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- What is your profession?
- singer
- What Instrument Do you Play?
- Jazz/Blues Vocals
- Where Are you located?
- Fort Lee, New Jersey
- How did you find out about TGJN?
- TammE Hunt email
- About Me:
- Kevin Mahogany, jazz singer, educator, “Ms. Holiday has fantastic stage presence and it’s time for her music to be heard.”
Carl Griffin, former President, N-Coded Music “Cynthia Holiday has the right look and a competitive instrument.”
Matt Rogers, NY Amsterdam News “Singer Cynthia Holiday is a woman who can truly put on a show.”
A native of Newark, NJ, Cynthia Holiday is a vocalist and songwriter who grew up in a house of jazz lovers. Her stepfather, Calvin Hughes, played the trumpet with Frank Foster, Clark Terry, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, toured with Big Maybelle and was a Big Band leader. Cynthia was always surrounded by musicians and was able to learn what life was like on the road and was coached on how to succeed in the business. As a young person, Cynthia would accompany her father to gigs and was quite impressed with many vocalists in the band including Regina Belle, before she crossed over to Pop music.
Her family may have planted the seed to sing, but it was her dancing that initially sealed her desire to perform in front of an audience. Cynthia studied and performed with the Garden State Ballet Company in Newark, NJ from elementary school through high school. In her college years, she performed with the Morse Donaldson Modern Dance Company and earned her college tuition by teaching dance.
The Newark School for the Arts was the beginning for Holiday’s vocal training and it was also the alma mater for many famous artists. She continued to study voice privately with such accomplished notables as Kevin Mahogany, Marion Cowings, Myrna Lake, Radam Schwartz, the late Rita DaCosta Turrentine and jazz composer, Duke Anderson.
According to Sheila Anderson, host/producer of Late Night Jazz on WBGO-88.3, “Ms. Holiday’s debut recording, Cynthia Holiday…All The Way,
will appeal to people who appreciate jazz and blues. The recording is a combination of jazz standards, blues songs and original material of which she collaborated with organist, Radam Schwartz. You will find humor, melancholy and joy interchanged with love songs on piano and organ arrangements. As with all good artists, Cynthia understands the importance of choosing experienced musicians. One of the songs that stand out is My Little Rainbow, recorded with the Cedar Walton Trio.
“I strive for my music to appeal to people who appreciate jazz interpretations of a variety of musical styles.” Indeed, Ms. Holiday is a complete package: seasoned vocals, engaging stage presence, storyteller, classic beauty and elegance. The debut release of Cynthia Holiday…All The Way, has all the ingredients to catapult Ms. Holiday’s career to the next level of new artists on the jazz charts.
Performance Highlights…
* Birdland Jazz Club with John Hicks, Javon Jackson, Louis Nash and Peter Washington
* 2004 Harlem Jazz Tour with Gloria Lynn and the Joe Cuba Band
* Jersey Jazz By The Lake with Cassandra Wilson, Jon Lucien and Alex Bugnon
* Sheet Music Society of New York “Tribute to Duke Ellington”
* 2007 Newark Symphony Hall Jazz Marathon
* 2008 Jersey Jazz Concert “A Tribute to New Jersey Jazz Masters”
For more information call (201) 886-0162
Email: info@cynthiaholidaymusic.com
Website: cynthiaholidaymusic.com
Mailing Address: 800 Palisade Avenue, Suite 1905, Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024
- Website:
- http://cynthiaholidaymusic
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