Veronica Nunn
Encyclopedia
Veronica Nunn is an American
jazz singer most known as the featured vocalist with Michael Franks since 1992. In the late 1970s she moved to New York to pursue a degree in Theology at Lehmans College in the Bronx. Singing in the music clubs at night to support her college tuition, she met George Walker, a.k.a. Big Nick Nicholas (who was famous for being a teacher of legendary tenor saxophonist John Coltrane
) who took her under wing, and she became a first-call jazz singer in the Harlem
and Greenwich Village
jazz scene in New York. In 1997 she married jazz pianist Travis Shook
and together they started their own record label, Dead Horse Records, which is currently based out of Woodstock, NY.
Michael Franks
Travis Shook
United States
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jazz singer most known as the featured vocalist with Michael Franks since 1992. In the late 1970s she moved to New York to pursue a degree in Theology at Lehmans College in the Bronx. Singing in the music clubs at night to support her college tuition, she met George Walker, a.k.a. Big Nick Nicholas (who was famous for being a teacher of legendary tenor saxophonist John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
) who took her under wing, and she became a first-call jazz singer in the Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...
and Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, , , , .in New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families...
jazz scene in New York. In 1997 she married jazz pianist Travis Shook
Travis Shook
Travis Shook is a jazz pianist who made his eponymous Columbia Records debut in a quartet that included Tony Williams and Bunky Green. He received much critical acclaim for this first effort, but failed to hold onto the contract when Sony purged a large percentage of the Columbia jazz roster upon...
and together they started their own record label, Dead Horse Records, which is currently based out of Woodstock, NY.
External links
- Official Website
- [ AllMusic]
- NPR Piano Jazz
Selected discography
As leader- The Art of Michael Franks
- Standard Delivery
- American Lullaby
Michael Franks
- Watching the Snow
- Rendezvous in Rio
Travis Shook
Travis Shook
Travis Shook is a jazz pianist who made his eponymous Columbia Records debut in a quartet that included Tony Williams and Bunky Green. He received much critical acclaim for this first effort, but failed to hold onto the contract when Sony purged a large percentage of the Columbia jazz roster upon...
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