Results for "Vocalist"

Rama G

A native of Los Angeles, Rama G is an emerging artist in the Valley of the Sun.
Influences: Nat 'King' Cole, Sarah Vaughan, Sammy Davis Jr.

The Randy Van Horne Singers

The Randy Van Horne Singers were among the most prolific and respected session vocalists of the space age pop era. In addition to contributions to classic LPs from exotica maestros like Martin Denny and Esquivel, their buoyant harmonies are immortalized via classic TV themes including The Flintstones and The Jetsons. Founder and arranger Randy Van Horne worked in Hollywood in 1949, forming his first vocal group, the Encores, and touring with the Billy May Orchestra. In the 50s, Van Horne focused on session work with a new ensemble, The Randy Van Horne Singers , which signed with RCA Victor to cut the LP Swingin' Singin'

Emily Abraham

The critic Roy Sander has called Emily “interesting, intelligent, eclectic, very appealing, and filled with wry humor.” Lynn DiMenna of Cabaret Scenes called Emily a “promising jazz bird” while Peter Leavy of Cabaret Scenes said “Abraham’s interpretations of the songs hit the target.” Emily grew up in rural western New York where she attended a high school that didn’t have any performing arts programs, and so she gravitated toward singing in the chorus. While growing up she learned traditional art songs, hymns and operettas. When she was 16 years old, a summer stint at Eastman School of Music opened her up to the world of jazz, which is when she learned her first standard, Skylark

Okaru Lovelace

Born: August 24, 1970

Okaru`s style elegant balladeer, healing voice, unique phrasing and rhythmic....

Sofija Knezevic

Born: April 2, 1990

“Recognized as one of jazz's pre-eminent vocalists, young Sofija Knezevic  is making her name as one of the most significant singers in jazz today. While her singing is steeped in tradition, her improvisational virtuosity and creativity are breathtaking.” 
 
 Sofija graduated from University for Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, in the class of Dena De Rose. She received a full tuition scholarship at the age of 16. 
  
She has won many awards and scholarships including the Marianne Mendt Jazz Award,Tesla Award for the achievements in Music, Thailand International Jazz Voice Competition 2016 , Unesco Scholarship for young talents, Golden Mermaid award, and was recently chosen in 2013 for the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program which identifies outstanding, emerging jazz artists and composers.
 
 She's been based in New York since 2011, and teaching voice at the Music School of New York City since 2012.  
Sofija is also an ambassador of CYE and NFCA - Celiac Youth of Europe, and one of the ambassadors for the Estee Lauder and their Breast Awareness Camapign, and an Amazon Aid Foundation Artist.   Sofija is listed as first of Elle Magazine`s 30 under 30 (30 most successful people under 30 years of age), and third on Cosmopolitan Magazine`s  list of the most beautiful women in 2013. Sofija is included in newly published Jazz Encyclopedia `Serbian jazz, Bre`, and is writing two books of her own at the moment, one about vocal technique and the other one that includes her jazz arrangements of Balkan folk music.
 
Sofija held and performed at many humanitarian events, including her own organization of a concert to help the Sandy Hook victims in 2013. She has also done the music for numerous movies, including the documentary about her life, and the movie `Love Comes After` that just won an award in LA for the best foreign drama of the year. Sofija also appeared in a movie `Balkan Spirit` by Hermann Vaske together with Marina Abramovic and Angelina Jolie, in the summer of 2013.
She also wrote music as a musical director for the `Theater 13`, and was an artistic director of `Island Dreams Entertainment` for a short period of time.
  Sofija worked with many great jazz artists such as David Murray,  Jason Moran, Sheila Jordan, Jay Clayton, Terence Blanchard, James Moody, Elliot Mason, Christian McBride among others.

Vesna Petkovic

Born: September 23, 1974

Vesna Petkovic was born in Niš (Serbia) 1974. European singer, specializing in jazz, contemporary jazz and ethno music. After finishing a classical music education in her home town she studied jazz singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz and graduated with a Master Degree in 2003, obtaining first-class honors and the federal “Appreciation Award in recognition of outstanding cultural contribution(Würdigungspreis)” handed over by the Austrian minister for Culture. Vesna Petković is well established as a versatile singer with astounding skills and impeccable taste, always energetic and innovative

Bettina Pohle

Born: October 15

Bettina Pohle has been singing all her life. Born in Berlin, she started taking piano lessons at age 6, later adding flute and voice to her music education. She sang with the Berliner Konzertchor for years, before leaving for the United States in 1986, where she studied literature and voice at the University of Georgia, placing 2nd at the classical student competition NATS the same year, and concentrating on oratory performances as a soprano soloist. After moving to California, she continued her studies in literature, graduating with a Ph.D. in from UC Berkeley, California in 1994. While studying, Bettina continued to sing in classical and contemporary music ensembles, among them Anthony Pasqua's Perfect Fifth Chamber Choir and Robert Geary's The San Francisco Chamber Singers

Cynthia Holiday

She’s not Billie, not Judy, not Jennifer, not Carmen, not Nancy, it’s Cynthia Holiday! Cynthia Holiday is a real crowd pleaser and her renditions of straight-ahead jazz, blues and pop standards are full of swing, improvisation and soul. Clearly, singing live before an audience is where she feels most comfortable. Kevin Mahogany says, “I met Cynthia many years ago when I used to frequent various jam sessions in Harlem clubs. I was struck by her ability to quickly command the stage. Cynthia has fantastic stage presence and it’s time for her music to be heard.” Cynthia says “I love the up-and-close feeling of performing in small, intimate venues like SMOKE or Showmans Jazz Club in NYC

Erin Dickins

Born: June 11

As an award winning jazz vocalist and founding member of The Manhattan Transfer, Erin Dickins has enjoyed a career singers dream about. After spending five years singing ensemble music with The Manhattan Transfer, she expanded her musical horizons, emerging as one of the top studio singers in New York City. Dickins performed, toured and recorded with many notable artists including Leonard Cohen, Bette Midler, James Taylor, The Talking Heads, James Brown, Jaco Pastorius and Ashford & Simpson, to name but a few. Dickins continues to perform and record, enchanting audiences throughout the world. In 2014, Erin will release a debut solo album on Dot Time Records entitled, Java Jive

Corliss Dale Forestieri

Corliss Dale grew up listening to some of the greatest jazz singers of our time thanks to her mother who loved great musicians and great vocalists. As a result Corliss became familiar with the very best of the best… Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Anita O’Day, and Rosemary Clooney to name only a few, not to mention the men such as Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole and of course the legendary Frank Sinatra. Their styles became engrained in her heart and soul and so no matter what musical path she has followed and continues to follow in her career, she always comes back to the great standards and the amazing musical styles of these great artists. Corliss is a native Minnesotan born and raised in Minneapolis. She began singing very early in her life, at age 8 to be exact, singing solos in church, and at school concerts and talent shows