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Joani Taylor
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- Vancouver, British Columbia
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SOCIETY OF SINGERS
9 members
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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIAT...
9 members
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L A JAZZ CONNECT
18 members
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NEW JERSEY JAZZ CONNECT
16 members
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PITTSBURGH JAZZ CONNECT
35 members
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- What is your profession?
- Songwriter, Singer, Producer, Composer
- What Instrument Do you Play?
- voice
- Where Are you located?
- Vancouver B.C. Canada
- How did you find out about TGJN?
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- Joani Taylor Bio
“The work, the will, the passion, Joani is all the things that inspire. Part of her magic is her fine control of nuances; vocals that range from a whisper to a whip.”
The Globe and Mail
Joani Taylor grew up on the stages of Vancouver nightclubs. While other teenage girls were glued to the radio on Friday nights, Joani was singing her heart out as the opening act for Stevie Wonder at Isy’s Supper Club on Georgia Street.
From clubs to concerts, television shows and film scores, Joani has sung in venues all over the world. Some of the names she’s worked with include; Bryan Adams, Jon Bon Jovi, Tom Jones, Little Richard, David Foster, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, Fraser MacPherson, and Moe Koffman. This distinguished list of influencers, along with years of performing with Vancouver’s top players, has now given rise to Joani’s sixth album, In My Own Voice.
“It's been too long between records for vocalist, Joani Taylor,
who returns to the scene with In My Own Voice, which features nine
tracks she co-wrote. She is effective on the ballads, most notably
Jim's Lament. Taylor updates the Dave Brubeck number, Take 5 with
the help of hip hopper Jay Kin.”
Marke Andrews, Vancouver Sun
Joani’s first love is jazz and she’s been an in-demand performer at the
Vancouver International Jazz Festival many times. Joani was nominated for the National Jazz Awards and her album The Wall Street Sessions received a Juno nomination in 2003.
A prolific writer and vocal arranger, Joani has embraced the art of teaching. An acknowledged jazz master, she has taught classes for singers, musicians and television performers. For Joani, jazz is a vehicle for communicating, and her students have studied in the classroom of her experience, “I teach them to make sure there’s a lot of space for the audience to be part of the song, to really feel the music. Jazz can’t be too serious either – I show them how to use humour to develop intimacy with the audience.”
Joani has just finished filming a dazzling new video for her song, Take 5. Shot in moody sepia tones, it is set in a late night secret party loft on the edge of the city. In an explosion of new-world street style and old world charm, Joani collaborated with edgy young cinematographer Chayse Irvin and a cast of hot young dancers to create a stunning portrait of the timeless jazz standard.
“Jazz is a metaphor for my life” – Joani Taylor
For more information, and to see Take 5, visit www.joanitaylor.com
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I was just saying that you knocked this out of the park with TGJN. We have needed something like this for so long and I am telling my friends about this. I said that it is sort of like a myspace for jazz but it is actually so much more. This is real. The people here truly love jazz and we know people like that are not your average people.
I have felt for a long time that straight-ahead jazz has been slipping away from us. I have hope now that there will be a resurgence (or shall I say an insurgency:-) to bring this baby back full force!
You just knocked it out of the park. Thanks again.
xoxo,
Janie
Events
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Mel Brown Quartet
March 25, 2009 at 8pm to March 27, 2013 at 11pm – Jimmy Mak's
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Saturday JAZZ Nights at Chelsea Wine Bar
November 14, 2009 at 8:30pm to November 15, 2009 at 12:30am – Chelsea Wine Bar
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Orjazz presenta - "La tragica notte del dott. Hives"
November 14, 2009 from 9pm to 11pm – Crevacuore
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Jazz & Art Extravaganza!
November 15, 2009 from 3pm to 8pm – Emmy Lu Gallery
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Lee Summer's "Just Piano Series" presents...
November 19, 2009 from 7pm to 8pm – Triad Theatre
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Workout
December 3, 2009 from 9pm to 11pm – Casale Monferrato
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Wwhere have you been dear Joani?Love.M
FURTHERMORE, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A INVITATION TO ALL TO JOIN AND MORE IMPORTANTLY PARTICIPATE,SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AS EDUCATORS AND HELP CREATE A PLACE WHERE GJN MEMBERS CAN GO TO FIND INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP IN THE PIRSUT OF A BETTER COMPREHENDTION & MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE APPRECIATION OF JAZZ.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE,
Glad to have you as a friend.
Jessie
So happy to find you here!Magic you!You make me come back,I was not there for a long time..Love.M
Thanks again for your friendship!
Paul
Hi from SF CA today Joani, good to hear from you up there in Vancouver BC, how's it going? Do you know my friend Terry Townson? If you see Terry up there, pls. tell him a big Howdy from Hammond. Keep up the good work, all the best,
Jon
*Member AF of M Local 802, Local 6 / ASCAP Publisher
http://ascap.com/network/audioportraits/Jon_Hammond_Rent/
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Here we have the KINGS of THE CHITLIN CIRCUIT Jon Hammond, David Fathead Newman, Bernard Purdie laying in to Jon Hammond's super funky
cover of chitlin circuit classic 'Mercy Mercy', full power in ZANZIBAR and GRILL NYC dinner show May 17th 1990 one day before Hammond went to
Nashville Tennessee to meet with Billy Joe Burnette of "Teddy Bear" fame. Joe Berger did a fine job of capturing the excitement and feel of this memorable
gig for The Jon Hammond Show TV Show, now in 26th year MNNTV MCTV New York and Jon's daily radio program HammondCast KYOURADIO Hammond
Cast streams daily on KYOURADIO dot com © http://www.HammondCast.com Jon Hammond Band here features the late great tenor saxophonist David Fathead
Newman, Bernard Purdie drums, Jon Hammond at B3 organ R.I.P David Newman and Eric Fuchsman keeping the Spirit here! and Apple iTunes
"The FINGERS...are The SINGERS!"™
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