Results for "Vocal Jazz"

Fabienne Ambuehl

Fabienne Ambuehl is a London-based pianist, singer and composer born in Switzerland. Her new album ‘Thrive‘ was released in January 2025 on Ubuntu Music. The band successfully launched the album with a sold-out concert at the Vortex Jazz Club in London.
‘Thrive‘ has received glowing reviews from the international jazz press. Jazzwise Magazine rewarded it 4 stars and it has received regular radio play in the UK, including BBC Radio 3 Jazz Record Requests, ‘Round Midnight and Night Tracks. The single ‘New Ones’ was on the JazzFM playlist for several weeks. On the Catalan public radio 3cat, there is an hour-long programme about Fabienne's music. The album was also presented on Deutschlandfunkkultur and ARD Jazz - Das Magazin and was selected “Album of the Week” on both Presto Music and the German Rondo - Magazin für Klassik und Jazz.

Her band is a dynamic ensemble of brilliant musicians – Matt Ridley on bass (The Antidote, The Darius Brubeck Quartet) and Jon Scott on drums (Mulatu Astatke, GoGo Penguin, Sons of Kemet XL), with special guest guitarists Tom Ollendorff and Ant Law. Ambuehl has a strong sense of ensemble interplay and balance between individual expression and collective cohesion. As Rondo - Das Klassik & Jazz Magazin put it: “Thrive convinces with warmth, precision and excellent interplay of the band”.

Ambuehl’s music is inspired by her surroundings, from the sounds and silence of the mountains, where she finds a deep connection with nature, to the rhythms and soundscapes of the big city. Her melodic ideas and detailed arrangements are rooted in jazz, playing with a folk-tinge and showcase her expressive and supple piano playing. Her vocals “are crystal clear, distinct and refreshingly free of jazz clichés” (Neil Duggan, AllAboutJazz) and as a writer she “has a poetic sensibility and uses expertly a range of poetic techniques in her lyrics” (Trevor Hodgett, 4 stars in RNR magazine)

Patrick Felixson

Born: May 8, 2003

Patrick Felixson is a straight-ahead jazz vocalist devoted to Black American music, bringing his own soul to the Great American Songbook through the lens of his lived experience. Known for his rich, bright, and nimble tenor voice — with a slight gravel that adds depth and romantic elegance — Felixson blends the traditional with the modern, creating performances that feel both timeless and deeply personal.

Patrick Felixson's musical foundation is rooted in the church and shaped by six years of international performance across Russia, the United States, and Canada. From local bars and pubs in Kursk, Russia, to Fredericton and Toronto, he has spent countless nights on the bandstand, mentored by musicians who instilled in him a deep respect for the tradition. His performances balance reverence and emotional honesty, honoring the masters who came before him while carving out space for his own voice.

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Rebecca Perricone

Labek has been performing since the age of nine. After winning a full scholarship to Cornell University, where she received an MFA, she moved to NYC. There, she pursued a performance career, starring in a number of repertory plays, working on parts in TV and on Broadway. Throughout her career, she spent many hours developing her craft, preparing, and finally bringing all her experience and wisdom to recording her vocal artistry. Labek (AKA Rebecca Malka Perricone) moved to Boston where she presently is part of the faculty at Berklee College of Music.  Her life experiences have produced an artist whose powerful voice and passion for storytelling and music must be heard.

Louise Alexandra (Koopman)

Louise Alexandra (fka Van Aarsen) Koopman, holds a PhD in cancer Biology and spends much of her days researching & developing novel cancer immunotherapies, but is equally passionate about music and singing.

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While living and working in Boston for 15 years, Louise's musical 'side-career' took off under the wings of the late and great jazz vocalist and mentor Rebecca Parris, who embraced Louise as her musical protegee.

