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International recording artist NANCY RUTH has graced stages worldwide, offering her unique blend of jazz, Latin and pop. Whether accompanying herself on the piano or flamenco guitar, or fronting her band, she sings with passionate, sultry tones and “commands the attention of the audience with a well-polished stage manner and palpable charismatic charms”
– Joseph Blake, Victoria Times-Colonist.
Her exceptionally varied career started with classical studies in voice, piano and theatre, and subsequent leading roles in musicals such as Dames at Sea, Grease, and a six-year run of the phenomenally successful Yukon review Beaver Creek Rendezvous.
In contrast to her theatre experience, she toured Canada with the bands Axess and Renaissance, and in Singapore appeared as guest vocalist with WEA recording artists The Lovehunters.
An uncanny ability to sing in different languages landed her a gig performing for a month in the Palace of the Sultan of Brunei.
Her early love of jazz was ignited by family jam sessions while growing up in the seaside town of Sidney, B.C.,Canada. But it wasn’t until she traveled through Latin America and eventually planted herself in Spain that she found her greatest musical passion; her love for the Spanish language now infuses much of her work, and she continues to compose songs in a personal style encompassing the sounds of flamenco, jazz, and boleros. This is evident on her latest CD for the Home of Jazz label Me Quedo.
She’s worked with pianist Bob Albanese in New York, studied with pianist Lloyd Abrams in Vancouver, collaborated with composer Toño Robira in Panama, and continues her study of the flamenco guitar in Spain with master tocaor Gabriel Cabrera de los Gazules.
Nancy released her first CD, the self- titled"Nancy Ruth," a critically acclaimed album of her own compositions in 1998 under the Roca label.
Returning to her love of the standard song, she released her second CD,"It’s Got to Be Love" in 2004.
The latest CD, Me Quedo, is a mix of original and Latin favourites, scheduled for release in September 2008 for the European label Home of Jazz.
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