Jackie Lopez

Just a few notes is all it takes for audiences to be captivated by Jackie's soulful and sultry voice. A self-taught singer she started performing at the age of 9 in her hometown of Chicago, IL. As a vintage jazz singer she delivers a glamorous performance full of old hollywood sparkle and glam. Her musical influences include Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Patsy Cline, Michael Buble, Billie Holiday, & Selena to name a few. In 2015 she appeared in an LGV10 commercial scatting alongside actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt & HitRecord team. Jackie breathes new life into every iconic american standard, swing, latin and pop song she performs

Bianca Pittoors

Born: September 24

Bianca Pittoors, a French-Canadian from Winnipeg, Manitoba, grew up in a family that offered her a rich variety of musical, cultural and artistic experiences. As a teenager, Bianca headed East and began to pursue with passion and dedication her dreams of forging a singing career. Many years later She is now a seasoned and polished performer. Her dynamic approach to music incorporates her love of mainstream and traditional jazz along with contemporary influences that range from Sting to Charles Aznavour and Burt Bacharach. Always passionately dedicated to the idea of artistic growth, Bianca has reinvented herself over the years, developing along the way a dynamic and tuneful ��retro jazz�� repertoire. Bianca sees music as an ongoing and never ending educational, and spiritual, process

Wayne Powers

From jazz vocalist/bandleader to actor/comedian/radio talk show host, it's easy to see why Wayne Powers is often referred to as a ��renaissance man��. Wayne started out as a ��boy singer�� in New York nightclubs at age 16. ��I wasn��t very good,�� he freely admits, ��but you��ve gotta start someplace �C and I grew up with this music inside me �C in my heart and soul �C and treasure it enough to gladly do whatever it takes for me to live inside the music. You see, when I was growing up we couldn��t afford a piano (and we had no room for one, anyway). so I just learned to play the human voice.�� Persistence paid off as Powers eventually studied in New York with renowned vocal coach of the day, Fred Steele, mentor to Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Eddie Fisher and widely credited with helping restore Tony Bennett��s voice

Corinne

Born: March 7

Evocative and provocative, “Tickled Pink,” the latest 2024 single release from Corinne, out now and available everywhere, infuses a modern spin on bossa jazz. She flirts with a pop sensibility, as well as her lyrical romantic subject, yet maintains the integrity of the traditional style. 

The song is both an instant throwback to another time and a modern classic. With just one listen, your toes feel equally buried in the sandy beaches of Rio ’24 or ’64. Corinne is an old soul who offers both sanctuary to tradition and a pioneering modern style. If Corinne has her way, “Tickled Pink” will be the new black this summer.

Torch Songs

By Carmen McRae

Label: Time Life Music
Released: 2002
Track listing: One For My Baby (And One More For The Road); I Left My Heart In San Francisco; Autumn Leaves; I Wish I Didn't Love You So; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye; I Wish You Love; My Old Flame; Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be); This Bitter Earth; Misty; Am I Blue?; Cry Me A River; Black Coffee; Trouble In Mind; Love Me Or Leave Me; The Man I Love; I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good); But Not For Me; Just One Of Those Things; Since I Fell For You; Crazy; Prisoner Of Love; Don't Smoke In Bed; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes; La Vie En Rose; Body And Soul; What A Diff'rence A Day Makes; Love Letters; Stormy Weather; Over The Rainbow;

Torch Songs

By Iva Ambush

Label: Iva Ambush
Released: 2001
Track listing: Please Send Me Someone to Love*; Skylark*; The Frim Fram Sauce*; My Favorite Things*; Lover Man#

Iva Ambush: Torch Songs

by Dave Nathan
March 1, 2001

Recorded from a live performance at Amherst College Iva Ambush and group run through a short play list of five standards. Despite the implication of the album's title, Torch Songs, not all of them are, e.g. “The Frim Fram Sauce" and “My Favorite Things". With no liner notes, it's hard to tell what the singer had ...