Results for "Vocalist"

Emma Larsson

Born: October 7

Let It Go, Emma Larsson’s latest release on Imogena Records, is a collection of vivid, self-penned pieces. As a young Scandinavian, Larsson inevitably has a strong interest in form and aesthetics. It means that the stretch of her interests and influences is global, but her viewpoint is strongly individual. The make up of her current Quintet reflects this global spread. From New York's jazz scene is pianist Benito Gonzalez. On the Scandinavian side are Finns Joonathan Rautio playing saxophone and Jukkis Uuotila on drums, and from Sweden, Christian Spering on bass. Specific influences are hard to pinpoint, but in her effort to integrate musical ideas with explicit vocalised themes Larsson draws on traditions of American jazz more than any other

Devin Bing

Born: June 25, 1985

Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Devin began his journey at the early age of six. As he sat down at a dusty, barely tuned, upright piano in the basement of his father’s live theater, he discovered an unequivocal infatuation for the art of music. Through childhood and into adolescence, Devin’s passion for jazz intensified along with the yearning to create and perform it. “It was ‘My Funny Valentine’ that ultimately did it for me. I remember casually sitting down at the piano one day before dinner and I performed it for my parents. By the end of the song, they stood there motionless with their jaws dropped

Mads Mathias

Born: January 9, 1981

Described by Danish daily broadsheet Politiken as “Denmark’s leading male jazz vocalist, on the verge of an international breakthrough” and by Gaffa as “an international star in the making”, Mads Mathias is a vocalist/ songwriter/saxophonist, who has captured the hearts of music lovers with his charismatic performances, spirited personality and creative original songs. Inspired and influenced by the great jazz vocalists of the past and present from Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra to Harry Connick Jr, and with a deep respect for the jazz tradition, Mathias is nevertheless an original talent with a unique and effortlessly charming vocal delivery and a skill for writing catchy and memorable, stylishly crafted tunes. “With his…Cole Porter knack of writing deceptively simple yet tightly structured tunes, which sound as though they’ve been lifted straight out of The Great American Songbook, it’s easy to see why singer-saxophonist Mads Mathias won the Danish Music Award for Best New Jazz Artist Of The Year” - Reviewsphere (review of Edinburgh Jazz Festival performance 2016) His first release, ‘Free Falling’, is a hugely ambitious project with contributions from twenty-five musicians in a mix of big band, strings and small group arrangements

Zoe Leger

Born: May 26, 1989

Julija Jačėnaitė

Born: March 21, 1985

Jul Acoustic Julija Jač�-nait�-/ Vocals Saulius Križinauskas / acoustic guitar Karolis Jančenkovas / acoustic guitar Julia Jač�-nait�- since 2001 years has been performing music in various Lithuanian clubs, participate in international festivals and competitions. 2006 Julia along with guest performers warmed up Joe Zawinul, Kurt Elling, and 2007 Richard Bona Concert in Vilnius. 2005 - 2007 she was editor and moderator of TV show "That Jazzy World". In 2008 Julia, along with some of the best young guitarists in Lithuania - Saulius Križinauskas and Karolis Jančenkovas prepared and presented to listeners Jul Acoustic program, where you can hear an unexpected interpretations of jazz standards and Julia's compositions. The same year in Lithuania performed the singer from Cape Verde Islands - Maria de Barros - claiming a number of artists to heat its concert in Lithuania chose Jul Acoustic. Make Unforgetable Sounds Imagine Clouds - Jul Acoustic

Anna

Born: October 30

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Kate Westbrook

Born: September 18

Kate Westbrook was born in Britain but spent much of her childhood in the USA and Canada. Educated at Dartington Hall School, in Devon. Kate went on to study Fine Art at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, and at Reading University, before returning to live and work on the East and West coasts of America, and travelling in Mexico. The first solo show of her paintings was at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, in 1963. On returning to the UK she continued to exhibit her work and she taught at Leeds College of Art, at that time in the forefront of experimental theatre and performance art. Kate's musical career began in the mid '70s when she joined the Mike Westbrook Brass Band, and gave up teaching to concentrate on the dual career of painter and musician. Kate has toured widely throughout Europe, and as far afield as Canada, Australia and the Far East

Yuki Ishiwata

Born: April 23

Well, if you try to describe Yuki and Cuties in one sentence... Yuki and Cuties is a band that brings your home the happy vibes of tropics! Y&QTs was formed by Yukiko Ishiwata (Yuki), the singer/songwriter of the band in 2009. Born and raised in Japan, Yuki dreamt to become a healer when she was 9. When she saw a singer from Okinawa on TV at the age of 13, however, it changed her life completely. She realized that a singer could heal people by exchanging her/his love with the audience. Building basic foundation in Classical music at high school, she started singing in bands when she was 16 year old

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Alexandra Sherling

Born: October 18, 1990

Alexandra Sherling.
Talent, Charm & Jazz!

Alexandra (Shura) Sherling was born to be famous. Her talented parents, Olesya Sherling (mother, vocalist, composer, jazz musician & improviser) and Yuri Sherling (father, Honored Worker of Art of RSFSR, Doctor of Arts, composer, theatre director, choreographer and writer) just could not give a birth to an ordinary child.  From age of 4 Shura (so her parents call Alexandra) stunned everybody by her rare gift of singing. Little Shura made renowned jazz musicians respect her unique talent