Results for "Vocalist"

Tanya Tiet

As a vocalist and a live performer, Tanya Tiet (pronounced: tee-yay) has honed a style all her own as she impulsively swoops from soothing tones that caress emotions to fire-laced bellows that inspire celebration through movement. Tiet keeps us guessing and for that reason alone, we keep watching. Tanya Tiet has distinguished herself by completing multiple tours overseas and singing with prominent international artists such as the legendary group Sister Sledge (Including a European tour that also showcased industry icons, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Kool & the Gang and the Earth, Wind & Fire Experience featuring Al McKay)

Jessica Lee

Born: September 2, 1969

Jessica Lee is an American Jazz & Blues singer with a unique voice influenced by Jazz, Blues, Rhythm & Blues and Inspirational music.  She performs "Classic," "Contemporary" and "Crossover" Jazz & Blues, and has produced shows with innovative, customized themes for charity performances and for concerts at theaters, festivals, jazz & blues clubs, arts centers and country & urban clubs throughout the country.  Jessica has had the pleasure of writing, recording and performing with wonderfully talented musicians, including a long collaboration with guitar great Mark Strickland and with some of her favorite Jazz mentors.

Anne Burnell

Before she recorded her last album Blues In The Night: Songs by Harold Arlen, Anne Burnell, one of Chicago’s most versatile live performers, followed a classic roadmap paying lush tribute to a legend. The collection was an NPR and jazz radio sensation across the U.S., and was played internationally on Jazz & Blues Tour Radio, Amsterdam and Canada and – testament to its “cool” factor with young tastemakers hit the Top Ten on the CMJ charts. Anne’s latest, the gloriously diverse and whimsically titled Summer Days & Dreamy Nights, celebrates not a single composer but a singular friendship between the singer/songwriter and renowned Windy City based jazz guitarist Henry Johnson, who produced, arranged and plays electric and acoustic throughout the 13 track set. She met Johnson three years ago at Andy’s Jazz Club during one of the many gigs she played there with her husband and frequent musical partner, pianist and vocalist Mark Burnell. They struck up an immediate friendship and had a feeling they would soon be collaborating on a project.

Alita Moses

Alita Moses is a CT-born, Philadelphia-brewed vocalist taking the New York City music scene by storm. At 23-years-old, she has earned a BM in Jazz Vocal Performance from the University of the Arts, won the 2014 Shure Montreux Jazz Vocal Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and performed internationally with the likes of Al Jarreau, Patti Austin, Lee Ritenour, Steve Davis, Joel Frahm, The Philadelphia Pops Orchestra, and many more solo artists and groups. While her career started in jazz, her versatility and inspirations have led her to the neo-soul scene where she has made a mark with her band, Lohai, and has been recruited for performances like singing with rapper Vic Mensa on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Lucky Vamp

Born: February 2

Lucky Vamp is the mesmerising vocal performance of Sally Jane Hurst, supported in duo, trio or large band format as the setting requires. Sally Jane Hurst’s voice has a sweetness and control that is deceptive in its power and depth. Her performance is always tailored to suit the venue, from small and intimate or large and celebratory. If you want powerful emotional ballads Sally delivers classic lyrics in a deceptively simple and honest style giving her a unique blend of artistic interpretation and passion in one class package. Sally has performed in some of London’s most prestigious music venues, such as The Royal Festival Hall, St

Alison Rycroft

Growing up on a farm in Burnley, Alison's first foray into jazz was as a singer in her University's Big Band in Dundee in which she performed for two years. Her love of jazz was sealed by the year she spent in New York, using her spare time to listen, and sometimes perform, in legendary jazz clubs. Since returning to the UK and moving to London she has perfomed at venues including the Bull's Head, Hideaway Jazz Club, Oliver's Jazz Bar, the Commander Bar and the Pheasantry. She has also been featured on BBC Radio Scotland. Her influences include: Carmen Mcrae, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Stevie Wonder, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Liane Carroll to name but a few. Alison is a fledgling lyricist and songwriter with new material on the way

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Elif Çağlar

Born: April 10, 1980

"...a wonderful singer with a great talent and will be a real winner in the world of Jazz" Sheila Jordan "Some wonderful arrangements...What I like most about the recording is the sound of Elif's voice. She is articulate and doesn't seem to be afraid of going places" Lawrence "Butch" Morris Born in 1980, Elif Çağlar studied Jazz Composition at Istanbul Bilgi University. She released an album with her "Roxy Music Days" winner band "Bagdat Avenue" named "1-10". In 2006, she went to New York to get her Master's Degree in Jazz Performance in Queens College, The Aaron Copland School of Music where she studied with the legendary jazz vocalist Sheila Jordan and became the first Turk to graduate from the program with an award

Matilda Mork

Born: October 12, 1976

Upcoming. Live performace at Whynot Jazz Room, New York, NY. January 14 2015 Contact: Pretty Face Management, Email [email protected] or call +46 707410278. Official Matilda Mork website: www.matildamork.se Matilda Mörk was born in Stockholm in 1976, in an artistic home where creativity through theatre, dance and music were central. She started to sing and dance at a young age and continued with acting and theatre as a young adult. After high school in Stockholm, she studied acting and physical theatre at the Commedia School in Copenhagen, followed by further studies at the École Philip Gaulier in London

Nona Hendryx

Born: October 9, 1944

From her beginnings with Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (the sweethearts of The Apollo Theater, inducted into The Rhythm & Blues Foundations' Hall of Fame in 1999) to Labelle (a trio made up of Patti LaBelle, Nona and Sarah Dash), the groundbreaking rock funk band of the 70s, and followed by a stunning solo career, Nona Hendryx has always been on the cutting edge of music. Her songs are edgy, provocative, political and full of double entendres and empowering messages, which enabled the trio to break the traditional girl group mould. Labelle's stage show was the forerunner of today's epic productions, they were the only contemporary black group to take their 'Wear Something Silver' show to New York's prestigious Metropolitan Opera House and to major theatres and Opera Houses across the world