Althea Rene made history by becoming the first flute player in the history of Billboard Chart to reach the number one spot. In April 2015,
Jeanette Harris is undoubtedly the Sax Queen of smooth jazz,
boldly redefining the genre with her electrifying performances. Her
dynamic stage presence and uplifting musical energy create an
irresistible force that captivates audiences everywhere.
From her 2011 debut album, “Crossing Over”, to her #1 Billboard
charting 2022 album, “SHINE”, Innervision Records label recording artist
Kim Scott has impressed audiences across the globe in performances and
on the airwaves
Kim Scott has performed on the stages of Blues Alley, Seabreeze Jazz
Festival, Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, Catalina Jazztrax, and more
as a soloist. She is also a member of the all-female jazz supergroup
Jazz in Pink, alongside other musicians such as keyboardist Gail Jhonson
and violinist Karen Briggs, and has shared the stage with them across
the country.
I love Kim cuz she brings a 'stage presence and entertainment' along with her musicianship and compositions. Something the genre has been missing.
Sade was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, and was brought up in England from the age of four. She studied at Saint Martin's School of Art
in London and gained modest recognition as a fashion designer and
part-time model before joining the band Pride in the early 1980s.
Madonna Louise Ciccone born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Commonly known as the "Queen of Pop",
she has been recognized for her continual reinvention and versatility
in music production, songwriting and visual presentation. Madonna's
works, which incorporate social, political, sexual, and religious themes, have generated both controversy and critical acclaim.
On Sunday evening, October 4, 1970, Joplin was found dead on the floor
of her room at the Landmark Motor Hotel by her road manager and close
friend John Byrne Cooke.
Cooke believed Joplin had gotten heroin much more potent than
what she and other L.A. heroin users had received on previous
occasions, as was indicated by overdoses of several of her dealer's
other customers during the same weekend. Death was ruled accidental OD.
Anita Denise Baker is an American singer-songwriter. She is
known for her soulful ballads, particularly from the height of the quiet
storm period in the 1980s.
Starting her career in the late 1970s with the funk band Chapter 8,
Baker released her first solo album, The Songstress, in 1983.
in March 2021, Baker entered into a conflict with Elektra Records
over rights to her master recordings, which she claimed were supposed
to return to her after the expiration of her contract, according to copy wright law.
She asked fans to stop buying and streaming her music until the rights
to her music were given to her. In September 2021, she announced that
the dispute had been settled and that she owned her masters
Video: "No One In The World"
In February 2013, Baker returned to the national spotlight, performing "Lately" and "Same Ole Love" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. That same month, she appeared at the Grammy's where "Lately" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance. In January 2017, Baker confirmed she had retired. She emerged from retirement in 2018.
I recommend you listen to her very first solo album, "The Songstress"
Born in Rome and raised in Umbria,
Greta Panettieri began her musical career as a six-year-old playing the
violin, the instrument that she studied at Conservatory Francesco
Morlacchi of Perugia for the next 10 years. She also studied piano and vocals. In 1994 Greta won a scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Boston.
Video..."Under Control"
Instead of going to Boston on scholarship, Panettieri decided to stay in
New York City after arriving from Italy. She started singing in several
clubs, with different styles, from the most traditional to the most
experimental, performing with jazz groups but also Latin, Funk, R&B and Bossa Nova. Singing different musical genres allowed her to learn both English and Portuguese. In 2004 she founded "Greta's Bakery", along with Italian pianist Andrea Sammartino, American bassist Mike La Valle.
Today she is back in Rome. Still touring Europe and also teaching Jazz at the finest Universities.
Maggie Rose Durante was born in Potomac, Maryland and graduated from Georgetown, Prep School. She has been a lifelong singer but began performing at age 16 frequently with The B Street Band, a Bruce Springsteen tribute band. She attended Clemson University but moved to Nashville during her sophomore year in order to pursue a career in music upon receiving encouragement from producer Tommy Mottola, industry mogul and former head of Sony Music Entertainment (SME).
We met just after the lock down was lifted. In New York City, and Chicago.
In 2023, Rose signed with Big Loud. Her first studio album with the label (fourth overall), No One Gets Out Alive, was released on April 5, 2024. The title tune is Grammy nominated for 'American Song of the Year' 2024.
Sade grew up listening to American soul music, particularly the wave led
in the 1970’s by artists such as Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, and
Bill Withers. As a teenager, she saw the Jackson 5 at the Rainbow
Theatre in Finsbury Park, London where she worked behind the bar at
weekends. “I was more fascinated by the audience than by anything that
was going on on the stage. They’d attracted kids, mothers with children,
old people, white, black. I was really moved. That’s the audience I’ve
always aimed for”.
Sade served a long apprenticeship on the road with Pride. For three years, from 1981, she and the other seven members of the band toured the UK, often with her driving. Pride’s shows featured a segment in which Sade fronted a quartet that played quieter, jazzier numbers. One of these, a song called Smooth Operator, which Sade had co-written herself, attracted the attention of record company talent scouts. Soon, everybody wanted to sign her, but not the rest of Pride. Obstinately loyal to her friends in the group, Sade refused to depart. 18 months later she relented and signed to Epic records – on condition that she took with her the three band mates who still comprise the entity known as Sade: saxophonist Stuart Matthewman, keyboard player Andrew Hale, and bassist Paul Spencer Denman.
