Results for "Vocalist"

Claudia Hommel

A favorite from the Art Institute of Chicago to the Musée de Montmartre in Paris, actor/singer CLAUDIA HOMMEL is best known for her cabaret concerts of French and American songs celebrating Paris. Not limited to the role of French chanteuse, "Claudia Hommel is a gifted and uniquely versatile artist, with a wide range of roles demanding deep emotional commitment or zany satirical high-jinks and everything in between," writes her mentor, actor and director Alvin Epstein. Claudia's repertoire encompasses French chanson, American standards, 19th and 20th century art songs and theatre music. Her clear and beautiful voice, ranging from lyrical to gutsy, adds to her considerable appeal. Claudia HommelBorn in Paris, raised in Detroit, seasoned in New York City and calling Chicago home, Claudia leads an active career as a theatrical singer in clubs, recital halls, museums, libraries and theatres from New York City to California

Lisa Engelken

LITTLE WARRIOR, Lisa Engelken's highly-anticipated new album is scheduled for release on October 1, 2013! Lisa has written, arranged & produced all 11 arresting tracks on Little Warrior, that will take you on a journey to the heavens above and back into the depths below, painting an aural chiaroscuro of the soul. Engelken’s sonic palate colors cacophonous and symphonic, then suddenly strips down naked. Consonance and dissonance interweave, swirl and wrestle for position as her voice alternately cuts raw, soars powerful, or simply floats pristine. With an uncanny emotional depth and technical fluency, Lisa draws upon the brutality and beauty of the human experience, to explore and embrace her angels and demons

Napua Davoy

Born: February 27

Having used theatre and opera to grow her creative wings, vocalist, pianist, composer & lyricist Napua Davoy dissolves boundaries and unites essences in this groundbreaking recording. Her warmth and emotional gravity burn soothingly while dismantling us with her white hot mezzo contralto. Her pianistic and arranging skills only heighten the realization of music whether hers or not. But it is her ability to write moving and memorable melodies which carve heroically through complex harmonies into songs that bristle with depth and freshness that may be her most precious gift. In addition to brand new spins on well known classics by Gershwin, Joni Mitchell, Johnny Mercer, and Gian Carlo Menotti, Napua Davoy’s new album “All I Want” contains songs from her two musicals Stella Rising and Miami. Since her amazing vocals premiered on her 1990 Columbia album she has expanded her abilities to include writing and composing. Miami’s “For the Love of Money” exposes the basic human frailty that trades mankind’s compassion for greed in an infectious groove, and Stella Rising’s “Darling Don’t Leave Me” uses the white-hot power of Napua’s classically trained mezzo-contralto voice to sear the emotion of loss

Liz Cole

You know that scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail when Terry Jones’ weird, pale prince character tells his overbearing father he doesn’t want land or a wife–he’d rather just… he’d rather just… sing?

That scene really captures my musical journey.

I grew up in a musical household in California. My parents introduced me to everything from Bartok to Blue Mitchell, and one of my favorite toys was a box of rhythm instruments my dad kept in the hall closet. It’s no wonder I picked up the trumpet at the age of nine and played that thing right up until my first lease agreement specifically said “no horns.”

Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield

Born: February 20

TATIANA “LADYMAY” MAYFIELD Refreshing and beautiful are how many have described the voice and persona of Tatiana “LadyMay” Mayfield, a jazz vocalist, musician, and educator from Fort Worth, Texas. “LadyMay” (as she has been named) has been singing and playing jazz music since the tender age of thirteen. Since then, she has performed in various venues and festivals throughout the U.S., which in turn have earned her rave reviews from listeners and musicians in addition to numerous awards. In October of 2010, she was chosen as one of the twelve semi-finalists to compete in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition that was held in Washington, D.C before a legendary panel of judges

Carina Cooper

Born: July 20, 1989

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Dena Taylor

Born: October 25, 1951

Based in Austin, TX, Dena Taylor is a jazz vocalist who harkens back to the days of smoke-filled clubs and smoky-voiced chanteuses. Her sound is solid; without a lot of vocal gymnastics in the Jazz Standards she covers. She inhabits the songs and makes them her own – feeling happiness, anger, joy, sorrow, love and hate. She draws listeners in and allows them to relate to these songs all over again. Dena was named “Best Female Jazz Artist of the Year” by Indie Music Channel in 2014. Her album “The Nearness of You” showcases her vocal talents and reminds us that even though she is a “seasoned” artist singing Standards, these songs don’t lose their ability to move and touch the audience just because they may have fallen out of vogue.

