Vicky Mountain

Bio:

Vicky Mountain has been a mainstay of the Twin Cities music scene since the mid-70s. Her performances in many musical genres include shows with jazz, swing and big bands as well as R&B, Top 40, avant garde and free jazz. She has performed regularly with her own trio/quartet as well as the Lakewood Jazz Ensemble (big band - in the 90s) and the BelaGala Big Band. She's performed at the Dakota, Sophia, the Times, Rossi's, Dakota Cty. Music Cafe, Blue Nile, Terlizzos, Woodfire Grill, Cafe Luxe, the Dover, Night Train, Triangle Bar, Rainbow Gallery (if you recognize some of those names you know how long she's been singing in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.) She's also performed in Uruguay and Paraguay with the Lakewood Band and in Winnipeg with Dick King and the Classic Swing Band. Vicky is a teacher of jazz and pop voice at MacPhail Center for Music where she is also the head of the voice department. She teaches private lessons and classes such as "The Singer's Jam Session" and "Recording Workshop for the Popular Singer." For more info check out www.macphail.org. Vicky also offers various business leadership workshops inviting business people to learn from the communication skills used by Jazz musicians. These highly interactive workshops have been great team building events for businesses such as General Mills, Deluxe Crop. and Carlson Marketing to name a few.

Member Since:

October 09, 2006

Members:

Vicky Mountain has played with many of the Twin Cities finest musicians. Here are just a few: Pianists Chris Lomheim, Tanner Taylor, Mary Louise Knutson, Laura Caviani, Phil Aaron, Mark Asche, Ron Seamon, Rick Carlson, Larry McDonough, John Einweck, Gary Brunotte. Bassists Michael O'Brien, Jocko MacNelly, Jim Chenoweth, Tom Lewis, Gordy Johnson, Tony Axtell, Bruce Heine, Steve Pikal, Graydon Peterson, Jay Young, James Buckley, Adam Linz, Jim Bierma, Dave Maslow. Drummers Greg Schutte, Mac Santiago, Jay Epstein, Michael Pilhofer, Phil Hey, Nathan Norman, Dick Bortolussi, Haralds Bondaris, Jendeen Forberg. (for any of you I've forgotten I still think you're wonderful)

Influences:

Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Flora Purim, Anita O'Day, Sarah Vaugh, Betty Carter, Peggy Lee, Joe Williams, Talking Heads, Otis Redding, Leon Russell, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison and many others.

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Record Label:

Indie