Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
Expansion. Shanachie. Website. www .maysa .com. Maysa Leak (born August 17, 1966) is an American jazz singer better known by her mononym Maysa. She is well known by fans of smooth jazz both for her solo work and her work with the British band Incognito. [1]
Pages in category "American women jazz singers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 410 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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)
The album won the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album Zuraitis is also the premier vocalist for the Birdland Big Band and frequently performs at jazz Dizzy’s Club at Lincoln Center, Birdland, the Blue Note Jazz Club, the Carlyle at the Carlyle Hotel, 54 Below and the 55 Bar.
Diana Jean Krall OC OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. [1] She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the US. On December 11, 2009, Billboard magazine named her the second greatest jazz artist of the decade (2000–2009), establishing her as ...
SomiMusic.com. Laura Kabasomi Kakoma (born on June 6, 1981), known on stage as Somi or Somi Kakoma, is a Grammy-nominated American-born singer, songwriter, playwright, and actor of Rwandan and Ugandan descent. [1] Somi is the first African woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award in a Jazz category. She is also the first Rwandan or Ugandan to ...
9 Vocalists. 10 Other Instruments. 11 Composers. 12 Disc jockeys. ... The following artists and bands have performed smooth jazz. Saxophonists. Mindi Abair; Gerald ...