How did a young woman from the small beach side community of Manly, Sydney Australia end up as a jazz singer living in New York City?
There was never any doubt in Nadia Ackerman’s mind about where she was headed. It all came down to how was she going to get there.
Nadia began singing at the age of three in her crib. She would wake up her parents at 4am singing “ Don’t Cry For me Argentina” with perfect pitch and a lisp.
At age 15 Nadia’s love of song became more than a hobby. She announced her intention to become a professional singer. Her focus was strong, and her progress was rapid. In Australia, Nadia was featured with several different musical touring companies, including The Fabulous Blues Brothers Band, and The Stars Of The Future. She toured all of Australia and New Zealand and appeared on numerous TV broadcasts.
Nadia’s passion however lived with Jazz. Her love and the influence of jazz greats Nancy Wilson, Blossom Dearie, Carmen MacRae and Betty Carter were beginning to shape her future. She undertook the challenging path of a jazz vocalist and toured extensively while recording and releasing three CD’s internationally.
Then suddenly, about a year ago, early 2006ish she began to write songs, every day, clocking in at 9 in the morning and out at dinner time, stopping only to take Woodley to the park for his constitutional. She'd hurry his business as best she could and return to her work as quickly as she could.
The songs were not “jazz” but they spoke of and to her singing talent to such a degree she has now undertaken the much more daunting endeavor of performing her own material in some indefinable genre.
“It’s pop!” “It’s alternative!” “It’s jazzy alternative pop!” “It’s folky pop alternative !” “It’s a new jazz inflected alternative pop idiom heretofore never written or spoken of!”
It's Nadia!
Your songs are great, your voice is beautiful and you get to play with DP. I got to play with DP for 15 years in Atlanta and enjoyed every note. Hopefully next time I am in NYC you guys will have a show I can come to. I also need to buy one of your CDs.
HI. IT HAS ONLY BEEN 18 MTHS, BUT I THINK I AM FINALLY GOING TO START USING THIS, NOT 100% SURE JUST YET, SEE HOW I GO. hOW ARE YOU? BEEN A LONG TIME WE GET OUR PUPPY NEXT WED!. EXCITED. EVEN THOU EVERYONE IS SAYING I AM CRAZY FOR DOING IT, LIKE I DONT HAVE ENOUGH ON MY PLATE. ANYWAY. HOPE TO CHAT TO U SOON LOVE YA
Yes! I'd love to do some co-writing when you're next out here. Sounds like things are going great for you... Wishing you all the best and looking forward to catching up one your news sometime soon xxo
G'day Nadia, Thanks for the friendship add here. Love your tunes. GR8 Stuff ! May you be blessed with an awesome 2008. Best wishes hugs n kisses Phill J.
Now it should! There was a glitchie-pooh with MySpace account on my end... Now all fixed! Sending you lots of love from the windy west coast - SEE YOU SOON!!!!love, R.
