Stephanie Nakasian

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Patricia Stephanie Nakasian (born August 29, 1954 in Washington, DC ) is an American jazz singer and music teacher.

Live and act

Nakasian grew up in Bronxville and studied classical violin and piano playing as well as singing. After studying economics at Northwestern University , where she earned her BA and MBA, she worked for banking companies in New York and Chicago until 1981, before working full-time as a musician.

In 1983/84 she went on tour with Jon Hendricks . Since 1980 she has mainly worked with the pianist Hod O'Brien , with whom she is married and has a daughter, the jazz singer Veronica Swift . She has since appeared on several radio shows, including a. with a tribute program to composers Hoagy Carmichael and Walter Donaldson ; she has also appeared with Urbie Green , Pat Metheny , Clark Terry , Scott Hamilton , Hank Jones , Roy Haynes , Philly Joe Jones and Annie Ross .

She teaches singing at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville , Virginia and the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia . She also held regular workshops at schools and teacher training courses. She wrote the textbook It's Not on the Page! How to Integrate Jazz and Jazz Rhythm into Choral and Solo Repertoire , released in 2001.

In 1989 she released her debut album Comin 'Alive , on which she was accompanied by Phil Woods , Wayne Andre , Warren Chiasson , Hod O'Brien , Nabil Totah and Bill Goodwin . It also followed several tribute albums to singers such as Billie Holiday , Lee Wiley and June Christy .

Discography

  • 2009: Billie Remembered: The Classic Songs of Billie Holiday
  • 2009: Dedicated to Lee Wiley
  • 2006: I Love You
  • 2006: Thrush Hour: A Study of the Great Ladies of Jazz
  • 2002: Lullaby in Rhythm: In Tribute to June Christy
  • 2001: Invitation to an Escapade
  • 1993: BitterSweet
  • 1992: French Cookin '
  • 1989: Comin 'Alive

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait of Nick Catalano in All About Jazz (2004)
  2. ↑ Portrait at virginia.edu
personal data
SURNAME Nakasian, Stephanie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nakasian, Patricia Stephanie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC