Results for "Vocalist"

Matteo Brancaleoni

Born: May 31, 1981

Matteo Brancaleoni was born in Milan in 1981. Young artist with versatile and original personality: actor, singer, journalist, musician. By the time he was 16, he began singing and performing in jazz clubs around Northern Italy. Finalist for the IMUA "International Massimo Urbani Jazz Music Award" in 2006. His recordings were also featured in the Radio Festival of Italian Jazz Singers as one of the most talented young italian jazz vocalist. His performances have also been heard on on Radio Palermo in Buenos Aires, RTSI (Swiss Radio), an Punto Radio FM from Pisa, He studied at State Conservatory Of Cuneo Course of Jazz - Afro American Music, singin technique with Danila Satragno, and Berklee Summer School at Umbria Jazz Clinics with Donna McElroy. He is currently attending his last year at Performing Arts University of Turin with theatre specialization

Laurent Fourgo

Born: May 10

BORN IN PARIS, FRANCE, Laurent Fourgo grew up in the southwest suburb of Paris and began studying the saxophone when he was eight years old. By the time he was 12, he switched to oboe and played in the local classical orchestra. At 16, he had decided that singing would be his main instrument. One person who encouraged his interest in music was his father, an avid fan of all the early American Rock’n’Roll music of the Fifties and Sixties masters such as Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley, Fats Domino, and Jerry Lee Lewis. "I think Papa had every recording Elvis Presley ever made and I tried to learn as many as I could." Another influence was his paternal grandmother who’s been a passionate singer since childhood

John Alcorn

Named Male Vocalist of the Year at the 1999 Jazz Report Awards ceremony, John Alcorn released Quiet Night, his first CD of jazz standards, in 2003. The 2004 National Jazz Awards selection committee acknowledged this work by nominating John for Best Jazz Vocals. This highly personal project has received virtually unanimous praise from critics and fans -- and introduced John to an international audience for the first time, receiving radio airplay in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, India, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Belarus, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Wales, as well as Canada and the USA. Inspired by the discovery of the title song, a tender, reflective piece created by Richard Rodgers and Larry Hart in 1936, "Quiet Night" is a collection of some of the greatest love songs written by that legendary team

Celia Malheiros

Born: October 2, 1960

Celia Malheiros's music is unique. A prolific composer, songwriter, multi- instrumentalist and impressive singer, Celia is self-taught, eclectic, rooted in the myriad of folkloric sounds of her native Brazil and equally immersed in the universality of the music from her adopted country – American jazz. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, since early childhood Celia was immersed in the world of Candomblé (an Afro-Brazilian religion), the schools of samba, bossa nova, choro, baião, frevo and indigenous music, as well as Tropicalia and political revolutionary movements. By the age of 18, Celia was completely supporting herself through music – she composed, she played at festivals, theatrical productions, nightclubs, radio and TV shows, she scored films, taught music and led bands performing her music. After moving to the States, she began to perform and compete in San Francisco’s popular street carnaval, and garnered many music awards

Joana Machado

Born: September 15, 1978

Born in Funchal, Madeira, in 1978. At age 6, she started her musical journey by taking piano lessons at the local Conservatory. Eleven years later, she moved to Lisbon and took classical singing lessons for a year. Later, in 1998, she entered Hot Clube's Jazz School. In the year that followed she was referred to as "New Voice Revelation" in Newest in Jazz, a special concert during Coimbra's Jazz Festival. At the same time she completed Industrial Design studies at Universidade Lus�-ada. In 2001 she applied for New School University's Jazz & Contemporary Music Program in New York City, and was given a Scholarship to complete her Major Degree

Cherise

Born: August 20

I am a Jazz, Neo Soul and R & B singer, a song writer, a lyricist and a musician who began singing and performing publicly at a very young age. I was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland where I was encouraged to sing, play the piano and the flute. I grew up in a family where musical participation was expected of everyone, and family gatherings always ended in melodic singing with voices floating into four and five part harmonies.
My first professional appearance was at the age of five when I performed the popular Christmas carol "O Holy Night" in French. At age twelve, I began directing choirs and playing the piano for church services with my mother

Francis M. Reilly

Born: December 17, 1936

I have performed with various wellknown musicians,amomg them were Howard McGhee,Cecil Payne,Joe Jones jr.,Gene Bertoncini Michael Moore,Ratzo Harris,John Hart,just to name a few.I have written lyrics with many wellknown and some lesserknown but still execellent musicians.Among them Michael Moore,whose tune and my lyric "The Old New Waltz" was recorded by Diane Hubka on "You Inspire Me",which features seven different Jazz guitar players,and has received much acclaim.Others are John Hart,Sean Smith,Lenore Raphael,Greg Wall. I am in the process of recording my first album,which should be released later this year.

Adam Brock

Born: May 29

Adam loves to sing Jazz, Blues, and Soul! Listen for him!

Daniel A. Young

Born: October 28, 1945

Central Indiana entertainer Daniel A. Young is a singer and musical performer specializing in “American Songbook” standards, jazz tunes and romantic ballads. On January 15, 2007, Dreamwalker Media released “A Place to Dream” / Daniel A. Young Sings Jazz Standards. The recording features pianist/arranger Ken Fary, and several of the Indianapolis area’s finest jazz musicians, including Jack Helsley on bass, Sam Withrow on drums, tenor sax solos by Michael Stricklin (three tracks), and trumpet or flugel horn by Jeff Conrad (three tracks). Over three decades, Daniel (D.A.) Young was a part-time studio session singer and small-club performer around Central Indiana, appearing often as a solo act, or with his own group, D.A

Robin Stine

Born: June 26, 1970

Seduction comes in many forms. Those who can seduce with style make it seem effortless, unintentional, irresistible. Robin Stine's music seduces with a whiff of subtle perfume and a casual graze of her hand as she walks past, leaving the listener powerless to do anything but follow. As a singer, her voice floats on the stylish edge of contemporary cool•light, but never lightweight. As a songwriter, her enchanting originals set her in the upper echelon of today's songwriters. Born and raised in Kansas City, Robin began her musical journey as a child singing in school groups and church choirs