Houston Person
Mark Taylor
Neal Miner
Dino Losito
Dino Losito
Jimmy Johns
Peter Chwazik
Influences
Dexter Gordon, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Oscar, Mark Murphy,Louis Armstrong,also Joni Mitchell.I mean I could go on and on. Aretha, Frank, Judy, Sarah, Billy, Ella ,Its never ending depending on what day it is. I am mostly influenced by life itself and needless to say humbled.
Nancy Kelly’s vocal style is a study in phrasing, style and swing. She has earned many awards and enlisted fans from around the globe.
She began her musical career at age four in her hometown of Rochester, New York, with piano lessons. She continued her music studies to include clarinet, drama and dance. When she enrolled at the Eastman School of Music, she decided to concentrate on voice.
At sixteen, she formed a combo and performed at clubs around Rochester. In the early 70s, she joined a rock band as lead singer and went on tour of the East Coast and the Midwest. Enjoying the freedom to improvise, she gravitated to jazz, forming her own group.
As a jazz artist, she's performed on the West Coast, in the Far East and Europe. She performs regularly in New York City at the most prestigious clubs: The Blue Note, Birdland, and Dizzy’s Coca Cola club at Lincoln Center. She has appeared at numerous jazz festivals and has sung with various symphony orchestras around the country.
Nancy was twice named “Best Female Jazz Vocalist” in the Down Beat Readers’ Poll.
She has recorded four CDs, the most recent being “Well Alright" with guest tenor saxophonist Houston Person.
Nancy Kelly continues to dazzle audiences with her take-no-prisoners, back-to-the-roots swinging style.
In a market place where wispy voices and shallow emotions abound, Ms. Kelly is a breath of fresh air…or should we say, smoky air; she takes us back to the time when jazz – and that includes vocal jazz -- was an authentic expression of real emotion.
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Hey How have you been? I’m sorry you haven’t heard from me in a while, I was travelling a lot and preparing the release of my album. But I’ll be back in NYC and playing there soon: Sat, Sept 26th, 8pm, Samantha’s, East Northport Tues, Sept 29th, 9.30pm, The Bitter End, Manhattan I’d love to see you there! Greetings from your Swiss brother, blessings, Vlada VLADA "All about you" feat. Take 6, K. Whalum, A. Laboriel, V. Colaiuta, P. Jackson Jr. Pre-Release CD: www.vladamusic.com Now available on iTunes. In stores in January 2010.
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Tampa Taiko is a professional drumming duo that has performed their unique style for a vast array of audiences, performing at festivals, concert halls, schools, workshops, summer camps, corporate and VIP events. Using a collection of taiko drums made by themselves from discarded wine barrels, Tampa Taiko has developed a dynamic fusion of old and new styles of drumming, bringing a contemporary vibrance to an ancient martial artform.
Thank you for your friendship. Please check out the my flyer for the great lineup of musicians I’m going to be working with at the Iridium Jazz Club on June 16th. I am so excited! Peace and love, Pat Holley
Thank you for your friendship. Please check out the my flyer for the great lineup of musicians I’m going to be working with at the Iridium Jazz Club on June 16th. I am so excited! Peace and love, Pat Holley
Ciao,Nancy ,Thank you for the add and the friendship. you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot,and stupendous voice. you are fantastic ..really. you are a myth for me;-) talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music. all the best.. from italy neal
Hey! Thank you for supporting my music. Check out my web site at www.vanessathompson.net and my music videos at www.youtube.com. One of my youtube videos is below for you to hear. If you like it, feel free to put it on your page and share it with your friends. There are also some banners on my page if you want to use them on your page. If you have Facebook, please add me. Some are putting me in their top friends. The support is really appreciated. Hope you like the new cover on Hollywood Celebrity Magazine. If you like my music, please add it to your play list for others to hear. Thank you :)
I will be opening for Baby Bash & Frankie J with special guest Paula Deanda in July, 2009 at the El Corazon in Seattle, Wa. at 8 PM. If you can be there, get you tickets now before it sells out. It is for all ages. See you there ~ Vanessa :)
Ooohhh...you're still swingin'! That video...you guys were freezin' your assies off, weren't you?...what troopers! You got summer yet up there in the frozen tundra?...hehe. Thanks, Nance, and a big hug!.../ct
Make sure to check out Kermit Ruffins performing his new album, Living the Treme Life, live at Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing on Tuesday, July 7th at 6:30.
Hi divine living vocal monument... could I insist to DARE to ask you to listen to my music and have a little comment form you (whenever you might have some time ofr it of course!) it would be SUCH a FLATTERING boost of my musical EGO!!! :---)))) Thank you so much and CIAO FROM ITALY
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