Judy Niemack was born in Pasadena, California and began singing publicly at the age of 7 in church. Throughout her school years, she sang in every kind of vocal ensemble: madrigals, chamber choir, musical theatre productions, folk groups, rock bands, and eventually a vocal jazz quartet. When she was 17, she decided that singing was her life, and began to study classical voice with a teacher of "bel canto". At 18, she heard and met the great tenor saxophonist warne marsh, and became fascinated by jazz and improvisation. She attended pasadena city college, studying classical voice, and jazz improvisation with alto saxophonist gary foster. Continuing her classical studies for the next six years, while singing in jazz clubs at night, she studied at new england conservatory in boston, attended the cleveland institute of music opera workshop, and, realizing that her true path lay in improvised music, returned to california to study vocal improvisation with Warne Marsh. Marsh taught her as he would teach a horn player. Her goal was to improvise as freely as a great jazz musician would, using all the vocal colors that her classical and jazz training had given her.
In 1977, Ms. Niemack moved to New York City to pursue her career as a jazz vocalist. Her first major performance was a week at the Village Vanguard with Warne Marsh in 1978. Her first recording, "By Heart", was released that year on Seabreeze Records. Since then she has performed in most of the major clubs in N.Y.C., including the Blue Note, Sweet Basil, Fat Tuesday’s, the Village Gate, Visiones and the Rainbow Room. She has toured the US. In concerts and festivals with several major jazz orchestras, including those led by Larry Elgart and Peter Duchin with whom she performed at the White House.. She has given concerts celebrating the songs of George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin.
Internationally, ms. Niemack began by singing in Italy at the Pisa Jazz Festival and has since appeared in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, the Philippines, Rumania, Sspain and Poland. Judy is currently performing in jazz clubs, concerts and festivals in Europe and the United States. She now lives in New York City and Berlin, heading the pop/jazz vocal department at the Hanns Eisler music conservatory as Germany’s first professor of vocal jazz.
Some of the musicians she has performed with are: Toots Thielemans, David Byrne, George Benson, James Moody, Lee Konitz, Clark Terry, Dave Brubeck, Lew Tabackin, Warne Marsh, Gary Bartz, Kenny Barron, Billy Higgins, Cedar Walton, Ray Drummond, Joey Baron, Fred Hersch, Billy Hart, Victor Lewis, Kenny Werner, Hein Van De Geyn, Jim Mc Neely, Joe Lovano, Adam Nussbaum, Jeanfrançois Prins, Kirk Nurock, Michel Herr, Steve Kuhn, Mark Feldman, Eddie Gomez, Harvie Swartz, Kirk Lightsey and The New York Voices.
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Warm-Ups -"Mmm" - relaxing the jaw -"Ooh" - developing resonance -"Mmm-mee-ooh" - correct placement of the tone -Rolled "R's" - bringing the tone forward, adding "ringing overtones" -Staccato arpeggios and legato sclaes - focusing on breathing and attack -"Si-ah" - ear training, flexibility and range extension The Creators of Modal Jazz Theory Basics -Intervals -Building Chords The Modes Scat Syllables -Pronunciation Guide for Scat Syllables The Modal Workouts Hear It and Sing It! In The Classroom |
This great book/CD pack is an effective and fun way to improve your vocal technique and internalize the basic scales used in jazz. Designed for jazz singers, students of improvisation or ear training, choir directors and teachers of vocal jazz, it's an enjoyable way to learn the modes thoroughly and discover their possibilities. The CD includes vocal warm-ups suitable for all levels, exercises in each mode of the major scale, rhythm section tracks without vocals for improvisation, and more. The book includes transcriptions of the warm-ups, a brief history of modal jazz, theory basics, the modes of the major scale, scat syllables, transcriptions of the modal workouts, and more.
| 6056 BOOK & CD $17.95 |
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All of Me Bye Bye Blackbird Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) Lullaby of Birdland Misty My Funny Valentine One Note Samba (Samba de uma nota so) Teach Me Tonight Wave You'd Be SoNice to Come Home To |
Whether you're a karaoke singer or preparing for an audition, the Pro Vocal Series is for you. The book contains the lyrics, melody, and chord symbols for ten standards. The CD contains demos for listening, and separate backing tracks so you can sing along. The CD is playable on any CD Player, and it is also enhanced for PC and MAC computer users so you can adjust the recording to any pitch without changing the tempo.
| 8598 SONGBOOK & CD $14.95 |
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