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Veronica Swift (born May 14, 1994) is an American jazz and bebop singer.[1][2][3]

Veronica Swift
Born (1994-05-14) May 14, 1994 (age 28)
OriginCharlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Genres
  • Jazz
  • bebop
  • straight-ahead jazz
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2004–present
LabelsMack Avenue Records
Websitewww.veronicaswift.com

Early life


Swift was raised in Charlottesville, Virginia, as part of a family of musicians.[4] Her parents are late jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian.[1][4] At the age of nine, she recorded her debut album, Veronica’s House of Jazz (2004), featuring Richie Cole playing with her father's rhythm section.[3] She began touring with her parents at this time as well.[4] At age eleven, she appeared in the series Women in Jazz at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola; At the age of 13, she released her second album, It's Great to Be Alive (2007), on which saxophonist Harry Allen also played.[4]

Swift earned her bachelor's degree in jazz voice in 2016 from the University of Miami's Frost School of Music.[4][5] While there, she composed a goth-rock opera entitled Vera Icon about a homicidal nun.[4] Swift says she "needed an outlet for the anger" she felt at her father's cancer, and needed a more dramatic genre to express the emotion.[4] Her 2015 album, Lonely Woman, includes two songs with her father at the piano and may represent the last recording by Hod O’Brien, who died in 2016. Swift placed second at the 2015 Thelonious Monk Competition.[4][6] Following graduation, she moved to New York City, where she played Saturday nights at the Birdland jazz club.[3][5][6]


Career


She appeared with Chris Botti, Benny Green, and Michael Feinstein.[6] She toured with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.[4] She was involved in ten recording sessions between 2004 and 2019.[7] In 2019, she went on tour with the Benny Green Trio.[3][4]

Bill Milkowski said she has perfect pitch and phrasing.[2][3]


Awards and honors



Discography


Solo

Appearances


References


  1. "Veronica Swift, Stephanie Nakasian, Hod O'Brien and Jeff Rupert". Heidi's Jazz Club. 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  2. Milkowski, Bill (January 4, 2019). "New Jazz Artists to Watch in 2019". Paste Magazine. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  3. Birdland Jazz Club (November 21, 2017). "Veronica Swift: She Bop Shares Her Story". Medium.com. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  4. Forman, Bill (March 6, 2019). "Veronica Swift discusses jazz legacies, vocal technique, and her rock opera about a homicidal nun". Colorado Springs Independent. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  5. Weideman, Paul (November 9, 2018). "Jazz's new It Girl: Singer Veronica Swift". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  6. Gilbert, Andrew (February 28, 2018). "Jazz singer Veronica Swift a fast-rising star". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  7. Lord, Tom (November 2019). "Musician List". The Jazz Discography. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  8. "2019 Readers' Poll Results". JazzTimes. Braintree, Massachusetts: Madavor Media. January 30, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2020.




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