Actual Jazz

Reencontro Nando Michelin * Piano / Composición Leala Cyr * Voice / Trompet Esperanza Spalding * Bass / Voice Richie Barshay or Tiago Michelin * Drums Style: Contemporary Jazz

Cris Barber Jazz Long Beach, California Estados Unidos Cris Barber, considered one of the premier jazz vocalists in Southern California, mesmerizes her audience with energy and passion and that special quality embraced by today's top jazz performers. Cris infuses each performance, be it in the recording studio or live onstage with the same innate soulfulness of the greatest ladies of Jazz. With four CDs in release, multiple award nominations and a Best Jazz Artist - Orange County Music Award to her credit, Cris' vocal style has gained her fans across the world and radio airplay in over 20 countries. Her career is on the move. Web Site: http://www.myspace.com/crisbarber http://www.crisbarbermusic.com/ NEW CD!!! "This Moment To Be Free". This is number 4 for me and the band has outdone themselves yet again. Karen Hammack on piano, Barry Cogert on bass, Aldo Bentivegna on drums, Jamie Findlay on guitar, Greg Vail on sax and Kurt Rasmussen on percussion. It has be...

Hilary Gardner Jazz / Glam / Ghettotech Originally hailing from Wasilla, Alaska, classically trained vocalist Hilary Gardner arrived in New York in 2003. Since then, Hilary has performed in many of New York’s top venues, such as Iridium, Birdland, Sweet Rhythm, the Jazz Standard, and the Allen Room at Lincoln Center. In 2005 Hilary headlined a concert at the Moscow Philharmonic's Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Russia with Jazz Messenger and trumpet star Valery Ponomarev. The same year, Hilary toured throughout Germany with the Twinz Record label. Critics praised Hilary for her vocal contributions to Oasis, the 2004 release by the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble, led by Mike Longo, longtime Dizzy Gillespie associate. She has also recorded a Christmas album, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas . As a guest vocalist, Hilary has appeared on recordings with Manhattan Transfer’s Janis Siegel, vocal jazz quartet Monday Off, indie-pop singer/songwriter Amiel, and jazz cro...

Judy Wexler Jazz Singer From Louis Armstrong to Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis to Pat Metheny, jazz artists have always sought to tell stories. Judy Wexler is a natural storyteller, with a distinctive voice, full of shadings. She knows how to dig into a song and find its essence. She is also "one of the most focused, unpretentious, no-nonsense, bop-oriented jazz singers around," according to Harvey Siders in  JazzTimes , with an "instinctive ability to bring out the best in each song, often taking it into unfamiliar territory," wrote Ken Dryden in  All Music Guide . Her 2005 debut,  Easy on The Heart , made radio waves and introduced her to a wide jazz audience; now comes the follow-up… debuting at #2 on the national JazzWeek chart,  Dreams & Shadows,  confirms her ability to find great songs and effortlessly bring them to life. Judy was interviewed on NPR Weekend Edition by Susan Stamberg, who said, "From the evidence on her new second album,  Dreams...

Kate McGarry Jazz / Acústica / Folk More concerned with the essence of a song than idiomatic limitations, vocalist Kate McGarry has managed to attract the attention of tomorrows jazz fans. An eclectic repertoire ranging from Brazilian standards to the works of Joni Mitchell assists McGarrys mission of involving a younger audience in the music. Her signature contralto conveys a message with a crystal clarity that precludes the need for gimmick or effect. All thats left is undeniably honest music that transcends the boundaries of age or genre. Nominated for a Best Jazz Vocal Grammy 2009 Web Site: http://www.katemcgarry.com/ http://www.myspace.com/katemcgarry

Charmaine Clamor is America’s leading Filipina jazz and world vocalist. With two consecutive albums in the JazzWeek World Music Top-10, including the rare feat of simultaneously making Top-5 on both the World (#2 ranking) and Traditional Jazz (#4) radio charts, Charmaine has earned unprecedented praise for introducing American audiences to Filipino languages, melodies, and instruments – and for sharing a once-in-a-generation, astonishingly expressive voice. Recognized today as “one of the important and original jazz singers of the decade” {Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times }, a “dynamic new compass point in World Music” {Christopher Loudon, Jazz Times } and “one of the finest singers to come around in a long time” {Jerry D’Souza, All About Jazz }, Charmaine Clamor began her musical journey at age 3, entertaining passengers -- whether they liked it or not! -- in the back of buses traveling to Manila. Originally from the provincial town of Subic-Zambales, Philippines, young Charmaine provi...

Dee Daniels Jazz / Blues / R&B Vancouver, British Columbia Canadá Dee Daniels is a crowd pleaser and a musician’s musician. Whether accompanying her self at the piano, fronting a trio, big band or symphony, she is a unique talent who transcends musical borders when she brings her jazz styling, infused with gospel and blues flavoring, to the stage. Daniels' style was born in her stepfather's church choir in Oakland, California, honed through the R&B era and brought to full fruition during a five-year stay in Europe from 1982 to 1987. During those years, she had many wonderful opportunities to perform with such 'Legends of Jazz' as Toots Thielemans, Johnny Griffin, Ed Thigpen, and Monty Alexander to name but a few. Two other personal highlights while in Europe include having had the opportunity of singing the Blues with the late, divine Sarah Vaughan in The Netherlands, and singing Gospel with the late great Joe Williams in Germany. Dee's inter...