Results for "Vocalist"

Demin Anto Devassy

Born: August 1, 1989

89 Born-Kerala(India) lad. Involved in music, right from schooldays. Started with choir. Have won prizes in University competitions (National Level) & youth festivals(State Level). Singing experience from Hotel Barbeque Nation, Bangalore,8th Baston Kochi,Zuri, Ramada Allleppey. Performed in Sydney,Melbourne,Dubai,Metropolitan cities of India and major places in Kerala. Music Trained for Western vocal from Frijo Francis, Jazz Pianist, India. Concentration:- Western vocal,Keyboard,Guitar,Gospel,Blues,Jazz,Hindi Pop songs.Vocalist and Acc Guitarist in PeppyTunes and Gospel Band called CrossToc since 2007. Contact# +91 9746717985; Email:[email protected],www.facebook.com/demindevassy, www.reverbnation.com/demindevassy, www.youtube.com/demindevassy

Simona D

Simona D is an accomplished singer/songwriter whose musical gifts emerged at very early age. Born in Wisconsin and raised among United States, Italy, France and England in a multicultural family (Italian mother and Polish father), Simona has been creating music ever since she started taking piano lessons at the age of eight. After many years spent at the conservatory and achieving several awards as a cellist (Royal Tunbridge Wells Competitive Arts Festival, Associated Board of the Royal School of Music), she started to work as singer for many different projects in Italy focusing on her passion for gospel, soul and r’n’b and also attending numerous music conferences where she had the chance to sing with Terron Brooks, Cheryl Porter and Michael and Regina Winans among others. She has shared the stage with musicians such as Philip Bailey, Steve Winwood, Rosa Passos, Howard Shore and Brad Hatfield. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Simona D currently lives in New York City where she is an active singer, cellist and writer.

Louise Dodds

Best Vocalist nominee at the Scottish Jazz Awards 2022, Scottish jazz vocalist Louise Dodds  recently released her third studio album, a duo project with renowned Azerbaijani pianist, arranger and composer Elchin Shirinov, bringing together their love of folk, classical and jazz. The project has been supported by Creative Scotland.

Prior to this release, Louise released her first album in 9 years in March 2022. The album, ‘The Story Needs an Ending’, was also Louise’s first fully original album. She took the album on the road, performing 12 dates across Scotland, Northern Ireland and England. The album was selected by Jim Gilchrist in his Arts Review of 2022 in The Scotsman.

Jessica Taylor

As the 'Dish' or 'First Lady' of The Platters, Jessica has toured North America, Europe, Scandinavia, The South Pacific, The Philippines and Japan with some of the top named acts in the country. She's been a member of The Platters for the past 20 years. After putting together a collection of songs for her first CD and she's currently promoting herself as a solo act when not working with other groups. Born in Lexington, KY she started out singing her first song in church at the age of four with the encouragement of her grandmother. That became the start of her desire to sing for the public

Mihoko Uemura

Born: March 14

Japanese born and raised, vocalist Mihoko Uemura,classically trained in her youth, taught herself to improvise early on. Mihoko’s debut album with The Junior Mance Trio & Houston Person, “Just Squeeze Me”, was released on JVC in 1992. She relocated to New York City in 2001 to broaden and expand her musical horizons. Mihoko’s latest CD "The Wat We Were", was produced by Houston Person, was released on Goodness Records in 2011.

Simin Tander

German Afghan vocalist Simin Tander represents a new sound in the European jazz landscape: mysterious, narrative, tenderly beautiful yet also powerful, playful and impulsive. Simin moves her audience with a fascinating voice that knows every possible color, expression and embodies it with an alluring intensity. In the Netherlands, Simin Tander’s talent is no longer a secret. During the last years Simin has become one of the rising stars of the Dutch jazz scene with succesful performances at the North Sea jazz Festival, the Bimhuis, the prestigious Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the 2010 Young VIP tour and her collaboration with Dutch Jazz star Eric Vloeimans. Simin and her Quartet have additionally performed at several international major venues including The Women in Jazz festival (Germany), JazzAhead (Germany), Bohemia Jazz Festival (Czech Republic), Catania Jazz (Italy), Hong Kong Jazz Festival (China) and International Jazzfestival Madrid (Spain). Simin’s debut CD, 'Wagma' (Neuklang Records) received a great deal of attention from both the Dutch and International jazz press. The title to Simin’s Debut CD “Wagma” translates from the Afghan Pashtoe (Simin’s fathers native language) and means “Morning Dew”

Mari Mack

Mari is a powerhouse singer who can belt out the blues or soothe you with soft, sultry jazzy tones. Her latest album, “Can’t Go Back”, featuring the single “Birthday Suit”, features the performances of some of the Bay Area’s finest musicians including Alan Hertz and Eric Levy from Garaj Mahal, Ernest "Boom" Carter, John Lee Sanders, and two cuts with the band Sonia Dada, a soulful gospel/rock group from Chicago who were recording their album in Sausalito during the production of “Can’t Go Back.”

Natacha Atlas

Natacha Atlas’s new offering, Myriad Road, sees her combining creative forces once again. This time, she has worked with one of France’s most eminent jazz musicians, Ibrahim Maalouf – the highly-garlanded Lebanese-born French jazz and classical trumpeter, producer, and composer—to produce her first jazz album. “The first time I saw Natacha was in Istanbul,” says Maalouf. “We were at the same concert given by Smadj, who plays the oud, and he invited us up onstage to join him. Far from being an oriental cliché or pseudo-orientalist, the Natacha I met was a woman who was undeniably in touch with the world around us

Fatoumata Diawara

Born: 1982

Introducing a fresh new talent with a unique sound, a bagful of beautiful self-penned songs and a tumultuous life story behind her, Fatoumata Diawara’s debut EP ‘Kanou’, was recently released on World Circuit on May 9 2011. Tall, superbly poised and elegant, with an iridescent smile, this sometime star of African film draws elements of jazz and funk into an exquisitely sparse contemporary folk sound refracting the rocking rhythms and plaintive melodies of her ancestral Wassoulou tradition through an instinctive pop sensibility. At the centre of the music is Fatou’s warm, affecting voice, spare, rhythmical guitar playing and gorgeously melodic songs that draw powerfully on her own often troubled experience. Born in Cote d’Ivoire, raised in Mali, now based in Paris, and still only 29, Fatou has had a life covering a whole gamut of contemporary African experience: fighting parental opposition to her artistic ambitions and the cultural prejudice faced by women throughout Africa, winning success as an actress in film and theatre, before finding her feet in the medium she was always destined to make her own: music. Fatou’s EP will be followed by her full length album ‘Fatou’, released 19 September 2011.

Laura Ainsworth

Born: December 4

From her home base of Dallas to Los Angeles, New York, Scotland and India, the world is falling in love with Laura Ainsworth. With her satiny, three-octave voice, her sexy sense of humor and her trademark elbow-length gloves and beaded gowns that would fill Julie London with envy, Laura ushers audiences into her own enchanting world...a cocktail that combines the elegant retro style of nightclub shows of the ‘40s and '50s with sophisticated modern musical twists. She calls it "New Vintage." It’s an intoxicating blend that has attracted some of the top jazz players in Texas to her side, including longtime partner Brian Piper, one of the most sought-after pianists/producers in the Southwest