Sarah McKenzie

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Sarah McKenzie
Born6th November 1987
OriginAustralia
Genres Jazz

Sarah McKenzie is an Australian jazz musician. She is a singer, pianist, composer, and arranger. [1] [2] Her album Close Your Eyes won the 2012 ARIA Music Award for Best Jazz Album. She was also nominated for the same award in 2011 with Don't Tempt Me [3] and in 2015 for We Could Be Lovers. [4] We Could Be Lovers won an Australian Jazz Bell Award in 2015 for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album. [5]

Contents

Discography

Albums

TitleDetails
Don't Tempt Me
  • Released: 2011 [6]
  • Label: ABC Music (2770600)
Close Your Eyes
  • Released: August 2012 [7]
  • Label: ABC Music (3709594)
We Could Be Lovers
  • Released: 31 October 2014 [8]
  • Label: ABC Music (3794794)
Paris in the Rain
Secrets of My Heart
  • Released: 29 March 2019 [10]
  • Label: Normandy Lane Music

Awards

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2011 Don't Tempt Me Best Jazz Album Nominated [11]
2012 Close Your EyesBest Jazz AlbumWon [11]
Chong Lim for Close Your Eyes Producer of the Year Nominated
2015 We Could Be LoversBest Jazz AlbumNominated [11]

Jazz Bell Awards

The Australian Jazz Bell Awards are annual music awards for the jazz music genre in Australia.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2015We Could Be LoversBest Australian Jazz Vocal AlbumWon

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References

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  2. Voisey, Mark (8 June 2012), "Sarah McKenzie was born to sing jazz", Courier Mail
  3. Budd, Jim (5 December 2012), "Sarah McKenzie wins jazz ARIA award", Jazz Australia
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