Results for "Vocalist"

Alicia Lindberg

Born: December 6, 1999

 Alicia Lindberg is a Swedish singer, composer, and producer based in New York whose musical voice stands out as a unique blend of improvised music and contemporary pop music. Under her alias Linda 917, she mixes conventions of Scandinavian pop music, experimental music, and jazz and tells very personal stories through alluring poetic distortions. 

Alicia Lindberg entered the Scandinavian jazz scene with her debut album Before You Go in 2022, voted one of that year’s top 10 albums by the Swedish jazz magazine OrkesterJournalen, describing it as “a unique, modern approach to the vocal tradition.” With this, Lindberg established herself as a young, innovative composer to watch in her generation. Since her debut, Lindberg has released the singles END and Rabbit Hole, featuring renowned Swedish jazz performers Sven Erik Lundeqvist on piano, Simon Petersson on double bass, and Zoltan Csörsz on drums. These singles heralded her musical evolution as she moved toward a more experimental and unconventional sonic landscape. 

Tom Jones

Born: June 7, 1940

Tom Jones’ 50+ year career has remarkably gone from strength to strength. Along with sustaining his popularity as a live performer and recording artist for five decades, he has garnered at the age of 75, the best reviews of his career for his most recent albums Long Lost Suitcase, Spirit In The Room and Praise & Blame. Critics across the world are unanimous in their approval and admiration for both the recorded work and the performance of it in concert. 

Eve Cornelious

One of her ALL-TIME favorite performances was touring all over the world with Roy Hargrove and Chucho Valdez on the Crisol Tour and particularly at Jazz in Marciac performing as a trio with Roy and Chucho in the Town square.

Award winning vocalist, Eve Cornelious, won the Jazz Composers Fellowship; was a ‘BET Jazz Vocal Discovery’ [served as a host of BET's Jazzy Vocals' TV show]; The Lionel Hampton Award; The Indie Award and The Russian Jazz Performance Award. Her vocalese rendition of Flamenco Sketches [Kinda Blue] is featured in the prestigious radio archives of the Smithsonian Institute.

Fred Stickley & KING BETA

Born: June 2, 1954

Both my parents loved jazz, so I grew up in a musical family where music was played  constantly. I had my records and my Mom ( played classical piano through her 20s) had her jazz and latin records, everyone from Astrud Gilberto to Count Basie. I fell in love with big band music and anything with horns. Through this I learned to love jazz and would buy records by Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago and the R&b artist that were popular. My dream was to have a band with a horn section. I tried a few times and failed terribly, by over writing and not having a enough experience doing it.

Marina Alba

Born: June 5, 2001

Born in Madrid to a family of musicians, Marina Alba began playing the violin at the age of seven. Her mother, a pianist and chamber music professor, and her father, a world-music cellist, nurtured her musical journey from an early age. Marina’s formal education in Spain took place in Madrid and Málaga, before she moved to the United States to further her studies.

Currently, Marina is pursuing her Master’s degree at Manhattan School of Music as a student of the prestigious Zukerman Program, where she is a recipient of the IAB full-tuition scholarship. There, she has the honor of studying under the guidance of legendary violinists Pinchas Zukerman and Patinka Kopec.

Kit Packham

Born: June 8, 1953

Kit plays and sings swing, jazz, blues, rock'n'roll, rhythm & blues, vintage rock and pop - and anything else that interests him. He also writes songs (music & lyrics) and arrangements. His own 7-piece jive/swing band One Jump Ahead has been his main vehicle since 1984 but he also performs as a solo, duo, trio, quartet, etc right up to big band. He plays in 2 local big bands and a 1920s jazz band and rehearses with a saxophone quartet occasionally. Always interested in new projects. Active within the UK Musicians Union where he currently serves on 2 committees.

Travis Hall

Born: January 23, 1994

Travis Hall (b. January 23, 1994) is an Atlanta-based vocalist, composer, and Recording Academy Voting Member whose work exists at the intersection of jazz tradition, soul expression, and contemporary Black American Music. He holds a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Georgia State University, where his graduate studies included advanced jazz theory, harmonic analysis, and improvisation alongside classical and operatic training.

Hall’s compositional voice is grounded in extended harmony, modal interchange, altered dominants, and jazz-informed voice leading — elements that shape both his writing and performance approach. Though widely recognized as a Soul and R&B artist, his music reflects a deep engagement with jazz structure, ensemble interplay, and improvisational phrasing.

Alex Robinson

Born: April 15

Alex Robinson is a vocalist, pianist, composer, and arranger based in Southern California. A versatile musician, she has performed in a variety of settings from solo and duo work to big bands and orchestras. Her warm, smooth timbre, sharp lyricism, and playful improvisational style captivate audiences from her first note. She brings a refreshing modern twist to jazz standards and performs a broad range of styles with jazz-influenced musicality.

Her debut album I Really Oughta Tell You balances elegance, wit, and emotional depth while showcasing her gift for storytelling through song

Lilly Hertzman

Born: August 4, 1973

Lilly Hertzman is a Danish singer, songwriter and producer, who has received great reviews for creating evocative songs and soundscapes of a rare kind and with a personal expression and sound. Her inspirations are many and goes across multiple genres with jazz and singer- songwriter as the main ones. Her origins also cross borders, with a mother from Japan and a father from Denmark. She has played, recorded and collaborated with some of the finest, most talented and versatile creative musicians in Scandinavia, Europe and US.

She returns this Spring with her sixth studio album, Heartshaped, a deeply personal offering with roots reaching back more than a decade. Recorded in New York, Heartshaped (April 17th, 2026) revisits a set of eight unrecorded originals, brought to life alongside acclaimed pianist Aaron Parks, his longtime bass collaborator Thomas Morgan, and award-winning Korean drummer Jongkuk Kim.

Chenxi Pan

Born: June 21

Chenxi Pan is a vocalist and composer whose work reflects a distinctive personal style and musical language, blending poetry, song, and contemporary instrumental music. Rooted in jazz, her music explores the voice as both a narrative and instrumental force, positioning her as an emerging and original voice within today’s jazz landscape.

Born and raised in China, Chenxi grew up influenced by a wide range of musical traditions. Her path shifted from literature to music during her early studies, eventually leading her to pursue jazz in New York City. Following her passion, she moved to NYC in 2021, where she worked closely with mentors including Sam Yahel and Sara Serpa, and earned her bachelor’s degree in Jazz and Contemporary Music from The New School. During this time, she performed alongside musicians such as Steve Cardenas, Dave Glasser, Cyrus Chestnut, Armen Donelian, and Fred Hersch.