree in architecture and credits on a national radio storytelling show, would be skilled at choosing stories to tell and at setting them in the right arrangements. 

Joan Watson-Jones

Born: September 24, 1974

Joan Watson-Jones Releases Fifth Album, LOVE SINGS

There are vocalists and there are singers. A vocalist hits every note perfectly and has honed his or her craft to sonic perfection. A singer simply sings songs. The goal is not perfection, but communication. The vocalist is a high wire performer, while the singer tells stories closer to the earth. Joan Watson-Jones is a singer,' says jazz journalist Eugene Holley, Jr. in the liner notes to the singer's fifth album, Love Sings, set for release on Friday, September 18.

For three decades, Watson-Jones, the New York City-born, Derry, New Hampshire-based artist has been independently building herself into an endearing and entertaining singer/lyricist, as evidenced by her other four albums: One More Year (1996), I Thought About You (2006), Quiet Conversation - A Duet (2013) and Choices (2021). Buoyed by the piano and tap dance lessons she received as a child growing up in Harlem, along with her master's degree in Music Education from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Watson-Jones, who also hosts the podcast, The Jazz Room, tells syncopated stories about life and love that everyone can relate to.

Marilyn Scott

Why do some artists thrive for decades in the ever-changing music world and others fade away so quickly? The reasons are myriad but there’s one factor shared by all of the true survivors: originality. The key to longevity is having something to say, and being able to say it in a manner unlike any other performer. Marilyn Scott is such an artist. The veteran vocalist has been releasing critically acclaimed, cross-genre recordings for more than four decades, both as a leader and collaborator, and has dazzled audiences all over the world with her powerful live performances. She’s worked with some of the most gifted musicians in the world, including such highly regarded jazz ensembles as Spyro Gyra and the Yellowjackets, and some of the hottest names in the blues and R&B world, from Bobby Womack to Tower of Power to Etta James. Throughout all of her work, there’s been one constant

Anna Luana Tallarita

Born: March 8

Lola Regenthal

Born: September 16, 1982

Lola Regenthal, born and raised in Räpplinge on the island Öland SE, developed her passion for music at an early age. At age 10 Lola began her musical journey behind the drumset. This led her into the world of jazz, and together with her passion for singing, Soul, Funk and Jazz made Lola develop a childish joy towards what the voice can accomplish. Lola studied music high school in Oskarshamn SE, then received her bachelor in jazzvocals at Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg followed by an erasmus semester at ZHdK (Züricher Hochschule der Künste) as well as a masters in vocal pedagogy at Gothenburg University. For several years, Lola held concerts at the swedish royal family's summer residence Solliden, Öland SE such as Crown Princess Victorias birthdays, concerts held on Solliden stage and during other big events at the palace. After the studies at ZHdK Lola stayed 2 years in Switzerland

Donna Kay

Born: May 9

Donna Kay spent her earliest years in front of the television, memorizing every commercial jingle during the Golden Age of TV Advertising. She began formal music studies at age 8, and has been playing something-or-other ever since. From piano, she moved to voice studies, picked up the bass in a post-punk grunge band, made beautiful sounds for Atlanta's Liar's Club, and played keyboards and sang back up for the Americana band Wonderful Johnson in a paradise called Naples, Florida.

In 2008, Donna Kay moved to Greenville, SC, where she met jazz bassist Shannon Hoover, who mentored her and helped her become a reputable jazz singer. Her collaboration with jazz and experimental percussionist Daniel Zongrone led her to an artist in residence in Berlin, Germany, in the summer of 2014. The duet, called Vibe Vox, performed stripped-down versions of their electronic soundscapes in Berlin and Prague. Not wanting to go back to The Great American Songbook, whose pages by this time had begun to fray, Donna Kay decided to start a Gypsy Jazz/Western Swing/Boogie Blues band. Kay called her new band The Carousers. Kay enlisted the musical direction of Monty Craig, who was then an adjunct Professor of Guitar Studies at Clemson University. Monty enlisted the original line-up and played with The Carousers for seven years. The band boasted some of the best players in the region, including German native Hans Wolff on violin, Robert Nance on upright bass, Kevin Korschgen on percussion, Reed Miller on guitar, Jorge Garcia and Adam Knight on guitar and even Mark Rapp on trumpet. The band recorded a CD (Possessed), and EP (Devil Water) and two singles. (Across the Alley From the Alamo and the original tune, Free and Easy (Monty Craig).

Mary Amaral

Born: September

Mary Amaral is a Brazilian singer songwriter whose work is composed of her influences, mainly classic jazz songs and R& B, combined in an original way with elements she received from Tom Jobim's Bossa Nova, João Gilberto and guitarrist Baden Powell's Afro Sambas with Vinícius de Moraes, among other Brazilian Classics. Mary is also a composer /lyricist, and is releasing her Ep of Brazilian Jazz, called Delineio. You can listen to Delineio here: https://sl.onerpm.com/8786645317 http://maryamaral.bandcamp.com/album/delineio-mary-amaral