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In March,
2004, Angela Bingham released her debut album, Everything I
Love, showing that the qualities of simplicity and honest
expression are alive and well in jazz singing.
Fans of jazz are captivated by this singer. According to a review
written by David R. Halliday, an independent music critic and
twenty-year veteran of west coast jazz radio:
”She phrases
conversationally, making the lyrics her own and creating the
impression that she’s speaking her mind – and heart – directly to
you, as if the two of you were conversing over cocktails or an
intimate supper – without sacrificing any of a song’s musical
interest.”
“When Angela
steps onto the stage, the instrumentalists respond with the same
genuine enthusiasm and respect with which they would greet a
bad-ass horn player.”
A native of
the San Francisco Bay Area, Bingham grew up in San Jose and Los
Gatos, and studied jazz with the noted vocal professor Roger
Letson at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. She attended
San Francisco State University, then relocated to Salt Lake City,
Utah in 1999 to pursue a career in the American art business.
Nearly seven years working in the community of Salt Lake City gave Bingham ample
opportunity to realize her viability as a jazz singer.
There, she earned a solid
reputation as one of the most in-demand
vocalists in Utah, and spent most of her time working within the
small, yet talented pool of Utah musicians.
Bingham
relocated to New York City in the fall of 2005 and is playing
regularly throughout the city.
Everything I
Love
has sold out throughout the United States and internationally and
is currently in its second pressing.
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Jazz Vocalist
Angela Bingham |
