Results for "Vocalist"

Simona Arones

Born: May 29

Simona Arones, Jazz vocalist/composer, has an instrumental approach in her vocal interpretations. She is influenced by bebop as well as Brazilian music. Simona Arones is one of today’s most prominent vocalists living in Israel. She makes use of her voice as a musical instrument. Various influences mix together in her original and personal approach of singing and writing. Recorded and performed in Europe (1996-98) Recorded with Billy Hart (2001), Harry Whitaker (2004) Tel Aviv Jazz Festival (2002), Jazz Europa, series of jazz concerts and Jazz Festival at Givatayim Theater (2005-2007), Spring Festival at Heichal Rishon (2004, 2007) Lezion, Shablul Club, etc. for booking and info contact alto music productions: [email protected]

Heather Moran

Born: January 23, 1969

Heather Donaldson Moran is no stranger to performing. She has been acting and singing her way out of trouble since her youth. Over the years, her repertoire has included rock, pop-style ballads, jazz and blues, show tunes, funk, R&B, and well-known standards. She was even seen in the early 1990's touring the Rockies in a Dead cover band. Or so she was told… Heather has been performing most of her life. Born and raised in Illinois, Heather started performing musical theater at the age of 11 at the Winnetka Community House Players. She attended Interlochen School of Music summer program for voice

Kenny Washington - Vocals

Born: December 9, 1957

Kenny Washington thrills audiences across the globe with his soulful interpretations, seemingly limitless range, and rapid-fire scatting. The New Orleans native, now based in the San Francisco Bay Area, appeared in 2013 at Jazz At Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis and The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra to perform Marsalis’ Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio Blood On The Fields, alongside vocalists Gregory Porter and Paula West. In 2014, Washington returned to Jazz at Lincoln Center to perform Basie & The Blues with pianist Eric Reed and again in 2016 as the featured vocalist in JALC’s tribute to Frank Sinatra, in celebration of Sinatra’a 100th birthday

Adelaide Ruble

Born: June 16

Adelaide Ruble is a native Virginian and studied music at Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. She grew up in a jazz family. "My father played trumpet in the Louis Armstrong style and jammed with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. As a young girl, I was exposed to great jazz - Fats Waller, Dave Brubeck, Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson ... Since I studied piano, jazz piano seemed to speak to me and my musical style sprouted when I listened to Sergio Mendez and Brasil '66. Lanie Hall really inspired me and eventually, I began to listen to other great singers like Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughan, Ella, Sammy Davis. Sammy could lead horn sections with his vocal certainty and rhythmic push." Adelaide and her trio perform jazz standards from the thirties and forties

Janice Mitchell

Buffalo's Jazz, Blues, R&B Vocalist Janice Mitchell grew up in Buffalo, NY, with intentions of becoming a pharmacist, but little did she know that fate had a completely different plan for her. She has jazzed and bluesed her way across the globe through a string of totally unexpected events. While pursuing her dream of studying pharmacy at the State University of NY at Buffalo, Janice worked in a shoe store across the street from the campus of SUNY Buffalo. Humming around the shoe shop, she caught the ear of an associate who's boyfriend's band was in need of a passionate singer. Jan got the job and this was the turning point of the whole direction of her career

Laura Chalk

One of the rising young stars on the Kansas City music scene is vocalist Laura Chalk. She performs in the top jazz venues with some of the best Kansas City jazz musicians. In September 2004 Laura and her band were chosen to provide entertainment on the main stage of the Plaza Art Fair, a three-day event that annually attracts nearly 300,000 art enthusiasts to the renowned Country Club Plaza. Her music can be heard on NPR jazz affiliates across the country. Laura’s vocal style is elegant, smooth and warm, and she sings with honesty of emotion. Her intonation and her phrasing gain the attention of the jazz community as she performs both American and Latin jazz

Robin Aleman

A native of New York, Robin Aleman’s smooth vocals have been engaging audiences for many years. She has been performing steadily in the tri-state area, filling houses wherever she plays with her original arrangements. While attending Fordham University, she took elective classes in music theory and musical theater. Not long after graduating, Robin began studying voice with Phil Campanella. Although she studied classical music initially, it wasn’t long before she realized that jazz was her true calling and began studying that genre exclusively with acclaimed jazz artists, among them Dena DeRose, Tierney Sutton, Barry Harris and Nancy Marano. Robin’s debut CD was released in 2005 to critical acclaim

Lina Nyberg

Born: February 27, 1970

Lina Nyberg is widely regarded as one of Sweden's foremost jazz artists and continues to maintain a strong international presence through collaborations, touring, and critically acclaimed recordings. Over the course of her career, she has received numerous distinctions, including her first Swedish Grammy (Grammis) in 1995, the Gyllene Skivan (Golden Record) award in 2017, and the prestigious Jan Johansson Scholarship in 2021. Nyberg served as Composer in Residence with Bohuslän Big Band (2022-23) and has also earned recognition for her large-scale collaborations with the Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra (Terrestrial, 2017) and Västerås Sinfonietta (Reflections, 2022).
In 2006, she co-founded IMPRA (www.impra.se), which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and in 2020 she was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music

Daniel Benzali

Born: January 20, 1950

Jill Grant

Born: April 24, 1954

Jill began singing very early in life - her parents told her she was singing melody lines before she could speak. At seven she discovered jazz when she heard Count Basie’s “One O'clock Jump”. “It jumped out and grabbed me,” she said. From that moment on, she was hooked. Jill listened to anything and everything all through her childhood and teens - from Jelly Roll Morton to Ornette Coleman, and while at art college she began singing in jazz clubs in Birmingham where she was a student. Since then she has formed her own trio and quartet. Her regular musicians include Alan Berry and Richard Madgwick (piano), Ernie Cranenburgh (guitar), Dave Quincy (saxophones) and Mick Durell (bass)