Results for "Vocalist"

Lisa Hindmarsh

Born: November 6, 1962

Lisa Marinacci

Born: August 3

Described as a throw back to the 1930's, my sound can be best described as sweet and sincere with a touch of soul. Influences include Dinah Washington, June Christy, and Jane Monheit. For years I have sung with famed jazz guitarist Joe Negri, and together we have produced the CD entitled Waiting For Spring, available in April of 2004. It contains 11 tracks, both old and new, and includes one of Mr. Negri's never before recorded songs, Waiting For Spring. I am based in both NYC and Pittsburgh. Check out my website for more info!

Liza Lee

Recording artist, performer and composer Liza Lee is a breakout talent rapidly making her mark on today’s jazz scene. Her personal and haunting musical interpretations exhibit an emotional vulnerability laced with a confident understanding of life’s realities.

Liza’s highly praised first CD, Scarlet Mark, was released on the Jazz Doll label. Her latest project, Anima, was released on January 27, 2009. As on her previous album, the material she has chosen for Anima is fresh, unpredictable and innovative. It also includes some of her highly praised yet controversial original compositions.

Anima is an extremely personal CD

Loretta Cormier

Born: December 16

I sing jazz/pop standards with a style reminiscent of the big band singers of the '40s. My extensive repertoire includes popular standards as well as unfamiliar gems of the 1920s to 1950s. My vocal quality is distinctive and catches the listener's attention on the first notes. With flawless enunciation, impeccable phrasing, and a warm, natural delivery, I focus on interpreting the lyrics to tell a story. Two self-produced CDs, "Sing! Went the Strings of My Heart" and "Under A Blanket of Blue" have had excellent reviews and have been aired on several US radio stations, as well as in foreign countries

Lezlie Harrison

Born: July 6, 1960

Lezlie Harrison is her own personal renaissance. Her constant state of evolution and growth brings with it, gifts for those those paying attention.

As a vocalist both bold and subtle, her vulnerability attends to the fragile matters of our collective human affairs while her optimistic momentum inspires us to rise above any tribulation to rejoice. Be it Jazz, Blues, Gospel, Soul ,The American Song Form, original compositions or any song in ANY form, Ms. Harrison will imbue it her distinctive stamp and make a very personal delivery.

On the planet's premier Jazz radio station ; WBGO, her voice as a regular curator and presenter reveals the love and pride with which she regards America's classical music. Hyper-active on the New York and global Jazz scenes, Lezlie is also, along with the late Dale Fitzgerald and trumpeter Roy Hargrove, a member of the triumvirate responsible for launching New York's world renowned JAZZ GALLERY.

Linda Ciofalo

Born: August 28

The innovative jazz singer Mark Murphy said it best: "Linda Ciofalo is an absolute bundle of joy. Wait ‘til you hear her sing, you're in heaven!" Ciofalo’s repertoire ranges from such diverse sources as bluesman John Lee Hooker to Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway. Her voice can be both hard-hitting and gutsy, or lend itself to pure romance . "...she is blessed with a voice as warm, bright and shimmering as a smog-free country morning."Jazz Times. At an early age she was accepted to New York City High School of Music and Art but due to parental disapproval of her musical aspirations, she was not allowed to attend

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Laurie Antonioli

Born: March 9

No American jazz singer has traversed a wider array of musical territory over the past five years than the Bay Area’s Laurie Antonioli. Exploring with her vaunted American Dreams Band, she organically transforms any song into a possibility-filled jazz vehicle, a journey that culminated most recently in 2014’s critically hailed Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light (Origin), an album based on the extraordinary music of Joni Mitchell. While named on numerous best-album-of-the-year lists, the album received particularly cherished accolades from Ms. Mitchell herself, who invited Antonioli to perform at SFJAZZ’s May 8 gala celebration in her honor alongside Kris Kristofferson, Kurt Elling, Brian Blade, Joe Jackson, Patti Austin, and Tom Scott, among others. Antonioli follows up with Varuna (Origin), an album that takes her into very different sonic and emotional spaces

Laurie Krauz

Born: August 18, 1955

Laurie Krauz thrills audiences with her award-winning, blues-influenced jazz vocals and her powerful emotional range. Blazing new musical territory, Laurie combines improvisational elements with the passion and sensuality found in other forms of music to create a unique, soulful jazz -- "she creates a mood and weaves a musical story with every cell of her being." Named one of the top 525 jazz vocalists of all time in a book by noted jazz critic, Scott Yanow, slated to be published in 2008 (tentatively entitled The Jazz Singers/Backbeat Books), Laurie released her first CD, Catch Me If You Can (LML Records) in 2001 to much critical acclaim. Along with The Daryl Kojak Trio, Catch Me If You Can features jazz legend George Coleman on tenor sax and has been receiving accolades throughout the jazz world ("Jazz aficionados should welcome this impressive debut album from a singer who will certainly be making her mark on the jazz scene for years to come." -- Michael Laprarie, JazzReview.com)

Leah Souza

Born: May 8, 1982

Boston based jazz vocalist Leah Souza is an experienced performer and appears regularly with her quintet, quartet & trio at jazz venues throughout Boston and New England. She has been described as having "one of the most enticing new voices in contemporary jazz." She performs her stylish interpretations of jazz at festivals, fairs, concerts, upscale restaurants, hotel lounges and jazz clubs. Leah brings together the influences of Jazz, Blues & R&B in her own unique style. Her interpretation of Horace Silver's "Song For My Father" was critically acclaimed and has received airplay on many radio stations across the country including stations in California, New York, New Jersey, Florida and Massachusetts