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She won the Montreux Jazz Festival Competition in 2007, [4] was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2010, [2] [6] and won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2012. Her 2019 album Move On featured cover versions of songs by Stephen Sondheim. The album received praise from Sondheim himself ...
In the 1920s, women singing jazz music were not many, but women playing instruments in jazz music were even less common. Mary Lou Williams, known for her talent as a piano player, is deemed as one of the "mothers of jazz" due to her singing while playing the piano at the same time. [4] Lovie Austin (1887–1972) was a piano player and bandleader.
Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. [1] She is one of the most successful female jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins [2] as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field" by incorporating blues, country, and folk music into her work.
4-time winner Down Beat′s Best Female Jazz Vocalist [7] 2-time Grammy nominee for Best Female Jazz Performance [7] Performed on 2 Grammy-winning albums – [7] Dizzy Gillespie and the United Nation Orchestra – Live at the Royal Festival Hall, London (June 10, 1989) (1990) (Best Jazz Album) Mickey Hart's Planet Drum (1991) (Best World Music ...
Hiromi Uehara (上原 ひろみ, Uehara Hiromi, born 26 March 1979), known professionally as Hiromi, is a Japanese jazz composer and pianist. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blending of musical genres such as stride, post-bop, progressive rock, classical, nu jazz and fusion in her compositions.
A. Loretta Ables Sayre; Titilayo Adedokun; Arooj Aftab; Dianna Agron; Thana Alexa; Dee Alexander; Lorez Alexandria; May Alix; Jackie Allen (musician) Laurie Allyn
Diane Joan Schuur (born December 10, 1953), nicknamed "Deedles", is an American jazz singer and pianist. As of 2015, Schuur had released 23 albums, and had extended her jazz repertoire to include essences of Latin, gospel, pop and country music.
Nicole is the only person or female, as of 2024, to have ever won Best Jazz Vocal album for a recording completely written and arranged by the artist herself. [ 18 ] In 2020, Broadway World nominated Zuraitis for five Cabaret Awards.