Sara Lazarus

Sara Lazarus (born on April 1st unknown Year with Wilmington, Delaware, the United States) is an American singer of jazz, which works mainly in France.

Biography

Sara Lazarus is born in Wilmington (Delaware), which is also the birthplace of Clifford Brown. It is by the musical comedies that Sara Lazarus discovers very young person the Standards of jazz. At 8 years, it takes courses of piano. She learns then the Saxophone tenor and plays in the orchestra of her college, in her birthplace. Into 16 years, it integrates the American Youth Jazz Band as saxophonist tenor and singer, and made with this group a European round which finishes with the Jazz festival of Montreux.

It continues its studies, in English literature, to Harvard and returns in the jazz band of the university. Illinois Jacquet, which it meets then, encourages it in the way of the song and proposes to him to join its formation as singer. Happy Down , one of the principal American magazines devoted to the jazz, crowns it " Better (E) soloist in vocal jazz (level university) ".

After its studies, Sara Lazarus settles in France, and takes part in many European festivals: Jazz in Marciac, Crest Vocal Jazz, festival of Montlouis-sur-Loire, Braga Jazz, and JVC Jazz Festival Paris. It occurs with the musicians like Alain Jean-Marie, Jacky Terrasson, Manuel Rocheman, Franck Amsallem, Riccardo LED FRA, Gilles Naturel and Andrea Michelutti.

In 1994, it gains the first price of the international Concours Thelonious Monk, whose jury counts Jon Hendricks, Shirley Horn, Cleo Teases, Abbey Lincoln, Diane Reeves and Jimmy Scott. At the time of the handing-over of the prices, Sara Lazarus takes part in a Jam session with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Heath and Clark Terry.

In November 2000, it takes part in the project of Patrice Caratini and its Jazz Together , centered on the music of Cole Porter, and with its disc “Anything Goes”.

In March 2005, the reception enthousisate of criticism as of the public for its disc Give Simple Life has Me establish its reputation, that it confirms at the time of rounds in France and in the rest of Europe, in particular in the great jazz festivals.

Sara Lazarus puts its “sober and delicate voice” at the service of its spontaneousness, its tenderness and its communicative direction of the swing.

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