Results for "Vocalist"

Tiffany Apan

Tiffany Apan is a vocalist/songwriter born in the Wilkes-Barre, PA area. She began formal classical vocal training at age 12 and appeared in numerous musical theatre and operatic productions throughout the years including the portraying the Third Spirit in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Magic Flute" and the role of Hodel in "Fiddler on the Roof." Her real turning point as a vocalist, however, was having the opportunity of portraying the role of a Free Style Jazz Singer in the world premiere of Marta Effinger's "Whispers Want to Holler" where she was also coached by Billy Harper who had written the musical score for the production

Youn Sun Nah

Youn Sun Nah was born and raised in Seoul in a voice-loving family; her father was a choirmaster and her mother a musical actress. She learned to play the piano as a child but concentrated on her general studies until she graduated from Konkuk University with a degree in Arts in 1992. The following year, she was invited by the Korean Symphony Orchestra to sing gospel songs. She made her first steps on record and on stage. Following this experience, she was noticed and hired in musicals. A career opened up for her but she was not convinced that she was on the right track. She finally decided to go back to school to study music and singing in depth. A Francophile and a song lover, she came to Paris in the autumn of 1995

Pat Braxton

 Pat Braxton “ The Lady of The Day “ Pat is award winning singer and was born was born in Somer's Point NJ, and grew up in Boston MA. And now resides in Milton MA. She has released 3 projects. Them There Eyes (2010), God Bless the Child (2012) and her current release Pat Braxton Live At Scullers (2013) . Pat is quickly becoming a trilling and engaging woman in jazz as a vocalist, composer, recording artist and entertainer. So much so that she has been Awarded 3 New England Music Awards Best Female Jazz Artist 2012 & 2013 and Best Jazz Cd/Single 2013.Nominated at The London Urban Music Awards and for Boston Music Awards in the Jazz category. “As far a I can remember, I have always loved to entertain people and put a smile on their faces

Loudon Wainwright III

Born: September 5, 1946

Loudon Wainwright III grew up in the town of Bedford in wealthy Westchester County north of New York City, the son of Loudon S. Wainwright, Jr., a writer and editor at Life magazine and a direct descendant of colonial governor Peter Stuyvesant. Wainwright became a folk singer/songwriter in the late '60s, singing humorous and nakedly honest autobiographical songs. Signed to Atlantic Records, he recorded Album I (1970) and Album II (1971), accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, before switching to Columbia Records, for which he made the folk-rock Album III (1972), which featured the Top 40 novelty hit "Dead Skunk." Attempted Mustache (1973) and the half-live Unrequited (1975) did not continue that commercial success, though Wainwright's humor and engaging stage persona made him a cult figure and a concert favorite. Meanwhile, his songs were recorded by others, notably Kate (his wife, since divorced) and Anna McGarrigle, and Wainwright appeared in the off-Broadway show Pump Boys and Dinettes and played a featured role on the successful M*A*S*H television series. He moved to Arista Records for T Shirt (1976) and Final Exam (1978), on which he was backed by a rock band, but departed the major labels for a more appropriate home on the folk-based indie Rounder for A Live One (1980) and Fame and Wealth (1983). Wainwright began to gain more notice in England than in the U.S., and he moved to London in 1985

Karo Glazer

Born: June 10, 1982

Mike Stern says: “Karo Glazer is absolutely a fantastic singer” and Lars Danielsson adds:“Karo Glazer is one of the most talented young vocal jazz artists I’ve heard for years now. The way she carries a melody and interprets the text is truly unique, her vocal looping is absolutely outstanding! When I heard her for the first time, I knew immediately she was an exceptional person. It’s a great pleasure to listen to how she creates new rhythms and spaces vocally around the main melodic line and text . . . at the same time she’s a great composer.” Karo Glazer is one of the most original jazz artists of recent years

Maurice Finnell

Born: 1916

Maurice Finnell was a rare human being, a witty and erudite gentleman from another era and a Teacher of Music for over 50 years in New York City. He taught Sight-Singing and Musicianship and was a vocal coach to thousands of students. He was on staff at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA), Turtle Bay Music School, The American Theatre Wing and at NYU's Gallatin Division, and also taught at Guild Studios at the Ansonia Hotel and at his private studio at home. He was still teaching until a few weeks before his death, and had planned to start again in January after recovering from a fall. Born in Trenton, New Jersey to parents who immigrated from Eastern Europe and Russia, and the youngest of 8, he was musically precocious, and sang at age 12 in local vaudeville theaters. A baritone, he studied to be an opera singer, and sang in regional opera in his home town, but World War 2 interrupted his studies and he went off to serve at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Finnell started singing as a boy, performing the theme song for Douglas Fairbanks film "Reaching For The Moon" at the RKO Lincoln and Capital Theaters at the age of 16. He performed on radio networks in New York and Philadelphia, and made his opera debut with the Trenton Opera Company in 1941. During WWII he served as a music instructor for soldiers. After the war, his song "A Lonely Town" was recorded by Herb Lance and the Ray Charles Singers and he directed the musical department of Camp Wigwam in Harrison, Maine, which was attended by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, the Selznicks and the Zukors.

Leigh Jones

Born: June 1

Rare is the artist with the gift to so naturally convey musical artistry direct from the soul and also be a striking eyeful of beauty that shines from the inside out. With her passion for authentic bedrock styles of R&B, Jazz, Blues and Pop, Los Angeles native Leigh Jones is just the artist to make you a believer. She's already done so with luminaries that stretch from Motown Records founder Berry Gordy to former Stax Records executive Al Bell - men who have seen, groomed and launched the very best and are rolling up their sleeves once again to support the blooming, once in a lifetime talent possessed by Leigh Jones.

Jordyn Jackson

Jackson’s fifth album, September in the Garden, is her first project focusing on Jazz vocals. September in the Garden showcases Jordyn Jackson's vocals and the incredible range of talents of the young Louisiana musicians who arranged, produced and performed on the album. Led by Beau St. Pierre and Jake Smith, who created the new instrumentations, tempos and overall arrangements of the album, Jackson re-envisions ten musical standards. Over the course of several weeks at Fudge Recording Studio in the Garden District of New Orleans, a collaborative musical effort was recorded and engineered by Jacques Delatour and Jack Miele

Dena Blue

Dena is delighted to sing the popular standards for your special event. She prides herself in learning the treasured favorites made popular by many of the legends of jazz, performed in her beautiful and unique style. Her soft sultry voice and Houston's top musicians, The BlueJazz Band, will ensure that your event has only the finest sound. The BlueJazz Band is under the direction of the talented and accomplished Paul Chester. He comprises her group of only the "A" list musicians. Currently playing are the amazing Andrew Lienhard on keyboard, outstanding Tim Solook on drums, and remarkable Aric Nitzberg on upright bass and Paul Chester will be dazzle you on the guitar

Sophie Berkal-Sarbit

Teenaged jazz singer must be channelling golden-era greats In spite of the fact she's only graced this planet for 16 years, Winnipeg's Sophie Berkal-Sarbit has much of what it takes to make it as a jazz singer. Just give a listen to her debut album "The Gypsy On my Soul" and you'll see what I'm talking about. Judging from her rock-steady performances, you'd think she's channelling some of the classic jazz singers from the golden era of jazz, like Peggy Lee and Billie Holiday. She can twirl her vocal chords around the lyrics of her 11 selections quite nicely and even does a tad of scatting, easily out-singing many ladies twice her age who call themselves jazz singers. Her voice is extremely pure, clean, dreamy and technically superb