Results for "Vocalist"

Nana

Born: June 21

Miss Nana was born in Seoul, Korea and is a song stylist with extensive experience in the music industry. She has a Korean Folk Music background with her beginning roots in the guitar at a young age. Nana has been singing and composing music for the past fifteen years. In Korea, she was the winner of the prestigious radio contest Best New Singer with the "Song Bird's Dream". She wrote the lyrics and performed on the nation wide SBS-TV drama "Hae Bing". In 1997 Nana decided to move to the United States and study jazz at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. While at Berklee she studied with such jazz greats such as vocalists Kevin Mahogany, Sheryl Bentine (of "Manhattan Transfer" fame), the inspiring vocalist Lisa Thorson and Mark Murphy (upon her arrival to New York)

Jo Lawry

Rarely does a singer come along in whom virtuosity meets sensitivity. JoLawry at once tests the limits of technical facility and explores the furthestreaches of musical expression. Her music, steeped in the jazz traditionwithout being constrained by its traditional forms and functions,demonstrates a unique combination of maturity and inventiveness.

Born in South Australia, Jo was awarded a 2003 Fulbright Fellowship forstudy in the United States, which led her to New York where she still resides.There, she studied with such jazz luminaries as Javon Jackson and John Riley,and recorded with Renee Rosnes, Peter Washington and Lewis Nash. She wasalso named as a semifinalist in the 2004 Thelonious Monk International JazzCompetition.

Guru Jazzmatazz

Born: July 17, 1966

Born: July 17, 1966 | Died: April 19, 2010 Keith Elam (July 17, 1966[1] �” April 19, 2010) Better known by his stage name Guru, was an American emcee and member of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, along with DJ Premier. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The name Guru is a backronym that stands for Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal and the less-often used God is Universal; he is the Ruler Universal, which are both references to the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths. Early years Keith Elam was born in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Harry, was a judge and his mother, Barbara, was the co-director of libraries in the Boston public school system

River Blenders Chorus

Born: December, 1978

RIVER BLENDERS CHORUS FACT SHEET DESCRIPTION: The River Blenders Chorus is one of over 600 choruses of Sweet Adelines International, a worldwide non-profit organization dedicated to singing four-part, a cappella harmony, barbershop style. With more than 30,000 members on five continents, Sweet Adelines International is the world’s largest singing organization for women. MEMBERSHIP: The River Blenders have a membership of over 100 voices, the majority residing in St. Louis, St. Charles and Jefferson Counties in Missouri, with an increasing number from Illinois. ACCOMPLISHMENTS: The River Blenders have the distinction of being champions of the Midwest Gateway Region 5 ten times during their thirty year history

Hannah Northedge

Hannah is a sultry songstress of old fashioned glamour and bandleader of her own ensembles. She is a classically trained singer and is in high demand with The Hannah Northedge Jazz ensembles that include some of the most skilled jazz musicians in the UK and holds residencies at Smollensky's restaurants in London and Surrey, Booty's Riverside Jazz Bar in Limehouse, The Sandgate Hotel and Mackenzie's Cafe Bar both in Kent. She made a very successful appearance at Greenwich Jazz Festival twice last year and has been invited back this year and has also been booked to play at Mill Hill and Harborough Jazz Club

Jimmy Demers

Jimmy Demers has been singing for audiences around the world, and rightfully so, has been hailed by his father as, “the most famous, un-famous person in the world!” With a string of credits to his name, from backing vocals on albums that include artists from Cher to Garth Brooks, the road to this debut album, “Dream a Little” from the Concord Music Group, has been a work in progress since Jimmy Demers first began singing around the ripe old age of 4 years old. Throughout his life, Jimmy has experienced the harmony of enormous highs (singing in front of a massive audience of 65,000 people in Shanghai, China), and yet he has also felt the discord of challenging lows (losing his beloved mother only a month after he signed with Concord Records)

Femi

Born: July 25, 1972

Bay Area native of Puerto-Rican ancestry, FEMI has established her musical presence with powerfully sweet vocals, passionately poetic song writing and sultry production. Her music has been defined as neo-funk & soul but its roots go much deeper with an infusion of afro- latin/carribean rhythms, jazz, hip-hop, salsa and rock, blending perfectly to create a unique sound all her own. As one of the pioneers of the Oakland underground music scene, FEMI began laying the groundwork as an emerging artist, captivating the heart, soul and ears of those in underground Oakland art community, unaware that she was painting vivid collages of sound and texture that were considered "experimental" for the time

The Chancellors Quartet

The Chancellors Quartet has been singing Southern Gospel favorites throughout the United States and much of Canada since 1970. After more than a decade of full-time touring which included numerous radio and television appearances, the group began a part time ministry, singing on weekends and at special events.

Richard Halpern

Richard Halpern carries the audience back to genteel times with his stellar show of pop tunes from the era of Tin Pan Alley. Imparting the essence of a wild and witty generation, the charming Jazz Singer takes you on a journey beginning in the 1910s, moves right on through the 1920s and finishes up somewhere in the early 1930s. With influences such as Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, and Sophie Tucker, Halpern’s show isn’t confined by nostalgia, rather it etches a new journey to the future.

Edith Piaf

Born: December 19, 1915

Edith Piaf (December 19, 1915 - October 11, 1963) was one of France's most beloved singers, with much success shortly before and during World War II. Her music reflected her tragic life, with her specialty being the poignant ballad presented with a heartbreaking voice. The most famous songs performed by Piaf were La Vie en Rose (1946), Milord (1959), and Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (1960). She was born Édith Giovanna Gassion in Paris, France; her mother worked as a cafe singer and her father was a well-known travelling acrobat. Abandoned by her mother, she was raised by her paternal grandmother, who ran a brothel in Normandy