Camille Thurman
Camille Thurman (born December 22, 1986 in Queens , New York City ) is an American jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophone , flute , vocals , composition ).
Live and act
Thurman started singing at an early age. She attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts and learned to play the flute; at the age of 15 she received her first saxophone, soon to be able to perform professionally. After graduating from high school, she earned a university degree in geology and environmental science from Binghamton University before continuing her career as a musician in New York City, where she worked in the jazz scene there from the mid-2000s. a. with Wynton Marsalis & The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Whitney Marchelle ( Dig Dis ), Shamie Royston and the formation Nickel and Dime Ops ( Resuscitation Music , 2018). Her singing style is compared to that of Ella Fitzgerald .
Her debut album Spirit Child (Hot Tone Music) was released in 2013, followed by Origins , which Thurman recorded in 2011–13 in various line- ups with Enoch Smith, Jr., Luis Perdomo , Brandee Younger , Corcoran Holt , Rudy Royston and Shirazette Tinnin . She has also performed with Chaka Khan , Benny Golson , Dr. Lonnie Smith , Alicia Keys , Nicholas Payton, and Russell Malone on; with Sisters in Jazz around Dorota Piotrowska she performed in Europe. In the field of jazz, she was involved in seven recording sessions between 2008 and 2018. Currently (2018) Thurman appears with his own formation or with the Darrell Green Quartet (including a Horace Silver tribute project) in clubs and venues such as the Kennedy Center , Smalls , Dizzy's Club Coca Cola and The Jazz Gallery .
Thurman is married to the drummer Darrell Green .
Awards
In 2013 Thurman was a semi-finalist at the Sarah Vaughan Vocal Competition. In 2015 she received the Martin E. Segal Award in the Young Outstanding Artists category and the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award.
Discographic notes
- Inside the Moment ( Chesky Records , 2017), with Mark Whitfield , Ben Allison , Billy Drummond
- Waiting for the Sunrise (Chesky, 2018), with Jeremy Pelt , Jack Wilkins , Cecil McBee , Steve Williams
Web links
- Web presence
- Camille Thurman at Allmusic (English)
- Camille Thurman at Discogs (English)
- Camille Thurman Is A Rare Jazz Double Threat. National Public Radio, August 24, 2018, accessed December 28, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography (AllAboutJazz)
- ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 29, 2018)
- ↑ Jazz Speaks: A look inside The Jazz Gallery - Camille Thurman - Live at The Jazz Gallery
- ↑ Simon Pensionner & Sarah Geledi: Camille Thurman and Darrell Green: Alone Together Duets. The Checkout, June 16, 2020, accessed July 3, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thurman, Camille |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (saxophone, vocals) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Queens , New York City |