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Besides interpreting the great American songbook standards, Louise started writing her own songs; poignant stories and catchy compositions with a unique flavor in a mix of jazz, latin, pop, and singer/songwriter fusion. The result: "DESTINY", an impressive debut album recorded with some of Boston’s finest jazz musicians at PBS Studios. Rebecca Parris directed and produced Destiny and also directed the recordings of the upcoming album "TODAY", but sadly passed before seeing the second album come to fruition. The dedication is evident.

Liz Cracchiolo

A Tucson native, Liz holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Arizona. She is a versatile performer who has showcased her talent in jazz as well as musical theatre, cabaret, rock and pop genres in Tucson and across the country. Since 2022, she has been self-producing and performing in One Woman Cabaret shows in New York CIty and Arizona. She is currently working on her first album that will be recorded in New York City in June 2025. 

Liz is a prominent figure in the Arizona jazz scene, and has been nominated as Best Jazz Artist by the Tucson Weekly in 2023 and 2024. She has also been nominated for Multiple Mac Awards and has Won the Mac Award for her exceptional work in Musical Theatre

Anton Dromberg & Anna Berglund

Active since: 2011

Stars – Anton Dromberg & Anna Berglund
Shimmering melodies in exceptional interplay – a long-awaited debut
 

The acclaimed duo is back with their debut album! After the "Vocal and Piano Album of the Year" (Lira, 2021), pianist Anton Dromberg and vocalist Anna Berglund return with their first full-length album Stars (Prophone, Naxos). The first single, Stars, features a sax trio with Fredrik Ljungkvist. The album will be released on November 1st, with a release gig at Jazz i Kärrtorp in Stockholm and Katalin in Uppsala. In the fall of 2024, another single and two live session videos from Riksmixningsverket will be released.

Harold Widerik

Born: February 18, 1965

Harold Widerik, pseudonym for Wim Frederik Harold Pauwels, is a Belgian author, composer and musician. Although he received the highest award for four-part classical music writing, he has a strong preference for contemporary jazz. By combining aspects from different genres, he created his own jazzy style. Since early 2024, there has been a steady release of new songs.

Great Aunt Ruth & the Saucy Cats

It all began when aspiring singer-songwriter Kathryn Joy met veteran pianist Joel Scott at a jazz bar on a cruise ship somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.  Scott, who had worked with such notables as the Jackson 5, Aretha Franklin, Lou Rawls, Dionne Warwick, Marlena Shaw and O.C. Smith, heard not only the enthusiasm of Ms. Joy but saw a great deal of potential in both her songs and her voice.  He became her mentor.

Thus began an important–if sadly short-lived–musical collaboration.  Together, they formed Great Aunt Ruth & the Saucy Cats and recorded four of Kathryn Joy's songs.  But just six days after their last recording session in 2015, Joel Scott passed away.  

Fortunately, he left the songwriter in good hands.  Rahn Coleman, a notable vocal coach, arranger and keyboardist, became her producer.  She was also joined by trumpeter-recording engineer Nolan "KatDaddy" Shaheed.  Coleman and Shaheed have been invaluable contributors to Kathryn Joy's career and the recording of their EP All About the Music in Your Heart. 

"The Ballad of Kitty Bandit" (2022) is the group's theatrical follow-on to the Django hot jazz style single "On Ne Sait Jamais" (2021).  It blends a 1920s New Orleans feel with 1950s Dixieland blues and a few modern touches and features Nolan "KatDaddy" Shaheed's colourful trumpet with a swinging band.  

April Varner

Award Winning NYC-based jazz vocalist and composer, April Varner, has often been described as a “direct, authentic singer…”, demonstrating “vocal dynamism… authentic jazz phrasing…electrifying numbers…” and possessing a “profound command of deep scat and vocalese…” (Marilyn Lester, The New York City Jazz Record). 

Recognizable by her curly red hair and voice of an “old soul”, April brings her listeners to another place- one long ago when the giants of jazz were still gracing the stage. Amassing several viral videos of 1 million+ views on her social media of her challenging solo transcriptions, cleverly crafted vocaleses and acapella renditions of the Great American Songbook, April’s voice can fit itself into a myriad of different molds.