VERONICA SWIFT (USA)
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Brno - 15. 7. 2024 - 20:30About artist
Veronica O’Brien - lead singer
Brian Viglione – drums
Max Geel - bass
Gary Joseph Potter Jr. - guitar
Alex Burke - keys
“She has a miraculous voice, musical ability and technique, as well as an innate gift for entertaining a crowd.” — Wall Street Journal
While Veronica Swift’s first two albums solidified her position in modern jazz, Swift has shown that she’s more than a jazz singer, exploring French and Italian opera, European classical music, bossa nova, blues, industrial rock, funk, and vaudeville. She pulls the feat off without the results sounding callow or pastiche. Swift’s expansive artistic voice remains firmly intact regardless of genre. Simply put, Swift is not only one of the most dazzling singers to emerge in her generation, she’s one of the most versatile.
“I grew up immersed in the culture of jazz music, blessed to have had some of the greats as mentors, and I felt a deep familial duty to uphold that” she says. “But as rooted in jazz as I’ve been, there’s a uniquely visceral power in rock and soul music that’s always fueled my creative passion, and rather than mask or confine that part of my identity, the people I admire most show themselves unabashedly and that’s the kind of tradition I want to be a part of.
https://www.veronicaswift.com
Brian Viglione – drums
Max Geel - bass
Gary Joseph Potter Jr. - guitar
Alex Burke - keys
“She has a miraculous voice, musical ability and technique, as well as an innate gift for entertaining a crowd.” — Wall Street Journal
While Veronica Swift’s first two albums solidified her position in modern jazz, Swift has shown that she’s more than a jazz singer, exploring French and Italian opera, European classical music, bossa nova, blues, industrial rock, funk, and vaudeville. She pulls the feat off without the results sounding callow or pastiche. Swift’s expansive artistic voice remains firmly intact regardless of genre. Simply put, Swift is not only one of the most dazzling singers to emerge in her generation, she’s one of the most versatile.
“I grew up immersed in the culture of jazz music, blessed to have had some of the greats as mentors, and I felt a deep familial duty to uphold that” she says. “But as rooted in jazz as I’ve been, there’s a uniquely visceral power in rock and soul music that’s always fueled my creative passion, and rather than mask or confine that part of my identity, the people I admire most show themselves unabashedly and that’s the kind of tradition I want to be a part of.
https://www.veronicaswift.com