Suzanne Cloud | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Suzanne Raynor Dunkle |
| Born | September 7, 1951 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Dreambox |
| Website | suzanne |
Suzanne Cloud (born September 7, 1951) is an American jazz singer, writer, and teacher.
Born in Philadelphia, Cloud grew up in a musical family in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey. Her father played ukulele and banjo, and her mother sang. Cloud studied piano and sang in musicals while a student at Pennsauken High School. [1] After graduating from high school, she attended nursing school at Methodist Hospital in Philadelphia. She appeared in regional productions of The Pajama Game and Bell, Book, and Candle . She received a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University–Camden and a master's and doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.
In the mid-1970s, Cloud was hired as the lead singer for the disco band Autumn. She recorded jingles for banks, retail stores, and other businesses, including "Come Fly with Me" for the Playboy Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In 1980 she concentrated more on jazz [2] while writing with producer and arranger Richie Rome. In 1982, she began working with pianist Eddie Green, singing jazz in hotels in Philadelphia, casinos in Atlantic City, and in neighborhood jazz clubs. Encounter Records released her debut album, I Like It, in 1986. [3]
Cloud has been the director of the Philadelphia Jazz Legacy Project, an archival initiative, and was the founding executive director of Jazz Bridge, an organization incorporated in 2005 with a friend, jazz singer Wendy Simon, to help local jazz and blues musicians in crisis. [4] She began Last Call at the Downbeat [5] for PIFA 2016 with a new composition by saxophonist Bobby Zankel and his Warriors of the Wonderful Sound jazz orchestra with the students of Grover Washington Jr. Middle School, which was performed at the Kimmel Center.
Cloud is the editor of The Real Philadelphia Book, 2nd edition with over 300 jazz and blues compositions by Philadelphia musicians. [6] She wrote a musical about Dizzy Gillespie's early years in Philadelphia for the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts in 2014. [7]
Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco is an American singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums. DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influences from punk, funk, hip hop and jazz. She has released all her albums on her own record label, Righteous Babe.
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Collingswood is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, located 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Center City, Philadelphia. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 13,926, reflecting a decline of 400 (-2.8%) from the 14,326 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 963 (-6.3%) from the 15,289 counted in the 1990 Census.
Pennsauken Township is a township in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 35,885, reflecting an increase of 148 (+0.4%) from the 35,737 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 999 (+2.9%) from the 34,738 counted in the 1990 Census.
Fresh Air is an American radio talk show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States since 1985. It is produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The show's host is Terry Gross. As of 2017, the show was syndicated to 624 stations and claimed nearly 5 million listeners. The show is fed live weekdays at 12:00 noon ET. In addition, some stations carry Fresh Air Weekend, a re-programming of highlights of the week's interviews. In 2016, Fresh Air was the most-downloaded podcast on iTunes.
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