Results for "Vocalist"

Juliet Green

Born: August 30

Swinging standards, sparkling vocalese, sumptuous ballads and smart lyrics are the signature of this Bay Area vocalist. Performing solo or with a vocal ensemble, Juliet Green is a storyteller and songwriter with roots in the jazz tradition and branches reaching into modern popular music. Originally from Maui, Hawaii, Juliet Green has been a singer, songwriter and educator in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1991. As a finalist in the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Vocal Competition, Juliet sang with the Chris Grasso trio on the Ronnie Wells Main Stage in February 2014. Her latest record, "Think About That", features her original songs as well as her original lyrics on songs by Anton Schwartz, Wycliffe Gordon, Greg Murai, and Isaac Raz

Chiara Izzi

Born: May 22

Based in New York City since 2014, Chiara Izzi is an award-winning jazz singer and composer from Italy who has captivated audiences worldwide. Her breakthrough came when she won first prize at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition, a victory personally awarded by the legendary Quincy Jones, who chaired the jury. The following year, Chiara returned to the festival to perform and open for the iconic Paco de Lucía. She has since earned numerous accolades, including an Independent Music Award for Best Jazz Song with Vocals for her composition "Circles of the Mind," as well as national honors such as Lucca Jazz Donna, third place in the Chicco Bettinardi soloist category, and recognition in the Barga Jazz group category.

Tatjana Topic

Born: January 11, 1980

Joe Longthorne

Born: May 31, 1955

Joe Longthorne is recognised as this country’s finest vocalist and live performer, held in the highest esteem by his fellow professionals, loved and adored by his fans the world over, his status nothing short of legendary with accolades and credits from the true greats of the entertainment industry worldwide. Joe is one of those few select vocalists who have earned the right to be called song stylists, an instantly recognised voice with the ability to stamp their name on every song they perform and make it their own. Sinatra, Bennett, Davis, Presley, Diamond, Manilow, Mathis, the name “Longthorne” surely stands proudly alongside these greats

David Byrd

Born: April 6, 1957

David Byrd and Byrds of a Feather are the epitome of JazzReggae in the bay area. Born and raised on the musical mecca of 47th street in Chicago, and grew up listening to all the greats like Lou Rawls, Jackie Wilson, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations and BB King, to name a few, who played at the Regal Theater, where his uncle, Red Saunders was the drummer and bandleader. On the same block of 47th and Drexel Blvd. where he lived, jazz greats like Gene Ammons played at the Southerland . He got serious about jazz until he went to the jam sessions that were hosted by Sonny Stitt at the Grass Hut on 79th street and then enrolled in Chicago State University in 1977 to study under the great Bunky Green

Alina Rostoskaya

Born: June 4, 1987

Her music style can be described as acoustic fusion based on russian folk and classical music traditions and improvisation. Alina has participated in number of international jazz festivals and competitions, such as Moscow Competition of jazz vocalists (Grand Prix), Voicingers (Poland, second prize), Riga Jazz Stage (Latvia, third prize and special prize), Nomme Jazz (Estonia, special prize). She also became a finalist of TV show "Big Jazz" on Culture channel of the central television . For the last several years Alina works with her project Jazzmobile. She experiments with styles, sings both in Russian and English, but also she likes to use her voice as a musical instrument singing without any words

Mari Koga

Born: October 28

A Japanese born New Yorker, Mari Koga, has been singing professionally since her early 20’s. Early on, she won first prize at the 10th Annual Jetstream Young Vocalist contest. She was soon very much in demand as a young Jazz singer in Japan. Mari moved to New York City to immerse herself in the New York jazz scene and started performing regularly at many popular venues in NYC. Eventually she reached the stages of New York's prestige jazz clubs such as the Blue Note, Zinc bar and Jazz at Kitano etc. She also appeared as a re-imported singer at Tokyo's top jazz venues such as Body & Soul and DUG

Jessica Davey

Born: September 10, 1981

Carleen Anderson

Born: May 10, 1957

One of the most powerful vocalists today, 2013 Jazz FM UK Vocalist of the Year Carleen Anderson has been a favorite of audiences and fellow artists alike for over two decades: "For live performances, you absolutely have to see Carleen Anderson - at least 3 times in your life!" (Amy Winehouse) Carleen Anderson was born in Houston, Texas, 10th of May 1957, and reared up on the sounds rooted in Gospel music inherited from the Pentecostal church where the pastor, David Anderson, Sr., her paternal Grandfather, and her Grandmother Alberta, raised her from an infant. Since 1973, her biological Father, Dr

Neisy Wilson

Born: October 18, 1978

Neisy Wilson is a Cuban jazz singer, pianist and composer. She started to study music at age of 7, and during her teens she made performances like a pianist in a Latin American music international festivals that were take place in her born city: Santiago de Cuba. In 2000 she moves to Havana, Cuba, to study musical composition at the University of Arts. She has obtained prizes like a singer and composer in several editions of the “Jojazz” Contest, and has annually been invited to the event “Women in Jazz”, that is celebrate every year in the prestigious Havana Jazz Club: “La Zorra y el Cuervo”. She made also several performances at the Radio and TV national stations. During the years 2001 and 2002 she performed with “Lemanacuba” project, with musicians of “Irakere” band and students of the University of Arts and the National School of Arts, making tours by several cities of France