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fave it Jazz Vocals | Jazzy Blues
9 tracks | 38 minutes
Released Jul 2003
on Goblin Bee Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:41 Time After Time lyrics BUY MP3 03:41 Time After Time lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:41 Time After Time
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:04 You Stepped Out Of A Dream lyrics BUY MP3 03:04 You Stepped Out Of A Dream lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:04 You Stepped Out Of A Dream
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:29 No Frills lyrics BUY MP3 03:29 No Frills lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:29 No Frills
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:46 Black Coffee lyrics BUY MP3 03:46 Black Coffee lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:46 Black Coffee
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:06 Tenderly lyrics BUY MP3 06:06 Tenderly lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:06 Tenderly
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:36 Corcovado lyrics BUY MP3 04:36 Corcovado lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:36 Corcovado
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:37 Scrapple From The Apple/Honeysuckle Rose lyrics BUY MP3 02:37 Scrapple From The Apple/Honeysuckle Rose lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:37 Scrapple From The Apple/Honeysuckle Rose
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:22 In A Mellow Tone lyrics BUY MP3 05:22 In A Mellow Tone lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:22 In A Mellow Tone
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:01 You Don't Know What Love Is lyrics BUY MP3 06:01 You Don't Know What Love Is lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:01 You Don't Know What Love Is
"Maria Jacobs is a fine singer with an appealing voice, a subtle style and the ability to swing...this is an impresive start to what should be a productive career" Scott Yanow, LA JAZZ SCENE, 1997
Bio / Background
Maria Jacobs
Singer; songwriter; recording artist; flutist; teacher; cabaret performer
Raised in a musical family out of Cleveland, OH, Maria has always been surrounded by diversity in music that reached far beyond what could be found in record stores. From the tender age of six she has sung in her church choir where eastern melodies and percussion were heard from the Melkite Catholic mass. In the fourth grade Maria began fifteen years of classical flute study and some piano, gaining a new appreciation for European melody and harmony through much practice and listening.
Her first encounters with live music were with her father Mike Jacobs, a drummer who frequently brought Maria to the bandstand to render her interpretations of favorite standards on which she was raised. All of these early experiences lead to music scholarship at Ohio State University and singing jazz in area nightclubs.
Maria has jammed with many great musicians including Grover Washington Jr. and Nancy Wilson.
↓ more ↓She has opened for Bob Dorough and recently recorded a demo with bassist Alphonso Johnson and drummer Ndugu Chancler, both formerly of Weather Report.
Upon graduating from college with a degree in Journalism, Maria started working with several jazz radio stations as a disc jockey, but it was in Cleveland that she met up with friend and mentor Bobby Jackson, three-time Gavin Radio Person of the Year. The musical director of then 24-hour jazz station WCPN hired her as his research assistant. It was here that she realized she would forever be a student of music, absorbing all she could from her various surroundings.
In 1997, Maria moved to Los Angeles, CA upon the coaxing of Alphonso Johnson, who also encouraged her to fulfill her musical journey. He introduced her to JVC recording artist Kevyn Lettau, with whom she studied privately for three years, and later followed to the Los Angeles Music Academy for more study in vocal improvisation.
Other musicians Maria has worked with include Bob Conti, Tony Dumas, Ralph Penland, Greg Poree, George Gaffney, Earl Palmer, Ernie McDaniel, Geoffrey Aymar, Paul Kreibech and Wilford Middlebrooks. She has participated in the master classes of some of the finest vocalists/clinicians in the business including Betty Carter, Diane Reeves and Jay Clayton. Maria currently sings professionally throughout Los Angeles, including concerts and clubs, and regularly throughout the South Bay area with the Richard Sherman Quintet.
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