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Julia Danielle

Figments

By Ella Grace

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Butterfly Watching; Dandelion; Cherry Blossoms in the Rain / Sailing Through a Cloud; Echo; The Alchemist; Ballad for the Bittersweet.

Ella Grace: Figments

by Katchie Cartwright
March 20, 2026

Raised in the icy Minneapolis-St. Paul area, trumpeter and composer Ella Grace studied with longtime Prince band member Steve Strand before moving to Chicago to attend DePaul University, from which she graduated summa cum laude in 2025. Supported by a Chicago Music Scene Fellowship, Figments, her debut as a leader, is a testament to the warm ...

Julia Danielle

By Julia Danielle

Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Night and Day; Embraceable You; I Want to Talk About You; If I Loved You; Beautiful Moons Ago; Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams; Lawns; There Will Never Be Another You.

Julia Danielle: Julia Danielle

by Richard J Salvucci
December 21, 2024

Julia Danielle is a young Chicago-based singer whose debut album shows considerable promise. Aside from a limpid contralto voice, good time, and a dead-on resemblance in profile to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (it cannot hurt), she is the epitome of effortlessness and good taste in her approach to the Great American Songbook. One ultimately suspects she ...

Night and Day

December 9, 2024

Album: Julia Danielle
By Julia Danielle
Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 04:41

Julia Danielle: Julia Danielle

by Katchie Cartwright
November 1, 2024

Julia Danielle has been working hard on her craft. She grew up in the Chicago area, singing in the Campanella Children's Choir, winning the International Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition in 2022 and earning an undergraduate degree from DePaul University in 2023. She is on track to graduate with a master's in jazz studies from Juilliard ...

2022: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
December 29, 2022

Current events impacted the jazz world in significant ways throughout 2022. In its third year, the coronavirus pandemic continued to lurk in some settings, while others recovered in robust fashion. Russia's war on Ukraine was felt by musicians and triggered an outpouring of support for its victims. Initiatives to ensure greater equity in jazz advanced. The ...