Nancy Kelly (jazz singer)

Nancy Kelly is a jazz singer known for blues, swing, and bebop music.

Nancy Kelly
Kelly at Jazz N Caz in 2018
Born
Nancy Ruth Kelly

(1950-10-12) October 12, 1950
Websitenancykelly.com

Biography

Kelly was born October 12, 1950[1] in Rochester, New York and began studying music at the age of four. She studied voice at the Eastman School of Music and studied piano, clarinet, drama and dance with private instructors. She gravitated to jazz because of the freedom to improvise and then formed her own group.

Career

Nancy has performed with:

Nancy has shared billing with:

In 2007 Kelly was honored to take part in the Visiting Songbirds Series along with Nancy King and Rebecca Parris at Bake's Place in Washington State.[2]

Discography
  • 1988 Live Jazz (Amherst)
  • 1997 Singin’ & Swingin’ (Amherst)
  • 2006 Born to Swing (Amherst)
  • 2009 Well, Alright! (Saying It With Jazz)
  • 2014 B That Way (Bluebay)
  • 2019 Remembering Mark Murphy (SubCat)[3]

Awards and honors
  • 2018 Jazz N Caz Award[4]
  • Unsung Heroine Award ... for achievements in music National Organization of Women
  • "Best Female Jazz Vocalist” in the Downbeat Reader's Poll in two separate years[5]
  • Syracuse Area Music (SAMMY) Awards[6] - Syracuse, New York :
SAMMY Awards[7]
Hall of Fame 2006 Nancy Kelly
Best Jazz Vocalist 1999 Nancy Kelly
Best Jazz Vocalist 1993 Nancy Kelly
Best Jazz Group 1993 Nancy Kelly and the Little Big Band

References
  1. Jazz, All About. "Nancy Kelly @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz Musicians. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  2. "Bake's Place to Host Visiting Songbirds Series". DownBeat Magazine. 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  3. Nancy Kelly, Remembering Mark Murphy. Review by Alex Henderson, NYCJR, July 2019, Issue 207, page 14. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  4. Hall, J.T. "Acclaimed singer Nancy Kelly to be honored at Cazenovia jazz event/". Syracuse New Times. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  5. University, Office of Web Communications, Cornell. "Nancy Kelly Quartet--JazzSpacesIthaca". Cornell. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  6. "Syracuse Singers Soar on New CDs - Syracuse New Times". www.syracusenewtimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  7. "Recipients". The SAMMYS. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
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