Results for "Vocalist"

Karin Okada

Born: November 1, 1977

Sacha Boutros

Born: August 3, 1989

Jazz Virtuosa, Opera Muse. Supper Club Queen. The Voice of Peace that Transcends Borders

Sacha Boutros is an acclaimed jazz singer,  producer and composer, celebrated for performing in 14 languages. As a global peace ambassador of goodwill, she uses music as a bridge to foster community and designs peace murals that unite bordering nations.

A former semi-professional soccer and tennis player, Sacha attended one of the top business schools in the U.S., graduating with honors in Marketing and International Business. She later founded a record label, production, and publishing company, establishing herself as one of the few female producers in jazz. Her production company Hear me Roar curates entertainment across all genres for Fortune 500 companies major festivals, and bespoke artistic programs championing women and minorities in the arts; her programs are diverse and inclusive and create a sense of belonging to artists and audiences alike.

David Tughan

Born: December 1, 1972

Jazz singer David Tughan studied in the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Singing Jazz for twenty years now, David has worked worldwide with the best and brightest of today’s Jazz musicians across the globe. David’s voice stays true to the spirit of the Jazz greats, with his own unique timbre and style. Old standards & new songs with a fresh delivery, spanning across various genres. 

David Tughan was born and raised in Northern Ireland. He moved to London in 1994 to study at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His passion for Jazz began at 13 when he encountered the Count Basie Orchestra in Florida

Maria Viana

Born: March 17, 1958

Maria Viana was born 17 March 1958, Lisbon, Portugal. She is the daughter of famous actor and painter, José Viana; and his first wife Jujú Baptista, a Brazilian singer and actress. 1979 was the anmus mirabilis for the young lady, as Jazz critic and missionary, José Carlos Monteiro Costa (who is no longer with us, but still occupies a very important place in Maria’s affections), wrote in Diário de Not�-cias: ‘One summer night was in the Lisbon Sheraton at the opening of a painting exhibition of a friend of mine. Descending afterwards to the bar for a beer I heard someone singing, It Had To Be You, with a voice that gripped me from just the first few bars

Sara Yervand

Born: February 7, 1971

Sara Yervand (former Erzinkian) was born in Armenia, and began to sing jazz, pop and Armenian folk music at the age of 15. She made many stage performances in Armenia, European countries, including Paris (live appearance on a TV show “Sacree Soiree”) Vienna (where she lived for 3 years), Montreal, Zagreb (Yugoslavia) and others. Her recordings with National Pop-Symphonic Orchestra of TV and Radio of Armenia under direction of conductor and composer Yervand Yerznkyan are outstanding. In May of 2005, Sara produced and released her first album "Introducing Sara Yervand," which was followed with a CD release party at the "The Bar" of Concourse Hotel, th performance at the Isthmus Jazz Festival in June, and coming up performance at the Jazz @5 festival in August. This CD project is a carefully selected collection of jazz standards with original arrangements that were written by Sara’s father, Yervand Yerznkyan

Danny Saguy

“By his deep voice and great phrasing, you could think that he is an American born in New Orleans. But the fact is that Danny is the best Israeli crooner,” born and raised in Israel. (Mia Bahir Yediot Achronot) The “DANNY SAGUY QUINTET” performs and plays together since 1991, in concerts and on various occasions. *To Nat with Love-A tribute to Nat “King” Cole. *Blue Eyes, A tribute to Frank Sinatra. *The Duke. A tribute to Duke Ellington. *A tribute to Cole Porter. *A tribute to George & Ira Gershwin. *B & B (Ballads & Blues) A tribute to John and Johny,(johny Heartman and John Coltrane) *A standard session

Carol Ralph

Carol Ralph was born at Carrington, Newcastle, NSW. At home she listened to her father's collection of big band swing instrumentals, and she was inspired by the recordings of Peggy Lee and Sarah Vaughan; later she discovered the joy of listening to Bessie Smith, Ida Cox and the other great blues singers. A visit to New Orleans with Jack McLaughlin, John Edser and others convinced her that she wanted to make a career as a blues and gospel singer. After hearing a performance by Kate Dunbar and the East Coast Quintet, she enrolled with her as a pupil in 1987, and a year later was one of the founder members of Kate's highly successful Singers' Workshop

Eric van Aro

Born: August 8, 1958

**Eric van Aro: A Multifaceted Jazz Voice Forged in Artistic Heritage**

Singer, songwriter, and producer Eric van Aro stands as a uniquely accomplished figure in European jazz. Born into an eight-generation dynasty of performers as the son of legendary Italian singer Caterina Valente and German juggler-producer Erik van Aro, Sr., his artistic path seems preordained. Yet, van Aro has carved his own distinct niche, blending a deep respect for jazz tradition with an irrepressible spirit of genre fusion and contemporary exploration.

His multicultural upbringing imbued him with a broad perspective that fuels his artistry. Beyond music, his passions for theater and dance have even informed parallel work as an image consultant, while his charismatic presence made him a familiar voice on popular radio programs and a frequent musical guest on television across Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.

Cindy McLeod

Born: December 11, 1956

"Jazz musicians work to find their voices, their sound. The vocalists' work is to find the song, to use timing and phrasing to best reveal the mysterious marriage of melody and lyric. A great jazz vocalist carves something unique and insightful from well-worn tunes." That's why Cindy McLeod is here to stay. McLeod is a jazz vocalist who is a musician, and like the most assured instrumentalist, her subtle vocal mastery and burnished phrasing wring emotion from every note. Her sultry, rich voice has been compared to the husky mellowness of a valve trombone. With a repertoire ranging from jazz standards to bebop, Cindy delivers a tune with the improvisational spirit that lies at the heart and soul of the best jazz. Cindy has performed around the world, from her native Canada to exotic Asia