Results for "Vocalist"

Anaela

Born: June 24, 1979

January 2004, the jazz internet project: "Anaela & Misha Bossa Nova Lightly" - our little support for the popularization of the bossa nova music, international friendship and the preservation of the rainforest can be found here. September 1 st & October 1st 2004, the internet project - "JAZZ for the children of tomorrow ..." - our little jazz support for the brighter future of humanity. Duke Ellington's "Caravan" was played all over the world and was dedicated to our children with more than 2000 jazz people involved. Official website of this project is . Our thanks for the participation and the inspiration for this project to: All About Jazz, CD Baby, aRuaN Ortiz and friends, Yahoo, Ross Schneider, Ted Trimble, Roy Burton, The Young Fish School of World Drumming, Serge FortYavaz, Paul Vornhagen, Alexis Kochan, Becca Duran, Grupo Jazz Tumbao, Alva Coplestone, Suede, Adele Nicols, Cathy Segal-Garcia, Gillian and Franck Palette, Emerald Jade, Elena, Amandah Jantzen, Abner Burnett, Adrian Bal, Alberta Adams, Andy Hamilton, Anna Callanh, Anne Mironchik, Richard Ache, Beri Blair, Big Skin, Bonita, Buck Evans, Carol Jackson, Chris McNulty, Chris Mauro, Claudette Stone, Clockwork, D

Monika Heidemann

Born: May 3, 1976

“Possessed of a very fine voice and an original style, I consider Monika one of the most promising and talented young musicians that I know.” -Steve Lacy, jazz saxophone Called by jazz vocalist Dominique Eade “an unusual talent who makes alluring music that is both heartfelt and remarkably hip”, Monika Heidemann twists together jazz sensibility, improvisation, catchy pop melodies, the grind of rock n’ roll and enough subconscious creativity to still question where this music could have come from. Reaching above and beyond the standard, these modern day art-songs are truly a breath of fresh air in the current music scene

Nat Jones

Born in New York, Nat was introduced to music at a tender age. His father, Nat Jones senior, a former pianist, conductor and arranger, introduced Nat to artists such as Max Roach, Liza Minelli, Johnny Hartman or Bette Midler

Kaz Simmons

Born: 1978

Raised in Hove, East Sussex and now based in London, Kaz made her stage debut singing solo at the age of four at the Brighton Dome. She studied Music at Goldsmiths University and Trinity College of Music and shortly after graduating, recorded her first album, the jazz based, Take Me Home (33 Records). In 2005 she was a finalist in the international www.jazzconnect.com competition, which featured 147 contestants from all around the world. She has performed with the likes of Lyn Dobson (Manfred Mann, Dusty Springfield, Nick Drake) and Jamie Cullum, Ife Tolentino and jazz wunderkind Gwilym Simcock is featured on Take Me Home. In 2007 she formed a record label, Fast Awake and released her second jazz album, Different Smile which showcased her songwriting skills for the first time, as well as her love of Brazilian music. Her third album Dandelions (Fast Awake, 2011) was a new departure for Kaz

Louise Lalibert

Born: June 30, 1960

Montreal, soft jazz singer

Heidi Martin

“An original voice whose artistry is both authentic and defiant to genre, a provocative lyricist with a deep sense of social consciousness”

~ Tim Warfield

“A breezy stroll through the Civil Rights movement at a level deeper than the mere political. Martin has a vision—oneness with all—and she promotes it with her lyrics. She cuts to the chase with little conversation, more Hemingway than Faulkner. But there's stll a distinct Southern vernacular in her words.”

~ All About Jazz

Karen Francis

In the summer of 1994 in Washington D.C., jazz vocalist Karen Francis was discovered by world renown jazz master (pianist, composer, record label executive, producer, and professor) Stanley Cowell. Cowell, one of jazz music's most talented architects who, with Charles Tolliver in 1971, established and launched Strata-East Records, was hosting a party in his home one evening when he had occasion to be introduced to Francis by one of his students - William Knowles. A significant turn of events during the course of the evening revealed that Karen was a singer and Cowell invited her to sit in with him at an impromptu jam session

Judy Wexler

Born: April 17

Los Angeles-based vocalist Judy Wexler has been garnering rave reviews and fans across the country and around the world. A touring and recording artist, she has headlined at jazz festivals, performing arts centers and major jazz clubs both nationally and internationally. She has a pliably warm, lustrous sound and displays an unerring ear for underexposed gems. She began studying music at a very young age and spent her early years training in theater and performing in plays, musicals and television — skills which have helped make her a consummate interpreter of lyrics. All About Jazz says, “Judy Wexler is more than a mere singer of songs, she is an actress, mood painter, song archaeologist and vocalist par excellence.” Her fifth CD, a collaboration with piano great Alan Pasqua called Crowded Heart (June 2019, Jewel City Jazz), presents “jazz standards for the 21st century,” an anthology of ten modern jazz compositions by contemporary songwriters

Ecumenics

Born: August 21, 1942

The Ecumenics were brought to gether to record Loren Stillman's music and Bruce Heckman's lyrics. The beauty and comfort of original spiritual music lifted by the excitement of modern jazz improvisation. Loren Stillman, alto sax; Kate McGarry, vocals; Aaron Goldberg, keyboards; Ali Jackson, drums.

STAINED GLASS JAZZ was started to record live jazz by superb musicians performing original music and lyrics. The first project is of spiritual music by the ECUMENICS(TM), but subsequent projects are planned to record unique jazz treatments of the blues, chants, folk, and any other inspiration that fits.

We felt that breaking into the recording business with new music is extremely difficult

Elena Poletti & Band

ELENA POLETTI & BAND - The art of vocal jazz Many are the possible ways that lead to a successful musical interplay in the language of jazz. Elena Poletti chooses to emphasize, with her mature and distinct vocal personality, her unique arrangement of every tune. Listening to the Italian modern jazz singer performing standards and modern jazz classics with her band, established from some years in Germany, one gets completely involved in the magical interaction and the modern improvising, where the perfect interplay shows that she has found the right partners in music. Her personal interpretation, together with her expert vocal technique, allows her incredible use of the dynamics and perfect control of the intonation