Results for "Vocalist"

Suzi Wesson

Born: September 13, 1958

Singer. Songwriter. Teacher. Actor. Mom. Suzi has worn many hats, sometimes several at the same time. Suzi cut her teeth on jazz, learning to phrase from greats like Sarah Vaughan and Peggy Lee, developing an ear for harmony from the Four Freshmen, and learning to cut loose from Louis Jourdan. Growing up in a household where "Funny Girl" and "Gypsy" alternated with Nat King Cole and Stan Kenton, Suzi learned early on that a song is really a story, with or without words, and that you have to believe it to tell it effectively. Not surprisingly, Suzi began singing - jazz, blues, pop, rock 'n roll, swing and Dixieland - and acting in musical theatre

Renee Collins Georges

Born: June 25

Renée Collins Georges, is a Los Angeles, California native, who has carved out a career as a vocalist, voice over talent, songwriter and teaching artist. Always using her voice to entertain and educate, Renée is a vocalist, songwriter (ASCAP), voiceover talent, Recording Academy member (DC Chapter), and teaching artist  (Arts for Learning in Baltimore, Maryland, and Arlington County Public Schools); A 2017 Mid Atlantic Jazz Vocal Competition finalist; a Jenga Music LLC Voice Coach, and a 2015 Grant Award recipient of the DC Arts and Humanities, Creative Sparks Initiative. She is the Founder, Executive/Creative Director of Kidz MusiQ Club LLC, Jazzing Up Learning!™ (a music arts initiative with the goal to introduce, entertain and promote jazz appreciation for children and teens)

Luiza Zan

Born: October 3, 1980

Born in 1980, Luiza Zan began her career at the age of 4. That's when she won her first award at a contest for "Soimii Patriei" ("The Fatherland's Falcons", a Communist youth organisation). Some time later, the same song, played at a children's contest ("Frunzulita d'alior"), would bring her the grand prize at the International Festival "Cerbul de Aur" ("Golden Stag") 2004, a week after winning second place at the Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland. At Montreux, she had her first chance of being accompanied by renowned musicians. She was joined onstage by such people as Geri Allen, Bob Hurst, Eric Harland and Omar Hakim. 2004, an outstanding year for her, ended with another award received at the Jazz Awards Festivity held by the Romanian Broadcasting Corporation, the "Confirmation Award"

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Sheri Izzard

Born: April 16, 1946

Professional singer and music teacher for 40+ years....home is KC, grew up with jazz, sang local jingles and live performances as well as teach, returned two years ago; before that 25 yrs. in Los Angeles, singing for 65 movie scores, many TV scores and on-screen roles, live performance in solo, bands, and a cappella jazz groups, (vocals in Inner Voices). Movie roles also in Sister Act 1 & 2 to be specific (gold record). Now performing with "Sheri and the Shoes" in KC, MO.,and lives on the Ks. side of Kansas City. (Topeka is the capitol of Ks. but I don't live there, so I didn't fill it in.

Paula Morin

Born: July 10, 1945

Former recording artist with CBS Records in the UK. Recorded 2 albums and 4 singles with my band FF&Z. Both albums were released again in digital format as double CD package and distributed in the US, UK and Europe. Lead vocalist for several bands in LA in Rock/Country genre. Now living near Boston and writing Jazz tunes, R&B and kids' stuff. making videos with songs as soundtracks and heading up a music company Cool Crow Music with a recording studio north of Boston.

Lori Fulton

Taeko Ota

Even though Taeko Ota loved to sing more than anything, she had never thought to become a singer until her late 20’s. Instead, she studied and pursued a career in the business world. Her world changed one day when she was studying English and accounting in Pittsburgh, PA. She heard the voice of Frank Sinatra singing “Fly Me to The Moon,” while standing in a local bar. It was impossible to ignore his voice and presence, and even though she did not know who that enchanting voice belonged to, it was clear that it had made its mark on her. After returning to Japan, she decided to learn to sing jazz

Leesa Richards

Kaitlyn Fay

Kaitlyn Fay is an educator, jazz vocalist, flutist, and baritone saxophonist, holding a M.M. in Jazz Voice Performance from William Paterson University and a B.S. in Music Education and Classical Flute Performance from Elon University.

As a jazz vocalist, Kaitlyn has performed in venues across New York City, New Jersey, Westchester County, the Capital Region of New York, as well as the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany. As part of the 35th Annual Jazz Room concert series at William Paterson University, Kaitlyn opened for jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli with her Ella Fitzgerald Tribute Ensemble, and opened for the Count Basie Orchestra with the WPU Vocal Jazz Studio. Her debut jazz standards album, Curiosity, was released in 2013; and in the summer of 2014, Kaitlyn was a featured vocalist in the Hudson Valley Jazz Festival alongside Judi Silvano. She can be heard playing baritone saxophone on albums with NJ-based band Big Beat (2015) and the upstate NY band Keith Pray's Big Soul Ensemble (2024). Fay's most recent vocal recording project is an album entitled Cockeyed Optimist (2025), featuring Great American Songbook selections, jazz standards, and several original songs.