Results for "Vocalist"

Victor Cager

Born: August 8, 1960

Victor was born on August 8, 1960 in Dallas, TX at Parkland Memorial Hospital. His father and mother operated a barber & beauty shop in West Dallas for 49 years. Although his father was a successful businessman, his first love was Big Band Jazz such as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton and especially The Count Basie Orchestra with either Jimmy Rushing or Papa Joe Williams, whom I had the privilege to meet after his last show in Dallas in 1999. This was my first introduction to Jazz and "Oh My God!" the music I heard as a child, it was not unusual for my family to sit and listen to anything from Roy Hamilton to The New York Philharmonic w/ Leonard Bernstein to Sam Cooke to Sis

Aretha Franklin

Born: March 25, 1942

Aretha Franklin is one of the giants of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole. More than any other performer, she epitomized soul at its most gospel-charged. Her astonishing run of late-'60s hits with Atlantic Records—"Respect," "I Never Loved a Man," "Chain of Fools," "Baby I Love You," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Think," "The House That Jack Built," and several others—earned her the title "Lady Soul," which she has worn uncontested ever since. Yet as much of an international institution as she's become, much of her work—outside of her recordings for Atlantic in the late '60s and early '70s—is erratic and only fitfully inspired, making discretion a necessity when collecting her records. Franklin's roots in gospel ran extremely deep

Dean Martin

Born: June 7, 1917

Quick: name the artist, who (a) knocked the Beatles from the top chart position at the height of Beatlemania; (b) scored a gold record in 2004 with his fastest-selling album ever, which also hit the iTunes Top 5; (c) was worshipped by Elvis Presley; and (d) is heard regularly in the hippest movies, TV shows and commercials. Need another clue? Playboy recently called him "the coolest man who ever lived." Of course that man is Dean Martin. Dean's importance to generations of music fans (not to mention aficionados of masculine cool) now far outstrips his former reputation as the tippler of the Rat Pack or Jerry Lewis' crooning straight man

Katie Burduli

Katie Burduli’s insightful, soulful, and sensual voice keeps listeners captivated. She masters a rare blend of jazz and pop in her song writing and her interpretations of jazz standards are uniquely sensuous. Katie works with producer, composer, and guitarist Peter Bell, a two-time Emmy winner. Their first album “Artist” has been released in March 2009. Together with Peter Bell and Dan Boyne, she composed and recorded the theme song of Andrew Silver’s film “Radio Cape Cod”, which opened at the Coolidge Corner Theater (Boston) in June 2008. Originally from the Republic of Georgia, Katie received her Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance at the Berklee College of Music and her Master’s Degree at Longy School of Music. Katie started her music career at the age of five singing and acting in musical theaters, ensembles, and bands

Miriam Makeba

Born: March 4, 1932

South African diva Miriam Makeba is well known throughout the world as Mama Africa and the Empress of African Song. She is African music's first and foremost world star. She is a pioneer who played her early songs and blended different styles long before anyone even began to talk about "world music." Her record production is spread across many companies all over the world - so far and wide that it's difficult to get a panoramic view of it. But no collection of African music should be without one or more of Miriam Makeba's recordings. Miriam was born in Johannesburg. As a young girl of thirteen, she entered a talent show at a missionary school and walked off with the first prize

Carol Pentleton

In addition to being a jazz vocalist with Jazz Therapy, Carol has a dual career as a fine artist and as a designer. As each specialty informs the other, Carol brings a strong sense of design to her limited edition giclées, and a fine eye for composition and color to her web and graphic design projects.

Kemp Harris

"Sometimes...I feel like I want to go back...Sometimes." This plaintive haunting lyric sets the tone and establishes the theme of singer songwriter Kemp Harris’ sophomore release, Edenton. This album is both a literal and figurative journey back to Harris’ roots in Edenton, North Carolina, the town where he was born. For Harris, an African-American who left the small-town south for the Northeast decades ago, this is a trip home -- home as a musical foundation steeped in southern gospel and the simple truth of the blues, and as a place where we reflect on our place in the world. In the tradition of such intensely personal albums as Sam Cooke’s Night Beat, the album bears a soul of its own. With almost four decades behind him as a songwriter and performer, Kemp Harris has collaborated with a surprising list of talent

Randall "Big Daddy" Webster

Born: December 22

Randall "Big Daddy" Webster's Bluesography Growing up in Wheaton, Illinois (also home to Jim and John Belushi), he snuck into the Windy City’s most notorious Blues clubs. They soaked in the music of Muddy Waters, Otis Span, Junior Wells, Big Joe Turner, and other Blues legends holding school on stage. Webster would often jump the “L” (elevated train) to Maxwell Street where itinerant Bluesmen plied their trade on the corner. Webster’s first guitar, a Harmony Stratatone, came from Duke’s pawnshop north of the old market. He scavenged record bins for vintage vinyl from his new Blues heroes

Bebel Gilberto

At the age of seven, Bebel made an appearance on her Mother's first solo album 'Miucha'. At age nine, Bebel performed with her mother and legendary Jazz saxophonist Stan Getz at a Jazz festival in New York's Carnegie Hall . Back in Brazil Bebel performed and recorded in the soundtrack of the children's musical 'Os Saltimbancos' written by Sergio Bardotti and Chico Buarque which created a major impact. Later on Bebel joined an experimental theatrical group and was a member of the founding team of the performance space 'Circo Voador' (Flying Circus) at Ipanema Beach. In this group she met singer/songwriter Cazuza, who became a close friend and soon a major rock star in Brazil during the '80s. At this time Bebel started to write songs with collaborators such as Dé and Cazuza, co-writting 'Preciso Dizer Que Te Amo', which became a national hit winning several music awards

Rachel Lauren

Born: November 7, 1986

Singing classic jazz standards fueled by raw emotion and an innovative style, Rachel Lauren is an artist who will not only delight your ear, but revive your spirit. One can hardly imagine she’s just 21! Rachel’s ability to appeal to fans in her own age range all the way up to long time jazz listeners sets her apart from other young artists. With the self release of her first album away from the crowd, Rachel has succeeded in stepping away from the anonymity of the larger music scene and into a spotlight of her very own.

As a vocal stylist, Rachel pays homage to the music that created jazz, flavoring it with original emotional expression. “Its not about how many notes or beats you have,” says Rachel, “If you have people feeling something, feeling what you are feeling, that’s what jazz is about.” Rachel infuses this mantra into jazz standards, reviving vintage tunes with an emotional interpretation of her own.