Meredith d'Ambrosio | |
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Born | 1941 Boston, Massachusetts |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | |
Years active | 1970s–present |
Labels | Palo Alto, Sunnyside |
Website | Meredith d'Ambrosio at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 January 2020) |
Meredith d'Ambrosio (born 1941) is an American jazz singer from Boston, Massachusetts.
D'Ambrosio was born into a musical family and took piano lessons beginning at the age of six. In 1958 she spent a year at the Boston Museum School, then pursued a career in painting and music. She rejected an offer to tour with John Coltrane in 1966. [1] Over ten years later she recorded her debut album, mostly providing her own piano accompaniment. [2] In 1988, d'Ambrosio and jazz pianist Eddie Higgins were married and became a popular team at clubs and festivals, as well as recording for Sunnyside Records. She appeared on the radio program Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland in 1994. [1]
In addition to singing and playing piano, she is a composer, lyricist, painter, calligrapher, and teacher. Her album Out of Nowhere (2000) was nominated for the Django Award by the French Academy of Jazz. [1]
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