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| Veronica Swift Appearing at Birdland November 21-25 Sets 8:30 & 11pm  Vocalist Veronica SwiftWinner of the Hot House Magazine 2017 "Rising Star" Award Appearing at Birdland November 21-25 Sets 8:30 & 11pm with The Benny Green Trio Benny Green - piano Yasushi Nakamura - bass Carl Allen - drums Birdland Jazz Club 315 West 44th Street (Btw 8th & 9th Avs) New York, NY 10036 At age 23, Veronica Swift is now being recognized around the country as one of the top young jazz singers on the scene. In the fall of 2015, she won second place at the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition. In 2016 she was asked to perform a concert of her own at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York City and she was a guest artist with Michael Feinstein at Jazz at Lincoln Center with the Tedd Firth Big Band and Marilyn Maye and Freda Payne. Veronica's first appearance at Jazz at Lincoln Center was at age 11 when she performed at the "Women in Jazz" series at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. In the summer of 2016 she headlined at the Telluride Jazz Festival, her 10th appearance there – but her first as a headliner. She first appeared there at age 10 with Dave Adams' Young Razzcals Jazz Project and the great saxophonist Richie Cole and later she sang a duet with the featured artist, Paquito d'Rivera. Veronica finished her undergraduate degree (BM in Jazz Voice) at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in December 2016, where she was a full scholarship student. It was after that that she moved to New York City, where she was almost immediately started performing every Saturday night at the legendary Birdland Jazz Club, a gig she continues to maintain when she isn't on the road. Veronica has been on tour with her parents, renowned jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and celebrated jazz singer and educator/author Stephanie Nakasian. She has appeared on stage with Jon Hendricks, Annie Ross, Esperanza Spalding, Joe Lovano, Bob Dorough, Kim Nazarian, Danilo Perez, and others. With her family she has appeared at Blues Alley Jazz Club in DC, the Jazz Standard in NYC, the Jazz Cruise, and for the New Jersey and Hilton Head Jazz Societies. She has appeared at SF Performing Arts Center, Rochester Jazz Festival and tours regularly with Grammy Winner/Trumpeter Chris Botti including special guest appearances on his entire upcoming Blue Note engagement for 5 weeks from mid-December to January. Veronica recorded two CDs as a child – one at age 9 with Richie Cole and her father's rhythm section and her mother, and one at age 13 with saxophonist Harry Allen. Her 2015 Album "Lonely Woman" features some of the hottest young jazz players on the scene including Emmet Cohen, Benny Bennack III, Daryl Johns (with whom she shared the Grammy Choir/Band experience), Matt Wigler, and Scott Lowrie. In addition to performing the Great American Songbook and Bebop and Vocalese classics, Veronica is also a passionate devotee of 20s and 30s music and has sung with Vince Giordano, Terry Waldo, and Drew Nugent. Veronica recently returned from opening the Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz Club Dizzy's in Shanghai, China and also recently sang the National Anthem at Madison Square Garden for the NY Rangers. Her next album is scheduled for a 2018 release and will feature the great pianist Benny Green and his trio. write your comments about the article :: © 2017 Jazz News :: home page |