Jazzmeia Horn is an American jazz singer She won the 2015 Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition in 2015. She performs with her band Artistry of Jazz Horn. She sings jazz standards, and her repertoire includes songs and music from other genres such as Stevie Wonder. She has been compared to jazz vocalist as Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughan, and Nancy Wilson. At age 23, Jazzmeia "Jazz" Horn has earned a reputation in New York City as a dynamic music artist.
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Early life
She is a native of Dallas, Texas, United States. She attended the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas.
Music career
Horn moved to New York in 2009. She attended the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. During her first semester at New School Jazz in New York City, a trio which featured Javier Santiago, Nadav Lachishe, and Cory Cox.
She moved to New York City to pursue a solo career, and has since received many accolades from Jazz critics. Her first live radio show was in the Fall of 2009 on the Junior Mance WBGO radio show in Newark, New Jersey. Since her arrival to the New York City area she has performed, at The Apollo, The Red Rooster – Ginny's Supper Club, and the Metropolitan Room.
In 2014, Horn toured internationally to England, France, Moscow, South Africa, and Austria.