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Pages in category "Jazz musicians from North Carolina" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Freelon was born Chinyere Nnenna Pierce to Charles and Frances Pierce in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she was raised. [1] She has a brother Melvin and a sister named Debbie. As a young woman, she sang extensively in her community and the Union Baptist Church and at St. Paul AME. She recalled, "I started singing in the church, like so many ...
Style. Jazz, classical, new music. Awards. North Carolina Arts Council Jazz Composer Fellowship. 2000. Website. www .claireritter .com. Claire Ritter (born May 31, 1952, Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American composer and pianist working in a style that fuses jazz with classical, new music, and occasionally other world music cultures.
Flack was born on February 10, 1937, in Black Mountain, North Carolina, to parents Laron Flack, a Veterans Administration draftsman, and Irene (née Council) Flack a church organist, on February 10, 1937 (some sources have cited 1939 but the 1940 Census gives Roberta's age as 3 years old). She grew up in Arlington, Virginia.
Jazz musicians from North Carolina (63 P) S. Singers from North Carolina (2 C, 81 P) Songwriters from North Carolina (1 C, 72 P)
Caro Emerald. Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw (born 26 April 1981), known for the music project Caro Emerald, and latterly The Jordan is a Dutch pop and jazz singer who mainly performs in English. Active since 2007, she rose to prominence in 2009 with debut single, "Back It Up". Follow-up single "A Night Like This" topped charts in the ...
Rhiannon Giddens. Rhiannon Giddens (born February 21, 1977) is an American musician known for her eclectic folk music. She is a founding member of the country, blues, and old-time music band the Carolina Chocolate Drops, where she was the lead singer, fiddle player, and banjo player. Giddens is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina.
Ruth Brown (1928–2006) Ane Brun (born 1976) Mari Kvien Brunvoll (born 1984) Joyce Bryant (1928–2022) Beryl Bryden (1920–1998) Michael Bublé (born 1975) Sarah Buechi (born 1981)