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- Mary Stallings enchants audiences around the world with her divine musicality, elegant stage presence, and a voice that is, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, “supple and timeless, encompassing the whole history of music.”
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By her teens, Stallings began singing in San Francisco night clubs such as the Hungry i, The Purple Onion, and El Matador. She performed with Ben Webster , Cal Tjader , Earl Hines , Red Mitchell , Teddy Edwards , and the Montgomery brothers ( Wes , Monk , and Buddy).
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Mar 21, 2024 · She had a knack for elevating the Great American Songbook and making it her own, with her warm tone, vocal virtuosity and her natural ability to deliver a lyric with great depth and power.
Mar 21, 2024 · In this episode, we celebrate Mary Stallings' remarkable life in music, with all its twists and turns — from her youth singing in San Francisco to today, when she is well into her 80s, still singing and swinging on stage.
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Not a single lyric on Songs Were Made To Sing was written by Mary Stallings, but each one represents a chapter in her life and a piece of her soul. On her latest album, due out May 17 from Smoke Sessions Records, the incomparable vocalist has crafted an exquisite collection of classic songs to reflect on a life well and passionately lived. With Son...
” Mary Stallings does not dwell on nostalgia, but rather continues to look-forward as a self-assured and sincere singer.” – Audiophile Audition Writing about Mary Stallings The New York Times declared that “perhaps the best jazz singer singing today is a woman almost everybody seems to have missed.” Bay Area jazz lovers chuckled ruefully over yet a...
” She is a wizard of long tone which uses to laser into deep emotional zones …” – The New York Times Mary Stallings enchants audiences around the world with her divine musicality, elegant stage presence, and a voice that is, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, “supple and timeless, encompassing the whole history of music.” The New York Times ...
“Perhaps the best jazz singer singing today …” – The New York Times Recorded fresh from a series of performances at New York’s prestigious venue Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Mary Stallings’ latest HighNote title places her firmly in the pantheon of great female jazz singers of this, or any other time. So respected is her art and musicianship, Mary was c...
Passionate, robust singers with the sensitivity of a Carmen McRae and the sass of a Dinah Washington aren’t exactly thick on the ground these days which is what makes Mary Stallings’ return to the studios a cause for rejoicing. Her voice is, at once, contemporary and timeless, encompassing the entire history of jazz vocals. For her HighNote debut, ...
Apr 1, 2022 · Mary Stallings is one of the finest living jazz singers. Her voice is deep, hip and swinging. Most of all, she has soul—lots of knowledge and experience built into her phrasing. Born in San Francisco in 1939, Stallings developed her singing chops in church before branching out to the citys' many clubs as a teen.
May 1, 2017 · Mary Stallings doesn’t let opportunities go to waste. The San Francisco jazz singer’s rollercoaster career has surged and slackened ever since the release of her first album in 1961, Cal Tjader Plays/Mary Stallings Sings. Every few years, it seems, she’s rediscovered by the national press, and hailed once again as a supremely accomplished ...
Jul 27, 2024 · Mary Stallings is one of the finest living jazz singers. Her voice is deep, hip and swinging. Most of all, she has soul—lots of knowledge and experience built into her phrasing.