James Dewitt

Born: September 2, 1991

James Dewitt has recently released his self-produced record "An Introduction" and it is one of the many developments that capture the motivation he has. As a jazz singer, taking flight from the moment he heard Sinatra by the age of 14, he never let go of the idea of singing and experimenting with the possibilities of jazz, swing in particular, and contemporary pop sounds. Coming from a music-driven family (his father was a singer as well), he easily interested himself in the sound of swing and the feel of crooning. However, his music cannot simply be captured by the idea of a crooner singing some songs

Stellan "Bluesman" Viking

Born: August 6, 1957

Next Stop, All The Consert Info: Feb, Mar, Apr & May -2010- -Viking's Rhythm'n'Blues Cruise @ Viking Line M/S Amorella- -Sthlm-Turku-Sthlm- http://www.vikingline.se/Pages/abo/kryssningar_resor/blues.asp *** WorldwidewelcomE *** ORCHESTRA MEMBERS= ______________________ Next Stop, All The Consert Info: February, -2010- -Viking's Rhythm'n'Blues Cruise @ Viking Line M/S Amorella- -Sthlm-Turku-Sthlm- -2010-02-01- Kl: 20.10 pm & -2010-02-02- Kl: 18.55 pm - Orchestra Members: Iry Stellan Viking: Lead Vocal, Guitar & Percussion. Anders "Chico" Lindvall: Lead Guitar. Per "Pelle" Holmberg: Lead Guitar. I.van Harpman: Blues Harp, Backing Vocal & Percussion. Ale William Sjostrom: Bass. Micael Oberg: Drums. __________________________________________ Next Stop, All The Consert Info: Mars, -2010- -Viking's Rhythm'n'Blues Cruise @ Viking Line M/S Amorella- -Sthlm-Turku-Sthlm- -2010-03-01- Kl: 20.10 pm & -2010-03-02- Kl: 18.55 pm - ORCHESTRA MEMBERS= Iry Stellan Viking: Lead Vocal, Guitar & Percussion. Joel Sahlin: Lead Guitar. Magnus Lindeberg Jr: Lead Guitar. Stellan Lindeberg Sr: Blues Harp & Trumpet. Peter Zimny: Tenor Saxophone. Ale William Sjostrom: Bass. Christoffer Olsson: Drums. ___________________________________________ Next Stop, All The Consert Info: April, -2010- -Viking's Rhythm'n'Blues Cruise @ Viking Line M/S Amorella- -Sthlm-Turku-Sthlm- -2010-04-12- Kl: 20.10 pm & -2010-04-13- Kl: 18.55 pm - ORCHESTRA MEMBERS= Iry Stellan Viking: Lead Vocal, Guitar & Percussion. Lady Jenny Blue, alias Jenny Jonasson: Lead Vocal. Per "Pelle" Holmberg: Lead Guitar. Filip Runesson: Violin. Johan Olsson: Accordion & Hammond (B3) Nordica-Key. Ale William Sjostrom: Bass. Christoffer Olsson: Drums. ____________________________________________ Next Stop, All The Consert Info: May, -2010- -Viking's Rhythm'n'Blues Cruise @ Viking Line M/S Amorella- -Sthlm-Turku-Sthlm- -2010-05-03- Kl: 20.10 pm & -2010-05-04- Kl: 18.55 pm - ORCHESTRA MEMBERS= Iry Stellan Viking: Lead Vocal, Guitar & Percussion. Magnus Lindeberg Jr: Lead Guitar. Bjorn Ingelstam: Trumpet, Backing Vocal & Percussion. Peter Zimny: Tenor Saxophone. Ola Akerman: Trombone. Ale William Sjostrom: Bass. Andreas Hasselgren: Drums. ______________________________________________ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stellan-Bluesman-Viking/77955974161?ref=mf *** WorldwidewelcomE ***

Tecora Rogers

Born: May 1

Tecora Rogers was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and has been singing since joining the Angelic Choir at her church at the age of six. Now internationally renowned, Tecora Rogers' gift is her ability to reach into the soul of the listener and make them feel the warmth she feels as she communicates through song. This talented “triple threat” (singer, writer and producer) also hosts her own television program since August 1996. The Tecora Rogers Show airs every Monday at 10:00pm on Channel 19 in Chicago. Tecora hosted her own radio program in 1998 on WYCA, Hammond, IN. Tecora performed the American National Anthem at the Chicago Sky WNBA Game in September 2008