A Message From Jazz Camp’s Artistic Director, Madeline Eastman
Jazz Camp Faculty Artist Spotlight
This week we’d like to highlight this year’s Vocal Intensive Instructor, the great jazz vocalist Anita Wardell.
Bebop pioneer, Mark Murphy, proclaimed Anita, “a gift from Australia”, adding “What hits me, is how expressive her ballad singing is. Then she has the courage to scat a ballad or two, not unlike a young lady disciple of the Ben Webster school. Singer Norma Winstone praised her “unexpected vulnerability, which makes her reading of the ballads both beautiful and touching. Her honesty shines in this well-chosen collection of songs.”
Anita Wardell’s singing is exciting and breathtaking. She is noted for her mesmerizing and captivating vocal improvisations and vocalese lyrics to instrumental solos. Anita is a musician who uses the voice as her instrument, displaying precision and agility, mixed with heartfelt emotion.
We are so thrilled to have Anita join us this year as our Vocal Intensive Instructor.
Anita LIVE at the Blue Brass:
For more information about Anita please visit her website: www.anitawardell.com
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