"DOOZY" double CD 2009
with CYRUS CHESTNUT piano, ERIC ALEXANDER sax, JEREMY PELT trumpet/flugelhorn, ROMERO LUBAMBO guitar, RAY DRUMMOND bass, CARL ALLEN drums, DEZRON DOUGLAS bass, NEAL SMITH drums, Recorded Aug. 20 & 21, 2006 and Jan. 18, 2008
"You and the Night and the Music"2007
with the legendary RED HOLLOWAY.
vocals JACKIE RYAN,
tenor sax RED HOLLOWAY,
piano TAMIR HENDELMAN,
drums JEFF HAMILTON,
bass CHRISTOPH LUTY,
jazz harp CAROL ROBBINS,
guitar LARRY KOONSE,
Recorded April 17 & 18, 2006
"This Heart of Mine"2003 with special guests TOOTS THIELEMANS and ERNIE WATTS
Pianists: Jon Mayer, Amina Figarova, Leonard Thompson / Bassists: Darek Oles, Ruth Davies, John Wiitala /
Drums: Roy McCurdy, Omar Clay, Jason Lewis / Guitar: Steve Erquiaga, Barry Zweig, / Strings: Yutaka Yokokura/ Flute: Bart Platteau / Trumpet: Allen Smith
"Passion Flower"2002 with Larry Vuckovich, Allen Smith, Noel Jewkes, Jeff Chambers, Omar Clay
"For Heaven's Sake"2001 with the MIKE WOFFORD TRIO
Mike Wofford, Duncan Moore, Rob Thorsen
Influences
Sarah Vaughan, Betty Carter, Billie Holiday, Morgana King, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day, Oscar Brown Jr, Nana Caymmi, Carmen McRae, Little Esther Phillips, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Eddie Jefferson, Jon Hendricks , Joe Williams, Salif Keita, Amália Rodrigues, Milton Nascimento, João Gilberto, Dori Caymmi, Youssou N'Dour, Elis Regina, Ivan Lins, Sarita Monteil, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Mavis Staples, Otis Redding, Gladys Knight, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Red Garland, Toots Thielemans, Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans, Bud Powell, Egberto Gizmonti, Victor Jara, Thelonius Monk, Lester Young, Dizzy Gilespie, Ray Brown, Steve Swallow, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Higgins, Airto Moreira, Barry Harris, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ladysmith Black Mambaso, Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copeland, Andrés Segovia, Black Peru, Suzanna Baca, Miriam Makeba, Jim Hall, Wes Montgomery, Um Kalthum, Luciano Pavorotti, Placido Domingo, Leontyne Price....and the two most beautiful voices in the world belonging to my mama and my papa, Soledad (Sally/Chóle) and Leo Joseph Ryan.
"ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING JAZZ VOCALISTS OF HER GENERATION AND, QUITE POSSIBLY, OF ALL TIME, rivaling the dexterous sass of Sarah Vaughan, the instinctive smarts of Carmen McRae and the scintillating verve of Diana Krall."
Extraordinary -- a world-class talent!" Don Heckman, jazz critic for the Los Angeles Times, calls her. And it's no wonder. She has a magnetic stage presence. Wherever she performs - domestically, or in Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada -- it's the same story. She's been such a hit at London's famed Ronnie Scott's Club (where she has been a regular for the last eight years) that the owner, Pete King, asked Jackie to appear on Ronnie Scott's own prestigious Jazz House label and the London Evening Standard called her "one of the finest singers to perform at Ronnie's since Shirley Horn." Among the many jazz greats Jackie has sung, recorded, or toured with are: Clark Terry (at the Monterey Jazz Festival), Toots Thielemans, Barry Harris, Cyrus Chestnut, Terry Gibbs, Buddy DeFranco, Red Holloway, Eric Alexander, Jeremy Pelt, Ernie Watts, Roy McCurdy, George Gaffney, Amina Figarova, Mike Wofford, Larry Vuckovich, Jon Mayer, and Jon Hendricks - just a few of the legends with whom she has shared the stage, and who sing her praises as well.
She has written and recorded not only vocalese lyrics to such be-bop improvisations as Joe Henderson's "The Kicker," but also lyrics to such poignant ballads as Barry Harris's "Deep Love." This creativity as an artist and performer, combined with her being a genuinely warm person, has put her much in demand for concerts both here and abroad -- with sold-out shows not only at London's Ronnie Scott's and at Christofori's in Amsterdam, but also at New York's Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club, at Los Angeles' Jazz Bakery, and at San Francisco's Yoshi's and Plush Room. Jackie has been blessed with a three and a half octave range. Her mother, who was Mexican, crooned Spanish folk songs to her when she was a child (Jackie often includes a Spanish song on her CDs as a tribute to her mom who passed on when Jackie was in her teens); and her father, who is Irish, is a classically-trained baritone who sang in several languages. So it is not by accident that her appeal "bridges the gap between both geography and generations," as BILLBOARD so aptly put it. She was born to it.
Jackie's previous CD, "This Heart Of Mine" (featuring Toots Thielemans and two-time Grammy Award winner, Ernie Watts), won unanimous praise from top jazz magazines, JAZZ TIMES, JAZZ IMPROV, JAZZIZ, received a '4 STAR' rating ("excellent") from DOWNBEAT, and reached 5 nationwide on JAZZ WEEK's jazz chart. Her newest CD, "You And The Night And The Music," is set for release in the fall of 2007. It features Red Holloway on sax -- a legend in his own time -- who has swung with jazz greats Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, Sonny Rollins and Lester Young, as well as internationally-known blues-men Muddy Waters and B.B. King. And it's backed by a host of top-flight California musicians, including Tamir Hendelman on piano, and Jeff Hamilton (co-leader of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra) on drums, who was voted "1 mainstream jazz drummer" for 2006 by MODERN DRUMMER magazine.
Future releases include a double CD recorded at Tony Bennett's studio right after her 2006 Lincoln Center performance (hailed by VARIETY as "savvy interpretive jazz vocalizing -- adventurous, deftly assured"). It features Jackie performing with Cyrus Chestnut (named "the best jazz pianist of his generation" by TIME Magazine) and is backed by some of New York's hottest names in jazz: Eric Alexander on sax, Jeremy Pelt on trumpet, Carl Allen on drums, Ray Drummond on bass, and on guitar -- Brazilian virtuoso Romero Lubambo.
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FYI: I hadn't listened to your arrangement of "You Are There" in quite a number of months. I played it just today and it still knocks me out - great stuff, wonderful concept the harp & voice, love it!!!
Just wanted to Thank you for the luv and support! Feel free to comment on my songs and vocals anytime on my page...it's greatly appreciated & Please spread the word and keep listening! =)* Marisol aka SILVUPLAY
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Hey Jackie! Couldn't pass up the chance to say hi on your page (again! lol) We'll stay ahead of the tech learning curve. Keep singin' as lovely as you do... Love You, AL
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hello from switzerland, thank you for your friendship. I like your music, your voice, your songs very much! Your musicans are wonderful! I wish you all the best, lot of music, lot of concerts, lot of new ideas, lot of people who like your music, lot of sunshine in your heart and soul! Sincerely Peter Tschirky autor of the first Eddie Harris book "Eddie Harris sings the Blues" www. eddieharrisbuch. ch please don't forget mr. Eddie Harris.... he was a wonderful person and a great musican, composer, singer, sax-piano player..... I MISS HIM!!!!!!
