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Tierney Sutton Wins L.A. Jazz Society Jazz Vocalist Award |
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Written by Mike Wilpizeski
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Thursday, 26 October 2006 |
Telarc recording artist and GRAMMY® nominee Tierney Sutton won the
Jazz Vocalist Award at the 23rd annual L.A. Jazz Society Awards, held
at the Los Angeles Marriott Downtown Hotel on Sunday, October 22, 2006.
John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, and Billy Childs also took honors, along
with Verve chairman Tommy LiPuma, DJ Helen Borgers and jazz community
activist Sybil Coker. Quincy Jones and Dianna Krall were honorary
chairs.
Sutton says, “I was profoundly moved, especially to be presented with
the award by my heroes Alan and Marilyn Bergman.”
“It was a wonderful event, and Tierney richly deserves this award,”
says Sutton’s producer Elaine Martone, Executive Vice President of
Production at Telarc. “The Los Angeles jazz community honored her
artistry, and I feel fortunate to have played a part in her career. She
is an extraordinary person, and her star continues to rise. L.A. knows
that they have the real deal in Tierney and her band of 14 years. I
think her forthcoming album, On the
Other Side, is a landmark recording.”
Sutton was a semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocal Competition
in 1998. Her 2004 Telarc release, Dancing in the Dark, debuted in the
Billboard Jazz top ten and remained on the charts for over 15 weeks. In
2005, Sutton released her first live recording, I’m with the Band
[click here for
Jazz Police review], which garnered a GRAMMY® Award nomination for
Best Jazz Vocal Album. She also teaches at the University of Southern
California and conducts master classes and workshops worldwide.
Sutton and her longtime band – pianist Christian Jacob, bassists Trey
Henry and Kevin Axt, and drummer Ray Brinker – recorded On the Other Side in late August
2006 at the legendary Capitol studios in Los Angeles. Their sixth
Telarc release also features the outstanding work of trumpeter/vocalist
Jack Sheldon on two tracks.
The Los Angeles Jazz Society, founded in 1985, was created to elevate
the image of jazz and its artists in the community. The Society is
dedicated to promoting, preserving, and perpetuating the American art
form, Jazz. The most important activities of the Los Angeles Jazz
Society are Jazz in Schools, The Bill Green Mentorship Program,
Jazzgiving™ and the annual Jazz Tribute and Awards Concert. With a
growing membership, the Los Angeles Jazz Society continuously works to
recognize the contribution that all musicians make to the quality of
life in Los Angeles and throughout the world.
The Tierney Sutton Band’s On the Other
Side (CD-83650) is scheduled for release on Telarc on February
13, 2007.
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