Sophie Milman is a
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n born
jazzJazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
vocalist who currently lives in
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Sophie Milman is a
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n born
jazzJazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
vocalist who currently lives in
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
After emigrating from Russia in the early 1990s, Milman, who is of Jewish heritage, spent most of her childhood years in
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
where she listened extensively to jazz. Her self-titled debut album was released on October 12, 2004 in
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
via Linus Entertainment and in 2006 in the USA on
KochE1 Music , the primary subsidiary of E1 Entertainment LP, is the largest independent record label in the United States. It is also distributed by the Universal Music Group in Europe and in Asia under the name E1 Universal. Today in the US, it is distributed by Epic Records...
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Milman is a student of commerce at the
University of TorontoThe University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated north of the city's Financial District on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. The university was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in the...
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She won 2008
Juno AwardThe Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year for "Make Someone Happy".
Discography
| Year |
Title |
Label |
Songs |
| 2004 |
Sophie Milman |
Linus |
- Agua de Beber
- I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby
"I Can't Give You Anything but Love" is generally considered to have been written by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields , although some claims have been made that in fact the music was by Fats Waller and the lyrics by Andy Razaf...
- Guilty
- My Baby Just Cares for Me
"My Baby Just Cares for Me" is a jazz standard written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was one of three hit songs from the 1928 musical Whoopee, starring Eddie Cantor . It is best known as the signature tune of singer and pianist Nina Simone.
-Nina Simone...
- Back Home To Me
- The Man I Love
"The Man I Love" is a popular standard, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira. Originally part of the 1927 score for the Gershwin antiwar musical satire Strike Up the Band, the song was removed from the 1930 version of the show, and, as with many standards of the era, has...
- Lonely In New York
- I Feel Pretty
- La Vie en rose
"La Vie en rose" was the signature song of French singer Édith Piaf....
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy" is a song written by Cole Porter, for the 1938 musical Leave It to Me! which premiered on Nov 9, 1938. It was performed by Mary Martin, who reprised it in the 1940 movie Love Thy Neighbor and, as herself, in the 1946 Cole Porter biopic Night and Day, which starred Cary...
- Ochi Chornye (Dark Eyes)
Dark Eyes is a Russian song.The lyrics of the song were written by a Ukrainian poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Literaturnaya gazeta on 17 January 1843.The words were subsequently set to Florian Hermann's Valse Hommage Dark Eyes ' onMouseout='HidePop("25715")' href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Whatever_Lola_Wants">Whatever Lola Wants For the 2007 film of the same name, visit Whatever Lola Wants"Whatever Lola Wants" is a popular song, sometimes rendered as "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets". The music and words were written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross for Gwen Verdon to sing in the 1955 musical play Damn Yankees. The song also...
(ft. Jesse Cook)
- My Baby Just Cares For Me
- Ochi Chornye (Dark Eyes)
- Bye Bye Love
"Bye Bye Love" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. It is best known in a debut recording by The Everly Brothers, issued by Cadence Records as catalog number 1315. The song reached #2 on the US Billboard Pop charts and #1 on the Cash Box Best Selling...
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| 2007 |
Make Someone Happy |
Linus |
People Will Say We're in Love "People Will Say We're In Love" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! . In the original Broadway production, the song was introduced by Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts.-Plot context:...
Something In The Air Between Us
Rocket Love
So Long, You Fool
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Like Someone in LoveLike Someone in Love is an album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol...
Make Someone Happy
(It's Not Easy) Bein' Green
Reste (Stay)
Fever"Fever" is a song credited to Eddie Cooley and "John Davenport" . The song was a rhythm and blues hit for Little Willie John that crossed over and became a pop standard after being transformed, with additional lyrics, by Peggy Lee, on her album All Aglow Again...
Undun
It Might as Well Be Spring"It Might as Well Be Spring" is a song from the 1945 film State Fair. With music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year. State Fair was the only original film score by Rodgers and Hammerstein. In the film the song was...
Eli, Eli (A Walk To Caesarea)
Stay (bonus track)
Save Your Love For Me (bonus track) |
| 2009 |
Take Love Easy |
Linus |
Beautiful Love
Take Love Easy
I Concentrate On You
Day In, Day Out
Be Cool
My One and Only Love
I Can't Make You Love Me
That Is Love
Love For Sale
I'm On Fire
Triste
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Where Do You Start?
Down With Love (Bonus Track on iTunes)
The Best is Yet to Come (duet with Michael Kaeshammer, bonus track on iTunes) |
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