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Jazzmeia Horn (born April 16, 1991) is an American jazz singer and songwriter. She won the Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition in 2015.[1] Horn's repertoire includes jazz standards and covers of songs from other genres, including by artists such as Stevie Wonder.[2][3] She has been compared to jazz vocalists such as Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughan, and Nancy Wilson.[1]

Jazzmeia Horn
Horn in 2017
Background information
Born (1991-04-19) April 19, 1991 (age 31)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
GenresJazz, jazz fusion, R&B
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
LabelsPrestige Records
Websiteartistryofjazzhorn.com

Early life


Horn was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, United States. She attended the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas.[4]


Music career


Horn moved to New York City in 2009. She attended the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.[1] During her first semester in New York City, she formed a trio featuring Javier Santiago, Nadav Lachishe, and Cory Cox.[5]

Her first live radio show was in the fall of 2009 on the Junior Mance WBGO radio show in Newark, New Jersey, and she has performed at The Apollo, Ginny's Supper Club, and the Metropolitan Room. Horn has since received many accolades from jazz critics.

In 2014, Horn toured internationally in England, France, Russia, South Africa, and Austria.[6]

She was featured as one of the stars in South Australia's Generations in Jazz 2017, singing with artists such as James Morrison, Wycliffe Gordon, Gordon Goodwin and Ross Irwin among others.

In 2017 Horn also released her first album. Entitled A Social Call, it was ranked the number 1 album for 2017 on the JazzWeek website.[7] The album tour took her throughout the U.S., Asia (Macau), and Europe (London, Paris, and Milan).

A Social Call earned Horn her first Grammy nomination in 2018. She performed at the 60th Grammy Award Ceremony on January 28, 2018, and was met with much admiration from the audience.

Her follow-up album, Love & Liberation, earned Horn her second Grammy nomination in 2020 for best jazz vocal album.


Discography



Awards



References


  1. Chinen, Nate (November 16, 2015). "Jazzmeia Horn Wins Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition". The New York Times. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  2. Ron Scott (August 18, 2016). "Tulivu, Bird Fest, TriHarLenium". New York Amsterdam News. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  3. "Jazzmeia Horn". Musicians.allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  4. "Jazzmeia Horn Wins Sarah Vaughan Jazz Vocal Competition". Jazz Roots. November 19, 2013.
  5. "Jazzmeia Horn Lives Up to Her Name New School Jazz Student Wins Downbeat'S 33rd Annual Student Music Award". Blogs.newschool.edu. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  6. "Jazzmeia Horn | Georg Leitner Productions". Glp.at. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  7. "JazzWeek | Year End: 2017 Jazz Chart". www.jazzweek.com. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  8. "City Parks FoundationCharlie Parker Jazz Festival: Randy Weston African Rhythms Sextet / Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles / The Artistry of Jazzmeia Horn / Charles Turner III / Master Class: Samuel Coleman – City Parks Foundation". Cityparksfoundation.org. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  9. "Sarah Vaughan Competition". Sarah Vaughan Competition. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  10. "DownBeat 2018 Critics Poll Awards". Down Beat. Retrieved June 25, 2018.



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- [en] Jazzmeia Horn

[es] Jazzmeia Horn

Jazzmeia Horn (16 de abril de 1991) es una cantante y compositora de jazz estadounidense de ascendencia africana. Ganó el Concurso Internacional de Jazz del Thelonious Monk Institute en 2015. [1] El repertorio de Horn incluye estándars de jazz y versiones de canciones de otros géneros y de artistas como Stevie Wonder. [2] [3] Ha sido comparada con vocalistas de jazz como las legendarias Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughan y Nancy Wilson. A los 23 años, Jazzmeia "Jazz" Horn ya se había ganado una gran reputación en Nueva York como artista musical dinámica. [4]

[ru] Хорн, Джазмея

Джазмея «Джаз» Хорн (англ. Jazzmeia "Jazz" Horn; род. 16 апреля 1991, Даллас, Техас, США), также Джазмейа Хорн, — американская исполнительница джаза. Помимо написания своих песен, Джазмея делает каверы на песни других жанров и исполнителей (к примеру, на песни Стиви Уандера)[1][2].



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