Jackie Ryan
 "Extraordinary -- a world-class talent!" Don
Heckman, jazz critic for the Los Angeles Times, calls her. And it's no
wonder. Jackie Ryan has a magnetic stage presence. Wherever she
performs - domestically, or in Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada -- it's
the same story. She's been such a hit at London's famed Ronnie Scott's
Club (where she has been a regular for eight years) that the owner,
Pete King, asked Jackie to appear on Ronnie Scott's own prestigious
Jazz House label and the London Evening Standard called her "one of the
finest singers to perform at Ronnie's since Shirley Horn."
Jackie has written and recorded not only vocalese lyrics to such be-bop
improvisations as Joe Henderson's "The Kicker," but also lyrics to such
poignant ballads as Barry Harris's "Deep Love." This creativity as an
artist and performer, combined with her being a genuinely warm person,
has put her much in demand for concerts both here and abroad -- with
sold-out shows not only at London's Ronnie Scott's and at Christofori's
in Amsterdam, but also at New York's Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club, at
Los Angeles' Jazz Bakery, and at San Francisco's Yoshi's.
Jackie has been blessed with a three and a half octave range. Her
mother, who was Mexican, crooned Spanish folk songs to her when she was
a child (Jackie often includes a Spanish song on her CDs as a tribute
to her mom who passed on when Jackie was in her teens); and her father,
who is Irish, is a classically-trained baritone who sang in several
languages. So it is not by accident that her appeal "bridges the gap
between both geography and generations," as Billboard so aptly put it.
She was born to it.
Jackie’s newest CD, "Doozy", was the #1 Jazz CD nationwide for seven
weeks on the jazz charts. It garnered 4 stars from Downbeat and
AllMusiGuide and received unanimous rave reviews from the jazz critics.
Doozy is a double CD recorded at Tony Bennett's studio right after her
Lincoln Center performance (hailed by Variety as "savvy interpretive
jazz vocalizing -- adventurous, deftly assured"). It features Jackie
performing with Cyrus Chestnut (named "the best jazz pianist of his
generation" by Time Magazine) and is backed by some of New York's
hottest names in jazz: Eric Alexander on sax, Jeremy Pelt on trumpet,
Carl Allen on drums, Ray Drummond on bass, and on guitar -- Brazilian
virtuoso Romero Lubambo.
Jazz Times critic Christopher Loudon said in his review of Doozy that
"Jackie Ryan reconfirms her place among the all-time greats."
Downloads
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Audio & Video Samples
 Jackie Ryan's Best
of Love Songs
 Jackie
Ryan's "With the Wind in Your Hair" (mp3 sample)
Jackie Ryan's
"Doozy" (mp3 sample)
Jackie
Ryan's "SpeakLow" (mp3 sample)
Jackie
Ryan's "Beautiful Moons Ago" (mp3 sample)
Biography
Jackie Ryan Bio (pdf)
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Photos
Hi-Res Photo #1
Hi-Res
Photo #2
Reviews
Jackie
Ryan Quotes (pdf)
Artist
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