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Roberta Pescow (vocals) has been singing and composing ever since she can remember. She is classically trained in voice, and she brings to her jazz singing a unique background including folk, rock, and the music of Broadway. Roberta has appeared at numerous venues both in and around New Jersey. In addition to singing and teaching voice, she also plays guitar and piano, enjoys photography, and has a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Jim Baldessari (guitar, vocals) has been performing music since the age of 7. He plays several instruments, including bass and mandolin. Over the years he has played rock, folk and bluegrass, and has appeared on several independently produced CD's by other musicians

Nadine Marklinger

Canadian Jazz-soul singer, author & songwriter, Born in Kamloops, BC in 1976 Nadine-Lee Marklinger is a jazz-soul singer-author-songwriter who's taking over the Ottawa region with her band Nadine Marklinger & the Jazz Fixx. This group appeals to jazz-soul lovers everywhere with its solid repertoire made up of captivating original material, timeless standards such as Besame Mucho, Fever, Ain’t no sunshine and I put a spell on you, as well as the more eclectic I Will Survive and Imagine revamped in the band’s personal style. The enigmatic, colorful and deep voice of Nadine-Lee will enchant and transport the listener into her own world. They hold their inspiration from such varied geniuses as Pink Floyd, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Oliver Jones, Getz & Gilebrto, Muddy Waters, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, and Nat King Cole

Louise Bleasdell

Long ago Father said, " Louise, come and sing”; And Sing she did. An experienced , versatile entertainer, Louise has a smooth, silky, clear and controlled style. Equally mesmerizing singing Brazilian jazz , reggae, pop, rhythm and blues or classical and contemporary melodies..she can sing it all. Born in Montreal, raised in Trinidad ,and schooled in both cities, Louise has been singing since the age of four. Growing up, her home was full of jazz legends, from her father to Harry Belafonte. Louise has toured 18 countries in South and Central America during the early 1970's and was exposed early on to performing at Jazz Shows in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Bahia

Nichaud Fitzgibbon

Born: May 15, 1961

Nichaud was born in the small country town of Wycheproof in North Western Victoria. Known for its "King of the Mountain" potato sack race, Nichaud is now its most famous export. Her mother, Faye Hommelhoff, grew up there and comes from a family with Danish and French heritage. Nichaud is a fourth generation performer and it goes without saying that as a member of the renowned jazz and showbiz Fitzgibbon family, music is in her fiesty Irish blood. At an early age Nichaud was surrounded by music of the 20s and 30s that played nightly at the club run by her father Smacka Fitzgibbon. The beloved Australian jazz musician and entertainer started his career playing banjo with Graeme Bell and Len and Bob Barnard

PJ Parker

Born: May 14

PJ Parker has performed in concerts, dinner theater, summer stock, regional theater and musical revues, and has also been the featured vocalist with orchestras and bands from Atlantic City to New York City. PJ has performed/recorded with Christopher Bakriges, John Bianculli, Jerry Bruno, Lou Carter, Roy Cumming, Glenn Davis, Joel Frahm, Steve Gilmore, Tim Horner, Harry Leahy, Keith MacDonald, Gary Mazzaroppi, Coleman Mellett, Geary Moore, Vinnie Ruggieri, Earl Sauls, Radam Schwartz and Avery Sharp. She has been an opening band featured vocalist for John Pizzarelli and Harry Connick Jr., as well as the featured female vocalist in Trump Plaza's big band show, "Your Seaside Ballroom," also appearing in Philadelphia's Variety Club Telethon.

Elizabeth Schuster

Born: March 1, 1985

I'm a young Jazz Vocalist looking to audition for Jazz groups in the Saint Louis area. I have three years vocal training, but I have been singing all of my life. I am a former Jazz Vocal Performance major, and I want to infiltrate the scene once again. I am extremely passionate about Jazz music. My major influences are Ella Fitzgerald, and Linda Ronstandt. I will be putting up some songs very soon, so everyone can hear my sound. If interested, please e- mail me: [email protected]

Rhonda Benin

Born: March 23, 1955

With a voice described as sweet, sultry, like caramel sweetened with honey, vocalist Rhonda Benin is enjoying a full and versatile musical career. Rhonda began her career as a member of the Los Angeles based jazz trio “Sound of Soul”. The group received citywide recognition after winning the prestigious Hollywood Bowl, “Battle of the Bands”. Rhonda went on to make a career as background vocalist having appeared on over 100 recordings.In 1989 after working with singer Maria Mauldar, Rhonda moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she branched into theatre with ACT’s production of GOSPEL AT COLONUS and, The Oakland Ensemble Theatre’s MLK WE ARE THE DREAM

Zola

Born: December 27

ZOLA is a Billboard® award winning songwriter whose songs are recognized in many categories including, jazz, blues, pop, country, contemporary~folk and cabaret. This versatile singer~pianist has recorded six solo albums of original material, varying in style and genre, that also include baby lullabies and children’s music. She has performed with general business bands and as a solo artist overseas and locally, making her singer~songwriter USA debut in 1997 at Boston’s Scullers Jazz Club. ZOLA, born in Cape Town, South Africa, apparently began singing long before she could talk. She started composing songs at the piano at a very young age and by the time she was a teenager, she had already had a number of her songs published

Joy Voeth

Born: December 25

Joy Voeth is an exuberant world-class vocalist with a soulful and sophisticated sound. Her rich voice and naturally warm presence delight audiences worldwide. Joy’s new album “I Wish You Love” is a collection of jazz classics, recorded in Istanbul with Uraz Kivaner on Piano, Ozan Musluoğlu on Bass, and Ferit Odman on drums. Her 2006 self-titled debut album is a compilation of original neo-Caribbean soul. Joy embodies her name. A mélange of rhythms, sounds, ideas, and energies, exuberantly expressed through one being. Joy was born into this life on the enchanting Caribbean island of Barbados

Arlene Smith

Born: August 8

Jazz Vocalist Like great wine, jazz vocalists - if they are very lucky, and like great wines the lucky ones are rare, grow better with age. There is a resonance, mellowness, a richness that only time, and perhaps a few thousand nights in a heady environment of smoky jazz clubs, can instil in the vocal muscles. Arlene Smith’s husky contralto is of a rare and wonderful vintage long appreciated by jazzaholics and also by those who are enjoying their first sips of that thing called jazz. Arlene has cultivated a strong following throughout North America, having worked both coasts and both sides of the border