Sara Gazarek | |
|---|---|
 Gazarek at the 2008 Java Jazz Festival | |
| Background information | |
| Born | February 26, 1982 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, pop, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Native Language, Palmetto |
| Website | www |
Sara Gazarek is an American jazz singer from Seattle.
Gazarek was born in Seattle, Washington and moved to Los Angeles in 2000 to attend the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. [1] [2] In college her teachers included Carmen Bradford, John Clayton, and Tierney Sutton. Clayton produced her first album, Yours (2005). [2] The album was a critical and commercial success with a top ten ranking in the Billboard Traditional Jazz Charts as well as being the top album download in iTunes for Jazz in Germany and France. [1] Clayton also produced her second album, Return to You (2007). She recorded Where Time Stands Still (2010) with the German band Triosence. [2] In the liner notes for Blossom and Bee (2012) she cited the influence of Blossom Dearie. [3] She produced her album Thirsty Ghost. [4]
Gazarek returned to the University of Southern California to accept a job on the faculty of jazz studies. [3] She has also taught at the Eastman School of Music. [5]
Since 2020, Gazarek is a member of säje. She shared in the group's 2024 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals. [6]
Etta Jones was an American jazz singer. Her best-known recordings are "Don't Go to Strangers" and "Save Your Love for Me". She worked with Buddy Johnson, Oliver Nelson, Earl Hines, Barney Bigard, Gene Ammons, Kenny Burrell, Milt Jackson, Cedar Walton, and Houston Person.
Margrethe Blossom Dearie was an American jazz singer and pianist. She had a recognizably light and girlish voice. Dearie performed regular engagements in London and New York City over many years and collaborated with many musicians, including Johnny Mercer, Miles Davis, Jack Segal, Johnny Mandel, Duncan Lamont, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, and Jay Berliner.
John Paul Pizzarelli Jr. is an American jazz guitarist and vocalist. He has recorded over twenty solo albums and has appeared on more than forty albums by other recording artists, including Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Rosemary Clooney; his father, jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli; and his wife, singer Jessica Molaskey.
Native Language Music is a jazz record label founded in 1996 by Theo Bishop and Joe Sherbanee in Southern California.
Sara Beth Bareilles is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She has sold over three million albums and over 15 million singles in the United States. Bareilles has earned various accolades, including two Grammy Awards, as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Tony Awards. In 2012, VH1 named her one of the Top 100 Greatest Women in Music.
Judith Theresa Colantone, known as Jay Clayton, was an American avant-garde jazz vocalist and educator.
Gretchen Parlato is an American jazz singer and three-time Grammy nominee. She has performed and recorded with musicians such as Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Barron, Esperanza Spalding, Terence Blanchard, Marcus Miller and Lionel Loueke.
Matt Wallace is an American record producer. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, and has been producing professionally since the early 1980s. He is best known for his work with David Baerwald, Faith No More, Maroon 5, O.A.R., The Replacements, and Train.
Gregory Allen Kurstin is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. He has won nine Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year, Non-Classical in 2017 and 2018, and contributed to four songs which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100.
Cheryl Bentyne is a jazz singer who spent much of her career with The Manhattan Transfer.
Alexis Cole is an American jazz singer.
Yours is the studio album by jazz vocalist Sara Gazarek. Gazarek's debut album was released by Native Language Music on August 23, 2005. The album peaked at number 10 on Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.
Return to You is the second studio album by jazz singer Sara Gazarek. The album was released by Native Language Music on June 5, 2007. The album contains popular songs, jazz tunes from 90's, and originals written by pianist Josh Nelson.
Let It Go is the third studio album by jazz pianist Josh Nelson. It was released by Native Language Music on September 25, 2007.
Josh Nelson is an American jazz pianist and composer.
Blossom & Bee is a studio album by American jazz singer Sara Gazarek released on June 19, 2012, by Palmetto Records. All the tracks are cover versions except "Blossom & Bee", which Gazarek wrote with producer Larry Goldings and Bill DeMain, and "Fly Away Birdie" which she wrote with pianist Josh Nelson. Seven of the twelve songs on the album have been recorded by Blossom Dearie. The album debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard jazz album chart.
Cécile McLorin Salvant is an American jazz vocalist. She was the winner of the first prize in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2010, releasing her first album, Cécile, shortly thereafter. Her second album, WomanChild, was released in 2013 on Mack Avenue Records, receiving a 2014 Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Salvant won four categories in the 2014 DownBeat Critics Poll: Jazz Album of the Year, Female Vocalist, Rising Star–Jazz Artist, and Rising Star–Female Vocalist. Her third album, For One to Love, was released on September 5, 2015, to critical acclaim from The New York Times, The Guardian, and Los Angeles Times. It won her the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2016.
Arooj Aftab is a Pakistani singer, composer, and producer. A Grammy Award-winning artist, she has worked in various musical styles and idioms, including jazz and minimalism.
Thirsty Ghost is a studio album by Sara Gazarek.
Säje is an American vocal quartet. The group won a 2024 Grammy Award for its debut album.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
