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Samara Joy McLendon[1] (born November 11, 1999) is an American jazz singer. She released her self-titled debut album in 2021 and was subsequently named Best New Artist by JazzTimes.
After fully losing her hearing in 2007, Harvey became depressed and quit music. However, with the aid of visual tuners, she learned how to find the correct pitches when singing. [4][5] In 2008, she met jazz pianist Mark Sloniker, at Jay's Bistro in Fort Collins, Colorado (where she began performing regularly). [1] She later performed at Dazzle Jazz Lounge in Denver, [6] and recorded three ...
As of 2023, her latest project is Aurora Nealand and the Reed Minders. Nealand was voted "Best Female Performer” by the 2016 Gambit awards, and her band was named "Best Traditional Jazz Band" in the 2015 and 2017 Big Easy Awards. She was named one of Downbeat Magazine 's "Rising Stars" on both soprano saxophone and clarinet in 2017, 2018, 2020.
February 1, 2023 at 1:38 PM. Trans activist and reality star Jazz Jennings is sharing insights into the realities of dating as a transgender woman. (Photo: John Lamparski/Getty Images) (John ...
Piano. Years active. 1938–2013. Labels. Halcyon, Concord Jazz, Jazz Alliance, Bainbridge, Savoy, Capitol, RCA. Margaret Marian McPartland OBE (née Turner; [ 1 ] 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and writer. She was the host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio from 1978 ...
Women in jazz have contributed throughout the many eras of jazz history, both as performers and as composers, songwriters and bandleaders. While women such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald were famous for their jazz singing, women have achieved much less recognition for their contributions as composers, bandleaders and instrumental performers. Other notable jazz women include piano player ...
Albert William Ketèlbey was born on 9 August 1875 at 41 Alma Street in the Aston area of Birmingham, England. [1] [3] He was the second of five children of George Henry, a jewellery engraver, and his wife Sarah Ann, née Aston.
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell CC (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter.As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her personal lyrics and unconventional compositions which grew to incorporate pop and jazz elements. [1]