Results for "Vocalist"

Pamela MacCarthy

Born: January 9

Pamela sings the Blues, & Straight-Ahead Jazz,

with a soulful, swinging singing style and varied repertoire...

An ex-New Yorker, she lived, toured, and performed in Tokyo, Japan,

for many years.

There she sang in top live houses, hotels, and concert halls.

She performed with top Japanese musicians, recorded 3 CD's ”How About You?” with the Akio Ueda Jazz Quintet, (1997) ”That's Big Band” with Nobuo Hara and the Sharps and Flats Orchestra, (2001) and ”Flower” A guitar-vocal duo with Tomoya Hara. (2014) 

Nadine Chase

Born: August 23

Nadine Chase grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Acknowledged as vocally versatile the reviewers say she "sings jazz standards the way they ought to be sung." Over the years, she has performed with her trio and big band orchestras in many of Boston's finer hotels among them, Nadine has produced shows at The Regattabar, Scullers and Ryles Jazz Club. She has performed at local clubs and restaurants such as The Bay Tower Room, Top of the Hub, The Club Caf鬠Les Zygomates, Bullfinch's, The Acton Jazz Cafe, Limbo and the Beacon Hill Jazz Cafe. Nadine has performed in concert for Music America at the Museum of Our National Heritage

Nancy Marano

Born: January 24

Nancy Marano was named "Top 4 Jazz Vocalists of the Year" by the IAJE Journal in recognition of her performance on the critically acclaimed CD "If You Could See Us Now!" with Manny Albam and The Netherlands Metropole Orchestra. Nancy has been profiled by Whitney Balliett in The New Yorker, and also by CBS Sunday Morning TV program. She has recorded Seven CDs to date as leader, and has recorded as a guest vocalist with Benny Carter and Dick Hyman. She has been a guest soloist in concerts with the Radio Big Bands of Koln, Germany and Slovenia, and sung at North Sea Jazz four times, Sea Jazz in Helsinki, Marca Jazz in Italy, and on The Norway Floating Jazz Festival. Performances: JVC Festival, IAJE, Women In Jazz at the Kennedy Center, The Alec Wilder Festival and at The Charlie Parker Festival with Benny Carter. Nancy led an accordion duo for 9 years, called Marano & Monteiro, with 2 recordings on the Denon label, and one produced by Nancy. Very active in Jazz Education Internationally, Nancy has been a faculty member of Manhattan School of Music for 20 years

Ms. Stevie Woods

Born: August 24, 1962

MS. STEVIE WOODS BIO email: [email protected] Mrs. Stephanie Burks (Woods) was born in Cleveland Ohio, and has been studying music and performing arts since the age of eight. She has been performing jazz the last five years. She studied classical piano, music appreciation, and theater at Andrews School for Girls in Willoughby Ohio. Later education was at Cuyahoga Community College, Lorain Community College and the Cleveland Settlement of Music. During her high school and college years, Ms. Woods studied in many theaters and performed in musicals. The Hanna Theater was her first paid performance, Karamu Theater and Cleveland Convention Center. A big influence in Ms

Michelle Carr

Born: May 3

It's been a while since Michelle Carr has cut an album, but sometimes time is exactly what it takes to experience life in a way that nurtures new creativity and renewed life. For Carr, the time between the release of her debut album, Change, in 2005 and the release of Hollywood in 2011 has been filled with a great depth of emotion both joyous and sorrowful, and the result is an innovative sound that captures the rich variety of her passions and talents. When her father passed away seven years ago, singing and songwriting took a back seat to a different kind of artistic expression: oil painting

Michelle Nicolle

Born: January 24, 1969

Mo Award (2001 and 2003), National Jazz Award (1998) winner and A.R.I.A Finalist (2001) Michelle Nicolle is a jazz musician whose chosen instrument is Voice. Michelle started her musical career at the age of eight- studying the violin in South Australia's Barossa Valley. Now basing herself in Melbourne, she is rapidly becoming known as one of Australia's finest jazz singers. "..an exceptional singer.. who deserves attention as an original and inspiring Jazz artist." Cadence Magazine (USA), June 2003 "Michelle Nicolle stands above any other jazz singer in the country." ***** Dec. 2003 "Australian jazz singing doesn't come any better than this." Feb

Mia Miata

Born: August 1, 1974

Mia Miata has taken the rich influence and textures of Jazz, R&B, Soul, and traditional Negro Spirituals, combined with extraordinary musician, and multi-talented producer, Kendall Leonard, together they have cultivated a new sound known as Jazzy Soul. Jazzy Soul can be described as a mixture of Neo Soul with strong jazz influence based on the mucical instrumentation. Many say, Mia has created a unique and rich resonance that compares with the likes of Sade, Nina Simone, and Phyllis Hyman. The debut independent release, Urban Arias is a tapestry woven between 15 original tracks, and an interpretation of the Negro Spiritual Lord, How Come Me Here newly entitled Urban Aria

Michael Danso

Born: August 17

Scottish-born and Toronto-based, I come from a Show Business family. My mother, PINKIE MACKENZIE, sang with all the top Big Bands when they toured Great Britain, and I first sang onstage with her at the age of 5, with The BERTIE KING BAND. By age 9, I was touring with my own group of girls, under the name WEE MAXIE AND HIS LASSIES. At 10, I was spotted by ELLA FITZGERALD, who was performing across the street and wanted to know which local group was drawing large line-ups. Fitzgerald was impressed and offered to take me to the U.S. his grandmother vetoed the idea. I finally reached North America

Maria Harp

Born: February

Lisa Bell

Born: April 30, 1966

Embracing the genre-transcending spirit of today’s great independent artists, Bell cooks up a bubbling stew of Anericana, roots rock, blues, jazz, pop, and country, with spicy vocals simmered to perfection. Listeners will hear hints of the eloquent charm of Norah Jones, the richly textured, intimate jazzy soul of Adele and Lizz Wright mixed with a sassy Bonnie Raitt vibe. Critics say “Bell has one of the most polished, effective voices I've heard in a long time… Bell's flawless voice evokes emotion in every phrase.” (Performing Songwriter). For more than a decade, Lisa has shared a personal connection with her fans