Sophie Milman
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Sophie Milman is a Russia
Russia
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n-born jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 vocalist who currently lives in Canada
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After emigrating from Russia in the early 1990s, Milman, who is of Jewish heritage, spent most of her childhood years in Israel
Israel
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 where she listened extensively to jazz. Her self-titled debut album was released on October 12, 2004, in Canada
Canada
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 via Linus Entertainment and in 2006 in the United States
United States
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 on Koch
Koch Records
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Milman is a student of commerce at the University of Toronto
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She won 2008 Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
The Juno Award for "Vocal Jazz Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1977, as recognition each year for the best vocal jazz album in Canada. It was previously known as other names including Best Jazz Album and the award categories for Best Mainstream Jazz Album and Best Contemporary Jazz Album...

 for Make Someone Happy.

Her recording of "So Long, You Fool" is used in commercials for Air Wick
Air Wick
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 Winter Collection candle
Candle
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Milman is married to lawyer, professor, and musician Casey Chisick, who was also the executive producer on Milman's albums Make Someone Happy
Make Someone Happy
Make Someone Happy is the second studio album by Sophie Milman. It was released on June 19, 2007.- Track listing :...

(2007) and Take Love Easy (2009), as well as her concert DVD Live in Montreal (2008).

Discography

  • 2004: Sophie Milman
  • 2007: Live at the Winter Garden Theatre
  • 2007: Make Someone Happy
    Make Someone Happy
    Make Someone Happy is the second studio album by Sophie Milman. It was released on June 19, 2007.- Track listing :...

  • 2008: Live In Montreal
    Live in Montreal
    Live in Montreal is the second live album by the Canadian melodic death metal band Quo Vadis. It was released on May 12, 2007.-Disc One:# "Quo Vadis Homine" – 1:30# "Silence Calls the Storm" – 4:58# "In Contempt" – 4:13...

  • 2009: Take Love Easy
  • 2011: In the Moonlight

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