Results for "Vocalist"

Monica Ramey

Born: August 19, 1977

“When you see Monica Ramey step onto the stage, you're not quite sure what to expect. But when this Nashvillian opens her mouth, a smooth, velvety voice formed by years of study and countless performances comes tumbling out, putting her own fresh spin on jazz standards.” Angela Patterson - The Tennessean This kind of reaction is a reoccurring theme in the case of Midwest native Monica Ramey and artists like Donna McElroy, Jim Ferguson, Denis Solee, Jeff Steinberg, Lori Mechem, Roger Spencer, George Tidwell, Sandra Dudley and Beegie Adair are just a few who are singing her praise. Monica is a native of Francesville, one of Indiana’s smallest town

Lisa Bauer

Born: October 25, 1979

LISA BAUER BIOGRAPHY Lisa Bauer, originally from Gauteng, South Africa, graduated from the South African College of Music at UCT in 2004 with a degree in Jazz Performance in vocals and drum kit (with a distinction in singing). Lisa started singing harmonies to her father's LP's of Classical Music, Musicals and Jazz artists such as Billy Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennet, Oscar Petersen and Ray Brown, from age 4. She sang as a soloist in her primary school choir, performed professionally as a guitarist/singer/drummer during High School, studied the violin from age 12 and drums from the age of 16

John Dokes

Born: June 11

John Dokes is an American vocalist who first came to prominence as a championship lindy hopper in New York. He uses his smooth baritone voice to perform in big band and jazz genres. Singing a mixture of blues, ballads, popular songs, and jazz standards, John is currently the featured vocalist with the popular big band George Gee’s Swing Jazz Orchestra. His musical influences include Nat King Cole, Joe Williams, Jimmy Rushing and Frank Sinatra.

Lucas

Born: December 25

from Urban Buzz Magazine:

With a distinctive sound that is soulful, intimate and expressive, Lucas is building a reputation as a part of a jazz tradition -- the male balladeer -- a tradition that cries out for new blood. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, LUCAS began honing his musical sensibilities at an early age, under the influence of his family; his adolescent listening experiences ran the gamut -- from Motown to Mozart to Miles to Mangeshkar. (And all the hotspots in-between) After majoring in Theatre Arts at the University of Georgia, Lucas moved to New York City, where he has lived, and worked as a singer/actor/director for more than a decade and a half in films, television, and numerous NY/International theatrical productions

Jean Carla Rodea

Jean Carla Rodea is a Brooklyn based vocalist, interdisciplinary artist, and educator, born and raised in Mexico City. She is dedicated to perform a plethora of music in a variety of settings -from solo to large ensembles. She has performed and recorded with Darius Jones' vocal quartet Elizabeth-Caroline Unit, Gerald Cleaver's Uncle June and NiMbNl quintet, Anthony Braxton's Syntactical Ghost Trance Music Choir. In addition to this, she leads her own projects: AZARES, trio=tres nube. Jean Carla has performed with William Parker, Patricia Nicholson, Rachel Bersen, Taylor Ho-Bynum, Joe Morris, Stephen Haynes, and Shelley Hirsch.

Camille Harris

Born: July 24, 1986

A “silly jazz” singer and pianist originally from Boulder, CO, her musical Muffin Man was in the New York International Fringe Festival 2009 and was one of twenty shows chosen for the FringeNYC Encore Series. Her one-woman show of original songs Camille! Young! Silly! has played the Duplex Cabaret multiple times and was part of Ars Nova Theatre’s ANT FEST 2008. A graduate from Emerson College in Boston, she is the recipient of an Emerson EVVY award for her song “Muffin Man.” Camille has been a cast member of "The Moon" a variety show based in Brooklyn since Feburary 2009. She plays piano around the city and is a clown for birthday parties

Lori Lefevre

Born: September 7, 1956

Lori Lefevre has been singing jazz for 3 decades, performing at jazz clubs throughout the midwest, and with the Toledo Jazz Orchestra and The Toledo Symphony. Currently she is teaching assistant for the great Jon Hendricks at the University of Toledo where she is pursuing a Master's in Vocal Jazz Performance. She is sings Soprano with 6th Edition, a 5 voice jazz vocal group who's members include Kevin Eikum, Kim Buehler, Lisa Young and John Johnson. 6th Edition has released their first CD, It's About Time, available at CDBaby.com.

Dani Gurgel

Dani Gurgel is a Brazilian singer and composer, whose precise scatting is a mix of the percussive and syncopated sounds of Brazil with the swaying curves of jazz: "A fantastic syllabary" (Badische Zeitung), and "scatted vocal adventures" (Jazzthetik).

With her feet in Brazil and her body stretching throughout the world, Dani Gurgel makes that mixture the motto of her most recent releases. Reaching out of so many boxes, genres and stereotypes, Dani navigates with her rhythmic and syllabic Brasilities through jazz, rock, pop, electronica; either in English, Portuguese or lyricless compositions, mixing her experience as a big band saxophonist and rock band bassist with her original music. Dani has presented live to full houses in Japan, USA, China, Germany, Uruguay and Brazil.

Shepley Metcalf

Born: April 23, 1953

Shepley was born in San Francisco, grew up in Providence, RI, and for years has called wonderful Cambridge, MA, home. A vocalist since high school, she was lead singer from 1990 to 1995 in Cabaret Enchanté (with Catherine Coleman). The duo performed Coleman’s original music, standards, and French chansons at Scullers Jazz Club, The French Library and Cultural Center, Danny’s Sky Bar (New York City), and live on Ron Della Chiesa’s WGBH radio show, “Music America.” Shepley then put her vocal career on the back burner from '98 to '07 while she was director of communications at New England’s largest homeless shelter

Sandra Lim Viray

A short paraphrase of a line, from my favorite pastime pocketbook, is the best start. It says when something is good, it makes the heads of the kids turn. When men’s heads join in, it’s probably beautiful. But when it turns the heads of the ladies as well, then you have something gorgeous.   And many heads turn whenever they hear and see Sandra Lim Viray. Hers is a voice and a stage presence that makes the audience come up closer to the stage and be mesmerized further. She has a unique way of singing, nay _expression, that makes the listeners detach from their feelings and identify more with her own, which can range from the mischievously playful to the melancholic