Veronica Swift

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Veronica Swift (* 1994 ) is an American jazz musician ( vocals ).

Live and act

Swift, who first grew up in Charlottesville , comes from a family of musicians; her parents are jazz musicians Hod O'Brien and Stephanie Nakasian . At the age of nine she had the opportunity to record her first album with Richie Cole and her father's rhythm section , Veronica's House of Jazz . At the age of eleven, she appeared in the series of events Women in Jazz at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola; At the age of 13 she presented her second album It's Great to Be Alive , on which saxophonist Harry Allen also participated. Her album Lonely Woman (2015) received positive reviews from the trade press.

Swift graduated from the Frost School of Music ( University of Miami ) with a bachelor's degree in jazz singing in 2016 . She then moved to New York City, where she had an engagement at the local Birdland Jazz Club . She also appeared with Chris Botti , Benny Green and Michael Feinstein ; she also toured with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra . Swift was a finalist in the 2015 Thelonious Monk Competition ; according to Bill Milkowski , it has perfect pitch and phrasing. In the field of jazz, Tom Lord has 10 recording sessions in which she participated between 2004 and 2019. At the Down Beat Critics Poll 2020 she was the winner as a rising star in the category Best Singer .

Discographic notes

  • Veronica's House of Jazz (SNOB, 2004), with Richie Cole, Hod O'Brien, Pete Spaar, Ronnie Free, Stephanie Nakasian
  • It's Great to Be Alive! (SNOB, 2007), with Harry Allen, Hod O'Brien, Lee Hudson , Neal Miner , Jeff Brillinger , Stephanie Nakasian
  • Lonely Woman (2015), with Emmet Cohen , Benny Bennack III, Daryl Johns, Matt Wigler, Scott Lowrie
  • Jeff Rupert with Veronica Swift Let's Sail Away (Rupe, 2017), with Dan Miller, Christian Herrera, Saul Dautch, Richard Drexler, Charlie Silva, Marty Morell
  • Benny Green: Then and Now (2018), with Anne Drummond , David Wong , Kenny Washington , Josh Jones
  • Confessions (Mack Avenue, 2019)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b short biography
  2. ↑ a b Bill Milkowski: 12 New Jazz Artists to Watch in 2019. Paste, January 4, 2019, accessed on January 17, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography ( online , accessed February 1, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Swift, Veronica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1994