Eileina

Bio:

Eileina (I-lay-na). Eileina's venture into the world of Jazz was inspired when she moved to the USA in 1999 from England. With strong vocal roots in Gospel, British R'n B as well as Soul, Eileina draws from her vocal past to present her take on the great American standards.

Eileina has performed at the infamous "Living Room" in Bangkok, Thailand on several occasions, private events in Singapore, Brazil, Italy and many other european countries.

She remains "on-call" for sessions, clinics and Guest Apperances on an international level.

Her goal is to achieve the level of excellence laid down by the Forefathers and Foremothers of this great American art form.

BACKING VOCALIST/CORISTA:

UK
Randy Crawford (Studio Session)

ITALY
Zucchero (“L’Urlo/Miserere Tour 1993/4)
Nino Frassica
Giorgia (1996)

TELEVISION:

FRANCE
Taratata

ITALY
Festivalbar
Maurizio Costanzo Show
Domenica In
Buona Domenica
Red Ronnie

AWARDS:

2002
“Long Beach Jazz Search Awards – Best Female Jazz Vocalist”
“Long Beach Jazz Search Awards - Best Performance

MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS:

USA
Shelly Berg, Brian Auger, Darek Oles, Michael Valerio, Dean Taba, Trey Henry, Michael Shrieve, Kendall Kay, Jack LeCompte, Joe LaBarbera, Linda Hopkins Carmen Bradford, Bobby Watson, Chuck Manning, Corey Allen, Otavio Baily, Bobby Watson, Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz, Charles Almeida, Rabbit Simmons, Michael Andrew,

EUROPE

Zucchero, Corrado Rustici, Luciano Luisi, Matteo Saggese, Mino Vergnaghi, Polo Jones, Michael Applebaum, Eric Daniel, Andréa Bocelli, Nina Simone, Paul Young, Giovanni Mazzarino

ASIA

Jeremy Monteiro, Eldee Young, Shawn Kelley, Belinda Moody

RECORDINGS:

1993
Cappella “Move On Baby” – Dance

1995
BS Project “Heartbeat” - Dance
BS Project “Passion” – Dance

2005
Eileina “… introducing Eileina Williams” - Jazz

FESTIVALS:

2007
Jazz & Blues Festival Forteleza/Guaramiranga, Brazil

2008
Shkroda Jazz Festival, Tirana, Albania

2008
SAVASSI JAZZ FESTIVAL, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

CLINICS:

2008
LaRitmica, Torino, Italy
Casa Della Musica, Genova, Italy
..... Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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Member Since:

January 08, 2007

Members:

CD "Introducing... Eileina Williams"
Shelly Berg - Piano
Darek Oles - Bass
Kendall Kay - Drums
Larry Williams - Trumpet & Flugel .. .. ..

Pics from Savassi Jazz Festival 2008 - Belo Horizonte.. .. Pics from 5.25.08 and 6.6.08
Davide Scagno - Pianoforte| Ricardo Fiorvanti - Bass | Enzo Zirilli - Drums ..

Influences:

The Universe, Old Time Gospel Music, Straight-ahead Jazz... anything that touches stirs my emotions.....

Sounds Like:

RADIO FEEDBACK

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Valley FM, Australia

Rob Robinson Media name: Rob Robinson Company name: Valley FM 89.5
Feedback:
Hi Eileina Just a short note to say thanks for the CD
and to tell you how good I think your 'debut' album is. Excellent, an absolute show stopper!! Where you been hiding girl??
Your voice is first rate. Real torch diva quality. Great song selection. Really love what you did with 'Black Coffee' to name just one. Giving the album lots of airtime. Perfect for my late night jazz show. Good luck with the release. ATB Rob Robinson 'Blue Trane' Valley FM 89.5 Canberra Australia. ..

3WAY-FM, Australia

Mark O'Neil Media name: Mark O..'Neill Company name: 103.7 3WAY-FM Feedback:
WOW!!! Can this lady sing? She is hot, she's melt an iceburg.
I can't stop listening to it. ..

Highland FM, Scotland UK

Dennis Gardner Media name: Dennis Gardner Company name: Highland FM Feedback:
Introducing Eileina Williams . . . it is great to listen to a new voice with fresh interpretations of classic songs and Eileina is holding her own in our adult contemporary programming with a variety of artists and styles such as Linda Eder, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Lorraine Foster, Natalie merchant, etc. A good album and we like it. ..

KMFB 92.7FM, USA

Les Tarr Media name: Les Tarr Company name: KMFB 92.7 FM / 96.7 FM Feedback:
Eileina Williams is a vocialist who puts new meaninful feelings into songs of love that's never been experienced. Introducing... Eileina Williams is a name soon to make it BIG in the world-wide jazz scene. This CD is a must have... a must listen... and a must feel! ..

Radio ARA, Luxembourg

Pascal Dorban Media name: Pascal Dorban Company name: Radio ARA , Luxembourg Feedback:
Eileina Williams has an excellent voice and she certainly knows what jazz is all about , her rendition of some jazz all time favorites is at the same time accurate and vivid . To add to her great voice there are some of the finest West Coast musicians such as bass player Darek Oles also known to be a great composer. This CD being her first we can certainly be looking forward to other great albums in the future. ..

Radio Gold, Italy

Giovanni Scazzola Media name: Scazzola Giovanni Pietro Company name: Radio Gold Popular Network Feedback:
EILEINA WILLIAMS - Introducing ... We hear music. We hear voice. We hear time. And we listen tho the life flowing through our history, from mama Africa, to the classics of yesterday and today (JUAN TIZOL, COLE PORTER, GEORGE GERSHWIN), to the class and refinement of a good jazz project. With a fine and precise instrumental trio interlacing the emotion of piano, the heart of drums and the sensation of bass, EILEINA WILLIAM's voice takes a chance for a circular journey from her voice to our ears, to our heart, from our heart to her heart, from her voice to our voice, saying thanks for a warm (sometimes hot) timbre, a personal capability in giving shadings, an interpretation refined and tasty. Thanks for music. ..

Upbeat & More live365.com

Conrad Mason Media name: Conrad Mason Company name: Upbeat & More Feedback:
This young lady has studied the masters of Jazz Vocals Sarah, Billie, Carmen, Ella etc. & has created her own style. I'll be looking out for more music from this lioness of Jazz Vocal. Conrad Mason Upbeat & more live365.com ..

BBC UK

Tony Augarde, Media name: Tony Augarde Company name: BBC Feedback:
Eileina Williams is a talented singer, new to me. Track 4 is particularly impressive, with Eileina singing simply with drum accompaniment. ..

XM Satellite Radio

Dermot Hussey Media name: Dermot Hussey Company name: XM Satellite Radio Feedback:
Very impressive for a first album _______________________________________________________________

It's a Bass Thing.....!!!!

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ONE OF MY INSPIRATIONS

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