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13 tracks | 56 minutes
Released May 2004
on Glennis Houston
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:02 Bye Bye Blackbird lyrics BUY MP3 04:02 Bye Bye Blackbird lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:02 Bye Bye Blackbird
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:37 Just Squeeze Me lyrics BUY MP3 03:37 Just Squeeze Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:37 Just Squeeze Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:42 I Want a Sunday Kind of Love lyrics BUY MP3 04:42 I Want a Sunday Kind of Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:42 I Want a Sunday Kind of Love
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:49 Summertime lyrics BUY MP3 04:49 Summertime lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:49 Summertime
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:08 God Bless the Child lyrics BUY MP3 04:08 God Bless the Child lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:08 God Bless the Child
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:05 The Story's Over lyrics BUY MP3 03:05 The Story's Over lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:05 The Story's Over
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:47 You'd be so Nice to Come Home To lyrics BUY MP3 03:47 You'd be so Nice to Come Home To lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:47 You'd be so Nice to Come Home To
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:21 I Love a Piano lyrics BUY MP3 03:21 I Love a Piano lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:21 I Love a Piano
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:46 Cow Cow Boogie lyrics BUY MP3 04:46 Cow Cow Boogie lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:46 Cow Cow Boogie
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:20 Lies of Handsome Men lyrics BUY MP3 05:20 Lies of Handsome Men lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:20 Lies of Handsome Men
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:54 Twisted lyrics BUY MP3 05:54 Twisted lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:54 Twisted
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:49 Someone Like You lyrics BUY MP3 04:49 Someone Like You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:49 Someone Like You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:36 Tea for Two lyrics BUY MP3 04:36 Tea for Two lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:36 Tea for Two
Sulty and smoky jazz vocals with thrilling high notes and breathy low notes ... styles similar to Diana Krall through to Annie Ross. American Song Book Standards, blues, smooth jazz with pop flair.
Bio / Background
Calgary Jazz singer Glennis Houston grew up listening to jazz and swing as her parents taught ballroom dancing, so she spent many nights listening to the laughter and music emanating from the basement dancing studio. She was always involved in music, in fact, with piano lessons in her childhood and teens, and then studying classical voice culminating with a Masters of Music from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She eventually realized, though, that after throwing her heart and soul into studying classical, her passion lay elsewhere. Thus, her move into jazz, with one of her first forays being the forming of an a cappella women's quartet concentrating on the jazz and swing genres. That group has since disbanded as she pursues work as a jazz vocalist. Glennis has studied with Calgary's Viviane Cardinal and Cheryl Fisher, and has attended the Vocal Jazz camp at the Banff Centre of Fine Arts, where she studied with Jay Clayton and Sheila Jordan.
↓ more ↓There, she also had the pleasure of working with musicians Randy Halberstadt, Dave Restivo, Mike Lent, and Owen Howard.
Glennis also has a deep love of theatre so upon her move back to Calgary from Colorado in 1995, became involved with Morpheus Theatre as music director for Gilbert & Sullivan shows "The Mikado" and "Pirates of Penzance," Front Row Centre with "Fiddler on the Roof," and Storybook Theatre with their production of "Snoopy." Never one to stay behind the scenes, though, she also pursued theatre work on stage with roles in Storybook's "Charlotte's Web," Gas & Light's "See How They Run" and "Holiday Snap," as well as with Chimaera Productions "Steel Magnolias." She continues to be cast in Pegasus Performances murder mystery/dinner theatre productions throughout Alberta.
Glennis has appeared at the (former) Cheshire Cat for Jazz Festival 2000, the Lunchbox Theatre for Jazz Festival 2001, the Beat Niq Jazz & Social Club, Blackfoot Inn, Michaelangelo's Workshop Café, Kaos Jazz & Blues Club, the Blue Rock, McQueen's, Diva's Lounge at the Rimrock Hotel in Banff, Murrietta's in Canmore, and various other venues. Her debut CD, "Lies of Handsome Men," was recorded in July 2003, and was released to a capacity crowd at BeatNiq on January 30th, 2004. She is scheduled to perform with her band at the C-Jazz Festival in September 2004, after which time she moves on to Edmonton for her debut appearance at Zenari's.
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