Brenda Boykin
Brenda Boykin (born March 30, 1957 in Oakland ) is an American jazz and blues singer .
Live and act
Boykin began singing in the North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church choir and was a solo singer there. She learned the clarinet during high school and turned to jazz and blues while studying psychology at Berkeley University .
She became known as the singer of the Johnny Nocturne Band . She has played at many international festivals such as the DuMaurier Jazz Festival in Vancouver , the Monterey Bay Blues Festival , Monterey Jazz Festival , San Francisco Blues Festival and the Umbria Jazz Festival.
She was the winner of the Montreux Under the Sky competition at the 39th Montreux Jazz Festival ; her quartet was named the best band of the entire outdoor festival . In 2015 she appeared as a soloist with the Russian Chamber Philharmonic St. Petersburg at the gala of the Zelt-Musik-Festival in Freiburg . She is a regular guest at this festival.
She worked for a long time with the guitarist Eric Swinderman , but in 2004 she moved from San Francisco to Wuppertal . She is involved in the German nu jazz project Club des Belugas .
Discographic notes
- 2016: Brenda Boykin & Jan Luley Trio "See Ya Later"
- 2014: Club des Belugas feat. Brenda Boykin " Iko Iko "
- 2013: Brenda Boykin
- 2012: All the Time in the World
- 2008: Chocolate & Chili
- 2001: Brenda Boykin & Eric Swinderman Conversations in Time
- 1997: Brenda Boykin & Eric Swinderman Bourbon and Cornbread: Smooth Blues & Rough Jazz
- 1997: Brenda Boykin & Hoome Cookin
Awards
Boykins was nominated in 1997 for "Best Singer of the Year" for a Bay Area Music Award from Bay Area Music magazine . At the Montreux Jazz Festival the audience voted their quartet as the best band of the festival.
Web links
- Brenda Boykin at Discogs (English)
- Brenda Boykin at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Globe Records (English)
- ↑ a b Voiced black blues lady , bz, Badische Zeitung, August 10, 2009, accessed July 21, 2015
- ^ German Jazz Philharmonic
- ↑ Homepage Bluesnight Band ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "Exile - Asylum - Home" was this year's motto , Georg Rudiger, Badische Zeitung, July 14, 2015
- ↑ Brenda Boykin and Funkreich at ZMF , bz, Badische Zeitung, July 6, 2012
- ↑ Today: Brenda Boykin's free concert ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , fudder, July 30, 2010
- ↑ [] manuel lorenz, fudder, July 9, 2009
- ↑ Club des Belugas ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Single Club des Belugas (Single) ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boykin, Brenda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz and blues singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oakland |