CHICAGO, IL
TAMMY MCCANN
Tammy McCann is an internationally recognized Jazz Vocalist. She is currently Executive Director of the Brownville Jazz Reatreat in Brownville, NE, Curator at Large for American Music at Dusable Museum of African American History in Chicago,IL and Artist in Residence for the Music Institute of Chicago in Evanston,IL. Her powerful, sultry, and emotionally charged voice merges Classical vocal technique and Gospel esthetic with Jazz to create a sound that is completely her own. Chicago Tribune’s Arts Critic, Howard Reich says McCann has, “A voice that soars in all registers, at all tempos, on all occasions... a voice that inspires wonder!”
As an educator, McCann believes singing is a part of every human community; bringing us together and helping us to interact with one another. There is a pedagogy to Jazz vocal instruction which requires an approach that can combine the "classroom and the bandstand" in a seamless way. Her teaching style meets the vocal student where they are and all instruction has a classical foundation with a focus on Jazz. All lessons help to develop a natural technique and allow the student to progress at their own pace. Through which the students gain the confidence they need to audition and perform.
McCann has performed with such luminaries Ramsey Lewis ,NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman, John Clayton, Branford Marsalis,Joe Locke, Charles McPherson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Carmen Bradford and noteably as a ‘Raelette’ with the great Ray Charles.
McCann has thrilled audiences in festivals and clubs world- wide from Bangkok,Thailand to the Harrods Atticus in Athens, Greece. Including premier concert and Jazz venues such as Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Cultural & Jazz Critic Stanley Crouch says, “Her pitch is superb…clear on the top and startling at the bottom, while all of the steps in between are polished with swing. "
Thursday, January 5, 2023
3:00 PM – 3:50 PM US EST