Genres jazz Genre Jazz | Occupation(s) Singer | |
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Born 30 November 1961 (age 55)
Lyon ( 1961-11-30 ) Albums Brewin' The Blues, Amoureuse, Hands & Incantation Record labels Harmonia Mundi, SteepleChase Records, Effendi Records inc., Nocturne, Plus Loin Music Similar David El‑Malek, Laurent Coq, André Ceccarelli, Hein van de Geyn Profiles | ||
I gotta right to sing the blues elisabeth kontomanou victoires du jazz 2006
Elisabeth Kontomanou (born 30 November, 1961) is a French jazz singer and composer who has lived in America and Sweden.
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- I gotta right to sing the blues elisabeth kontomanou victoires du jazz 2006
- Life
- Family
- Albums
- Songs
- References
Life
Kontomanou was born in Lyon in 1961. She was brought up as an orphan. She moved to New York in the 1990s and then on to Stockholm where she was based when she recorded "Back to my Groove". This album includes covers of jazz songs which she sings in English.
In 1986, she founded the quartet "Conversation", which won the La Défense Jazz Festival competition. In 1986, she was hired by Michel Legrand for the movie "Moon Mask", while the pianist Alain Jean-Marie organizes her a tour of the Antilles. In 1995, she went to New York. Ten years later, she moved to Paris, where she composed the song "Waiting for Spring" and the album "Back to my Groove". In 2008, the album "Brewin 'the Blues", praised by the mainstream press, and it inspired the tour.
In 2006 and 2014, she appeared at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. In 2013, she appeared at the Tan Jazz Festival.
In 2006, she won the ‘Vocal Jazz Award’ of the Victoires du Jazz.
Elisabeth Kontomanou worked with artists from all musical backgrounds including Michel Legrand, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Alain Jean-Marie, Jean-Michel Pilc, Darryl Hall, Franck Amsallem, Toots Thielemans, Richard Bona, Stéphane Belmondo, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Leon Parker and Geri Allen.
Family
Her son, Gustav Karlström is also a jazz composer.
Albums
Songs
Waitin' for SpringWaitin' for Spring · 2005
Back to My GrooveBack to My Groove · 2007
The Bird in MeWaitin' for Spring · 2005