Results for "Vocalist"

Chris McNulty

Born: December 23, 1953

Chris McNulty is an Australian born, American-Australian vocalist-composer. Born in Melbourne, Australia she travelled to NYC with her son in 1988 where she became a fixture on the New York jazz scene for almost three decades performing, recording and touring with many legendary American jazz musicians. Chris relocated back to Australia in late 2015.

McNulty’s emergence on the international jazz scene began around 1991 with the release of her critically acclaimed, Waltz for Debby (Discovery). Since then her recordings and performances have garnered outstanding reviews in publications including DownBeat, Jazz Times, The Irish Times, Jazz Wise, All About Jazz and The Australian, among others. Universal press and radio coverage brought further international touring opportunities leading to consistent appearances at festivals including the Edinburgh Jazz Festival, Dundee Jazz, Brecon Arts (UK); Kilkenny Arts (Ireland); Kharkiv Int. Jazz (Ukraine); Petrozavodsk Int. Jazz (Russia); Perth Int. Jazz, Wangaratta Jazz and Blues, Stonnington Jazz, Dunborough Jazz By the Bay and the Melbourne Int. Jazz (Australia)

Milla Milojkovic

Born: December 2, 1977

Milla Milojkovic is a dynamic and powerful San Francisco-based jazz singer who possesses both strong technique and ability as a vocalist, as well as sass and chops as a performer. Indeed, Milla is marked as one of the most exciting new voices on the jazz scene today. Milla possesses crystal clear intonation, an infallible sense of timing, and sultry vocals. Furthermore, Milla has that innate ability that we search for in singers, the ability to affect her audience deeply, to the core. Milla evokes the feeling of an old-time alto vocalist, pressing into service the class and elegant throatiness of Ella Fitzgerald and the light-hearted sass and sexiness of Peggy Lee

Linda Kosut

Born: March 21, 1946

Linda Kosut, a cabaret/jazz singer swings jazz, pop and folk, easily sings a repertoire from the standard to the obscure with fresh interpretations. Linda has performed over the years in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Seattle. She grew up in the Bronx (NY), and as she tells it, had a lifelong dream of singing and performing - yet she did not make that into reality until “later in life.” Since making that shift, and “putting one foot in front of the other, I have created opportunities and achieved a success with my music that I did not think was possible.”

Leonie Smith

Born: July 19, 1961

Sydney Vocalist Leonie Smith's velvety smoothness can't conceal her versatility. She effortlessly, and seamlessly, effects shifts in mood, and tempo, as she spools through her considerable repertoire of songs 'we all know', and love. She can soulfully tease out, say, the languid longing of Summertime, to the brink of poignancy, in a fashion that'd do even Billie proud. She can pull out all the stops for an 'A Train'. Or with equal aplomb, bounce every ounce of wry humour out of a Cole-fired classic. From Rogers and Hart, to Monk, and all shades in-between, she can make it sing; she can make it swing! From ballads to blues, the girl's got it covered.” Brad Skye 2rrrfm Leonie has been singing professionaly since 1992

Acacia

From Buenos Aires, Argentina, Acacia is a singer/songwriter with a very personal voice - not comparable to any of the usual latin vocalists. Her style ranges from blues, r&b, soul and ballads to pop and alternative rock, with sometimes soft and sweet and sometimes daring melodies. She sings in Spanish, and also does some very personal covers in English (Depeche Mode's 'Somebody' and the jazz standards "Misty", "Cry me a river", "The nearness of you", are just samples. Visit her page www.acaciaplanet.com for more info and details.

Linda Merrell

Born: April 9

Linda Merrell was born in Cleveland, Ohio. As a child, she moved with her family to Los Angeles, California finishing her education in music and theater. At 19 Linda went to New York City and studied with Paul Curtis at the American Mime Theatre. In 1976, Linda returned to Los Angeles, married, and set her performing career aside in order to start a family. After her three children were grown up and on their own, she decided to once again take hold of her passion for the arts, meeting several talented musicians on her journey. Two of those musicians were a remarkable jazz pianist and a bass/trombone player, who later on, became key parts in the formation of the band. Linda decided to broaden her music education and in 2004 went to Knoxville, Tennessee to work with a gifted arranger, Tom Johnson

Rebecca Griffin

Born: January 1, 1850

Stephanie Bruce

Stephanie Bruce has been part of the San Francisco Bay area music scene for more than 25 years. Her musical explorations have taken her through a variety of styles, numerous associations with some of the Bay Area's finest musicians, performance in many of the finest venues, and travel to Europe and the Far East. The synthesis of these experiences has resulted in a musical voice that is uniquely seasoned and individually expressive. She is a singer, pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher who continues to evolve in her ongoing musical adventures. Stephanie has recorded two CDs, both rich in mood, atmosphere, and imagery, expressed in the various textures of her distinctive voice. The Postcard, Stephanie's first CD, was released in 1996

Terese Genecco

Born: June 17, 1965

New York City-based jazz & big band vocalist, Terese Genecco, has hit both coasts by storm. She began with a bang as San Francisco's “Entertainer of the Year,” and, in New York City, has received a coveted Back Stage Bistro Award, an OUTMusic Award, 2 MAC Awards, and for two years in a row has been named to TIME OUT NEW YORK Magazine's TOP TEN BEST lists. Terese Genecco & Her Little Big Band currently headline in New York City in Broadway's Longest Running Nightclub Act, appearing monthly, at The Iridium Jazz Club in Times Square. The Little Big Band members include Barry Levitt on piano, Tom Hubbard on bass, Joe Abba on drums (with a special guest appearance by Michael Berkowitz,) Mayra Casales on Latin Percussion, Sean Harkness on guitar, Cliff Lyons on tenor sax, Kenny Lavender on trumpet (with a special guest appearance by Grammy winner, Lew Soloff,) and Mark Miller on trombone. When performing at The Rrazz Room in the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, or at The M Bar or Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood, Genecco is accompanied by Jack "Mr Bongo" Costanzo whose rhythm section (Mikey Holguin on drums and Rene Camacho on bass) is front and center with Genecco, as a featured member of her 8-piece *little big band,* just as he was with Nat "King" Cole and Frances Faye over 50 years ago. Genecco is originally from Upstate New York, where she began performing at the age of five

Giacomo Gates

“Mr. Gates is a solid example of a performer who is doing something that no one else does. He evokes an age (that I would hope is not so terribly bygone) when musicians were entertainers and entertainers were musicians, and a sense of humor was as important as a sense of rhythm.” — Will Friedwald Giacomo Gates does more than sing “a bunch of songs.” He is truly an entertainer, for all ages and styles, as audiences enjoy the music, the interaction on the bandstand between him and his musicians, the spontaneity, the humor, the stories about the music and composers, along with their relation to everyday life