Chris Bergson, Mark Bordenet, Marcelo Cardozo, Brian Charette, David Cook, Fabio Morgera, Mark Verdino, Diego Voglino, Gary Wang
Influences
Rock, pop and r&b from the late 50s to the mid 80s,
Judy Garland,
Barbra Streisand,
Linda Ronstadt,
Everything but the Girl (early stuff),
The English Beat,
Elvis Costello,
Bobby McFerrin,
Sarah Vaughan,
The Manhattan Transfer,
The Modern Jazz Quartet,
Ellington Orchestra horn players (Ben Webster, Paul Gonsalves, Johnny Hodges),
Elvis Presley,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Aretha Franklin,
Sweet Honey in the Rock,
Anita O'Day,
Nina Simone,
Dinah Washington,
Erykah Badu,
Charlie Hunter
Sounds Like
Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, Shirley Horn, Chris Connor, Lee Wiley, Julie London. For those of you looking for more contemporary references, people tell me I remind them of Sade, Norah Jones, and Corinne Bailey Rae.
“DeLeo’s ballad singing is truly inspired…” – William Grim, allaboutjazz.com
“The old saying ‘Flaunt it if you’ve got it’ has been passed on from generation to generation, and it certainly rings true for jazz vocalist Sarah DeLeo who has definitely got it and, she flaunts it on her sophomore release I’m In Heaven Tonight.” – Susan Frances, jazzreview.com
"Sara(h) DeLeo has a certain charm about her voice that comes across in a lucid, clear, intense manner. She is sure to connect with a wide jazz listening audience with her relaxed style." - Lee Prosser, jazzreview.com
“the girl can flat out sing!” – Eric Cohen, WAER (Syracuse)
Jazz vocalist Sarah DeLeo takes the best from the masters and combines it with her own signature style to produce a sound that is both timeless and fresh. One hears her singing and is swept away to another time, and yet her powerful presence as a musical storyteller is thoroughly in the here and now: No matter the song, she delivers each lyric in such a personal way that the listener feels as if they are hearing their own stories. Her tireless exploration of many different styles of music yields fascinating results when it comes to song choices and arrangements, and her inventive melodic improvisation makes every restatement of a tune's melody thoroughly engaging—nothing's ever the same twice.
In October 2005 Sarah released her debut CD, The Nearness of You, which garnered critical acclaim and introduced Sarah's work to both national and international audiences. Her follow up to that release is 2009's I'm In Heaven Tonight, another inspired collection of songs that combines the old and the new.
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