Ladies in Jazz

Denise Jannah is presently recognized as one of the best Jazz vocalists worldwide. “This woman can make you dream, cry and fall in love,” wrote the Music Advocate (Washington,USA). Denise Jannah is a Dutch Suriname-born Jazz vocalist who was the first Dutch Jazz soloist to be signed by the Blue Note Records label in New York/USA. She is a honey-voiced contralto with impeccable and creative phrasing who is being  ranked alongside great predecessors such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn and Carmen McRae. She is multilingual and doesn’t shy away from other musical genres like Gospel, Latin, Pop- and World Music. So far Denise has released nine albums, three of them were released by Blue Note Records. She has performed in major Jazz festivals throughout the world and performed at several prestigious functions for heads of states, including special performances for Her Majesty Beatrix, (former) Queen of Holland, and  former presidents Bill Clinton, Ronald Venetiaan (Suriname) and Nelson Mandela, and on separate occasions for luminaries such as Mrs. Graça Machel-Mandela and Mrs. Hillary Clinton. Jannah lives in the Netherlands, where she has made her mark as one of the country’s top Jazz vocalists. She received several awards, among others the Edison Award, twice (the Dutch equivalent of the U.S. Grammy). Jannah is also an acclaimed composer, lyricist, actress and voice educator. She starred in various theatre plays and musicals, also international productions.

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