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For further info, play dates or bookings phone (916) 723-5517 or e-mail Vivian |
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Jazz vocalist and recording artist Vivian Lee is truly a child of the world having grown up in a military family, then pursuing a military career herself. She specializes in the standards – Gershwin, Ellington, Berlin, James, Jobim, and the like, with a little Brubeck and Gillespie and Monk thrown in. Her main venues have been the cabaret/supper clubs and nightclubs such as Garbeau’s Dinner Theater and Savanna’s and JB’s Lounge in Sacramento, and Moody’s Bistro in Truckee. She has also been a mainstay at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee.
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Ms Lee has played with many of the area's notable musicians such as bassists Bill Douglass (Bass Player for Mose Allison), and pianist Joe Gilman (pianist for Bobby Hutcherson). She has assembled a top notch ensemble of players, who together with her unique style, phrasing and magical stage presence have been captivating audiences from Lake Tahoe to the Bay area. Known for her story-telling and banter with the audience she will pull you into the world that she creates on stage.
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As a recording artist
she has released three CDs - her 2000 debut CD, "Scarlett"
2002 release, "Where is Love" and 2004 "Have You
Met Miss Lee?" all of which have made the rounds of
national public radio jazz stations.
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The 2007 SAMMIE (Sacramento area music awards) award winning Miss Lee is also one of the driving forces behind a local Sunday Jazz Club venture at JB’s Lounge (Red Lion Hotel) that features the area’s finest jazz musicians as well as regional and national touring jazz groups passing through Sacramento. She also is part of an ongoing program, giving monthly donations to help promote local high school jazz.
Ms Lee has three times (2005, 2006, 2007) been voted one of Sacramento’s top jazz groups and top local entertainer by subscribers in Sacramento Magazine’s annual “Best Of Sacramento issue. In 2009 she was editor's pick by Sacramento Magazine as "Best Jazz Diva".
To join Vivian's fan list and to view her upcoming concert schedule click below: http://www.reverbnation.com/vivianlee
Click on this link to purchase Vivian's music www.cdbaby.com/all/vivianlee
Click on these links below to see video of Vivian on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrIPwrZ1z7Y - Pure Imagination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK7WFDNQ5Nw - Tenderly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhhMy68y0p0 - Our Love Is Here To Stay
