Results for "Vocalist"

Jua

Born: January 6, 1979

Incredible how it’s been over ten years since Jua Howard was making quite a name for himself in neo-soul circles, crooning in velvety tenor tones reminiscent of Luther Vandross and Donny Hathaway in clubs from New York City to London. “Anticipation”, his 2007 self-released debut CD of mostly original mid-tempo tunes and ballads, was picking up play on Smooth Jazz and R&B stations. Yet Jua, who uses only his first name professionally (Swahili for “sun”), was having second thoughts about his musical direction. The Chicago-born singer says, “With the R&B neo-soul scene, everything started to sound the same.” While living in the Washington D.C

David's Angels

David’s Angels releases debut CD ”Substar” on Kopasetic Records, distributed through Naxos In a project where jazz, rock, minimalism, avant-garde influences the sound of the band, David’s Angels paints amazing soundscapes not easily branded. Prize-winning swedish composer-pianist Maggi Olin and vocalist Sofie Norling of Sweden, a new name with a big talent, created the music and lyrics that make up the ”Substar” CD. The theme of the set is of belonging, loss, sorrow and ambition., The musicians are born in the sixties, seventies and eighties and pulls from a diverse set of influences in creating this sound. Sofie Norling is a new graduate of Malmo Academy of Music, Sweden, and is quickly making a name for herself with a haunting beautiful voice and a intuitive and secure melodic performance

Lady Tina Seals

Born: June 22, 1971

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Kerry Hodgkin

The Kerry Hodgkin Jazz Band is on tour in 2011. The band features some of the most exceptional players on the UK jazz scene today. The core band is a quintet including: Kerry Hodgkin (vocals), Janette Mason (piano), Andy Davies (trumpet/flugel), Nick Pugh (bass) and Mark Fletcher (drums)

The band is also available with special guest artiste, the multi-award winning Alan Barnes on saxophone/clarinet.

Kerry Hodgkin makes a welcome return to the forefront of the UK jazz scene in 2009/10 with a fantastic new album Table in the Corner. The album is produced by award winning vocalist Ian Shaw and features some of the cream of UK jazz, including Alan Barnes (sax/clarinet) and Janette Mason (piano). The album is released on 33 Records.

Camila Meza

The New York Times has described her as "A bright young singer and guitarist with an ear for music of both folkloric and pop intention, Camila Meza has connected with a strong peer group since moving to New York from her native Santiago, Chile, in 2009" and adds “"Ms. Meza brings an appealing combination of lightness and depth to all the material, singing in a bright, clear voice against the agile stir of a first-­rate band. Her improvising, on electric or acoustic guitar, is serious business . . ." On Downbeat Magazine "Meza delivered pure, unaffected vocals, sung alternately in Spanish and English, that flooded the subterranean space with a genuine warmth and uplifting spirit

Ismael Rivera

Born: October 5, 1931

In the rarefied air of the premier salsa singers, the influential Ismael Rivera personifies the role of the vocalist as the musical interpreter and voice of the common people, where the music originated. He is recognized as “El Sonero Mayor,” which translates into the master improviser, for his uncanny ability to invent and compose lyrics on the spot, and in perfect time. The town of Loiza Aldea, in Puerto Rico (east of San Juan) is recognized as a vital source of African derived music and rhythms on the island, primarily the bomba and plena, which are indigenous to the area. Ismael Rivera was born there on Oct

Retta Christie

Retta Christie has staked a claim to a fabulously rich but oft-overlooked vein of Americana, a musical mother lode located at the dusty crossroads where the American Songbook and the country-western canon converge. A vocalist with a light twangy timbre, breezy sense of swing, and a gift for conveying the emotional essence of a lyric, Christie delivers an eagerly anticipated second volume of her collaboration with reed expert David Evans and piano legend Dave Frishberg (who’s responsible for one of the American Songbook’s most witty chapters, though that facet of his work isn’t represented here)

Melissa Dinwiddie

Is this jazz, folk, or comedy? Performer (and “Uke-Diva”) Melissa Dinwiddie is a winning combination of all three. Interactive music and comedy… with a ukulele.

Remember the girl next door? You know the one, the bookworm who kept you on your toes with her quick wit and smart alecky sense of humor. That one. Whatever happened to her, you might be asking yourself. I’ll tell you what happened: she grew up and traded in her teddy bears, roller skates and skinned knees for an evening gown, a microphone… and a ukulele. Melissa Dinwiddie is still keeping you on your toes, but now it’s to a melody line.

Inspired by the absurdities of modern life, Dinwiddie crafts songs evocative of the Great American Songbook but dealing with 21st Century themes

Seth MacFarlane

Jazzator

The band Jazzator marries the freedom of jazz to the harmonic vocabulary of contemporary art music and adds the vigor of stadium rock to the mixture. The music of the band often shifts from the mainstream to the vanguard within one song and is based on powerful use of non-conventional vocal parties and rich piano arrangements. The tunes composed by Marina for piano, vocals and drums constitute the most important part of the band’s repertoire. These pieces were inspired by such artists as The Bad Plus, Thelonious Monk, Avishai Cohen, Sergei Rachmaninov and Igor Stravinsky. The core of the band consists of Marina Sobyanina (vocals, piano, composer) and Sergey Balashov (drums) but Jazzator’s live performances as well as the bands’ studio records always feature various guest musicians playing double bass, clarinet, cello, violin, bass-clarinet, flute and other instruments