At age 25, Veronica Swift has become one of the world's most sought-after jazz talents. Having grown up on the road with her parents- jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and jazz vocalist Stephanie Nakasian- she was exposed to some of the greatest musicians of the time; Annie Ross, Jon Hendricks, Bob Dorough, Paquito d'Rivera, and Marilyn Maye.
At age nine, Swift recorded her first album "Veronica's House of Jazz," and began professionally touring with her parents as well as singing and playing trumpet in the youth jazz group "The Young Razzcals Jazz Project." It was with the Young Razzcals she had her first opportunity to perform on festival stages like the Telluride Jazz Festival and would for the next ten years. At age 11, after recording her second album "It's Great to be Alive," she headlined her first show at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Swift continued touring throughout her years in College, obtaining a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Miami in 2016....
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At age 25, Veronica Swift has become one of the world's most sought-after jazz talents. Having grown up on the road with her parents- jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and jazz vocalist Stephanie Nakasian- she was exposed to some of the greatest musicians of the time; Annie Ross, Jon Hendricks, Bob Dorough, Paquito d'Rivera, and Marilyn Maye.
At age nine, Swift recorded her first album "Veronica's House of Jazz," and began professionally touring with her parents as well as singing and playing trumpet in the youth jazz group "The Young Razzcals Jazz Project." It was with the Young Razzcals she had her first opportunity to perform on festival stages like the Telluride Jazz Festival and would for the next ten years. At age 11, after recording her second album "It's Great to be Alive," she headlined her first show at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Swift continued touring throughout her years in College, obtaining a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Miami in 2016.
Just before graduating, and the passing of her father, Swift was awarded second place at the Thelonious Monk 2015 Jazz Vocal Competition landing her a showcase at the esteemed Birdland Jazz Club in New York City. She then moved to New York in 2017 to continue pursuing her growing career. Maintaining a weekly residency at Birdland, Veronica toured internationally and joined the lineup on the show of Trumpeter Chris Botti.
The past few years, she has toured and performed on numerous occasions with Michael Feinstein, Benny Green, Wynton Marsalis, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, appearing at legendary festivals (Montreal, Monterey, Umbria, Detroit, Marciac, ...) and jazz clubs (Birdland, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Jazz Showcase, Jazz Standard, SF Jazz, JALC Shanghai, Blue Note, ...).
In 2018, Veronica signed a deal with Mack Avenue Recordings and released her 2019 album "Confessions" with them. In addition to singing bebop and Great American Songbook classics, Veronica is also a passionate devotee of the 20's and 30's repertoire and opera as well as rock and roll and metal. Swift also writes and acts in her films she makes with Darkstone Entertainment.
In 2020, Swift will release her next album on Mack Avenue with her regular touring trio: The Emmet Cohen Trio.
"Her songs are marvelously well-crafted performances rooted in tradition, but up-to-the-minute in execution." – 4,5/5 stjerner, All About Jazz
"Listen to Veronica Swift scat and you’d swear she’s channeling Ella. Cool, calm, confident, and elegant onstage, the 25-year-old can slide seamlessly from a difficult syncopated rhythm to a wistful love song to a fresh arrangement of an old standard." – JazzTimes
Doors: 6 PM
Concert: 8 PM
Students/under 26: 50% off
Our restaurant is open before the concert.
Den 25-årige amerikanske sangerinde Veronica Swift er blevet spået en stor karriere – og til sommer kan hun for første gang opleves i København, når hun gæster det historiske Montmartre tre aftener under Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2020.
Veronica Swift har turneret med det feterede Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra (ledet af Wynton Marsalis), og så sent som i januar blev hun kåret som hhv. årets nye artist (alle instrumenter) og årets bedste vokalalbum i Jazztimes Readers' Poll 2019.
Den nu 25-årige sangerinde er født ind i en musikalsk familie og begyndte at turnere med sine forældre allerede som 9-årig. Som 13-årig havde hun udgivet to albums, og hun har siden utrætteligt søgt udad, opad og fremad i jazzen. Blandt hendes mange meritter tæller en 2. plads i den anerkendte Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition 2015, og samme år udgav hun sit første album som voksen, "Lonely Woman".
Veronica Swift optræder og indspiller fast hhv. med pianisterne Emmet Cohen og Benny Green, men optræder på sommerens festival med Emmet Cohen Trio. I 2018 fik hun en pladekontrakt med Mack Avenue Records (også Cécile McLorin Salvant, Christian McBride m.fl.), hvor hun udsendte det anmelderroste "Confessions", og der er nyt på vej i 2020.
Hendes musik tager dybe favntag med beboppen og den amerikanske sangbog, men Swift er samtidig en passioneret fan af 20'erne og 30'ernes repertoire, opera, rock'n'roll og heavy metal. Hendes subtile vokaliseringer, hvor hun bruger stemmen som et soloinstrument, bringer minder frem om poetiske fortolkninger som Chet Bakers version af "My Funny Valentine", Astrud Gilbertos “Girl from Ipanema" eller Robert Wyatts udgave af “Shipbuilding".
"Her songs are marvelously well-crafted performances rooted in tradition, but up-to-the-minute in execution." – 4,5/5 stjerner, All About Jazz
"Listen to Veronica Swift scat and you’d swear she’s channeling Ella. Cool, calm, confident, and elegant onstage, the 25-year-old can slide seamlessly from a difficult syncopated rhythm to a wistful love song to a fresh arrangement of an old standard." – JazzTimes
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Koncert: 20:00
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