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Nikki Yanofsky

Yanofsky is a 15-year-old musical prodigy. Since her debut at the 2006 Montreal International Jazz Festival, where she won the hearts of the 100,000+ audience, Nikki has never looked back. She was the youngest singer ever on a Verve Records release when she recorded “Airmail Special” for the Ella Fitzgerald tribute album, “We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song,” alongside such musical luminaries as Etta James, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Krall and Natalie Cole. She has also recorded the swing-era classic, “Stompin’ at the Savoy” with Grammy Award-winning artists Herbie Hancock and Will.i.am for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s audio book, On the Shoulders of Giants
12th Edition Of The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival Starts In 5 Weeks With Record Number Of Artists, Concerts And Venues

Trombone Shorty Back for 4th Year Rochester, NY— May 13, 2013— The nine-day 12th Edition of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival starts in just 39 days, June 21-29, delivering a record number of concerts, and more than 1200 artists performing at 19 venues and outdoor stages. Headlining this year are Bob James & David Sanborn ...
Webkinz World and Nikki Yanofsky "Dream In Pink" For Breast Cancer Research

Webkinz World Teams up with Teen Jazz Sensation Nikki Yanofsky to Support Breast Cancer Awareness in a New Campaign I Dream in Pink" Ganz, the creator of Webkinz World, is teaming up with teen jazz sensation Nikki Yanofsky to record a special version of I Dream in Pink," as part of a wide-reaching campaign aiming to ...
TD Toronto Jazz Festival, Days 4-10: June 27-July 3, 2011

TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2011Toronto, CanadaJune 24-July 3, 2011 Monday, June 27, 2011On Monday evening, fans had a few hard choices to make among the headliners. At Koerner Hall, award-winning Dee Dee Bridgewater paid tribute to Lady Day, Billie Holiday. Meanwhile at the Enwave Theatre, Kurt Elling ...
Various Artists: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat: Disney Jazz Volume 1

What a discovery; what a great idea. Producer Jason Olaine has taken songs from a number of Disney movies--some rarely recorded by jazz musicians--and made fresh new versions, utilizing some of today's most well-known jazz artists. The performers range from 90 year-old piano legend Dave Brubeck to 17 year-old Canadian vocalist Nikki Yanofsky; ...
B-52s to Headline Outdoor Concert at Montreal International Jazz Festival
With the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal just around the corner, organizers are thrilled to announce the players in our three major free outdoor events: Ben l'Oncle Soul opens the festivities with the Rio Tinto Alcan Opening Event on Saturday, June 25, with Misteur Valaire taking over on Tuesday, June 28 to keep Festival fans ...
On The Sunny Side Of Jazz

Summer is a time of joy for many people. Children are treated to a well-deserved vacation, allowing them to recharge for the following school year, and barbecues are held in backyards, en masse, throughout every corner of America and beyond. Those fond of the surf and sand flock to the beach, and it's all-too-common to see ...
TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2010

TD Toronto International Jazz FestivalToronto, Ontario, CanadaJune 25-July 4, 2010 The TD Toronto Jazz Festival enjoyed its 24th edition this year in a city dominated by a focus on the G8 and G20 Summit meetings for the first few days. Despite very minor delays for a couple of shows and some instances ...
Trumpeter Michael Leonhart Interviewed at AAJ

For most musicians, writers and actors, making the final decision to go against the grain and pursue a paycheck-to-paycheck, month-to-month career as a performing artist is one of the harder choices in life. Yet for trumpeter Michael Leonhart, a life in jazz and art is all in the family": his father is the noted jazz bassist, ...