Results for "female composers"

Tilde Berrio Garcia

Born: September 1, 2000

Tilde Berrio García (2000) is a jazz guitarist and composer from Sweden and has quickly made an impression on the Swedish jazz scene. Her heartfelt, personal and creative expression is full of presence and her music invites the listener into a harmonius world where scandinavian jazz blends with spanish influences with a rich emotional spectrum. 

Tilde draws her inspiration from many different sources, which is evident in her music. Her colorful compositions include beautiful, simple, dissonant and unpredictable melodies and the varying temprament in her music is woven together by Tilde's characteristic sound and language.

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Lisa Young AU

Born: September 21

Lisa Young is well known to World and Jazz Music listeners as a creative vocal stylist and improviser, incorporating Indian and African elements in her work. A longtime student of maestro Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani in Chennai, India, Lisa specializes in "Konnakol" - South Indian vocal percussion. She has studied South Indian music since 1994, both in Australia and in India. In 2010 she received the Monash-Pratt Post Graduate Award for her PhD Music Performance candidature at Monash University. Lisa Young Quartet's album "Grace" won the prestigious "Bell award" for "Best Australian Vocal Jazz Album" in 2007

Christy Bennett

Born: November 15, 1983

Chicago singer Christy Bennett has been influenced by and performed the work other share of jazz legends, but her specialty is uncovering the gifts of lesser known songwriters, especially women. On her new album, Good Morning Heartache: the Music of Irene Higginbotham, she explores the work of an overlooked ‘40s composer (nice of the great swing trombonist J.C. Higginbotham) who is perhaps best known for her work with Billie Holiday but also wrote songs recorded by Anita O’Day, Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee and Nat King Cole.