Party: Yvette Norwood-Tiger Quartet / USA Ella Fitzgerald Tribute

Party: Yvette Norwood-Tiger Quartet / USA Ella Fitzgerald Tribute

Yvette Norwood-Tiger Quartet / USA
Ella Fitzgerald Tribute
Yvette Norwood-Tiger (voc),Ken Burkhart (p), Michael Mackey (tp), Lars Gühlcke(b), Ernst Bier (dr)
ellafitzgeraldtribute.com
Yvette Norwood-Tiger, vocalist, songwriter, vocal coach, recording artist and Recording Academy (GRAMMY) voting member, is a Detroit, Michigan native who hails from a family of musicians, including a father who played guitar and a mother who played drums. Her CDs, A'LA ELLA!andwhYNoT... Love, Peace, Joy, Jazz, features music from great composers such as Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, and the Gershwins. Yvette performs with vocally clean and pure interpretations of the great American Songbook, while emphasizing intonation and storytelling. Her vocal styling and texture is often compared to that of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah VaughanShe also performs songs in other languages which include French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Her mission in music is to uplift, inspire, and heal the heart, mind and spirit of the listener. She performs worldwide and has sat in several times with jazz orchestra - the Cotton Club All Stars, at the famous Cotton Club in Harlem, NY. She has also sat in with Latin music artist, Tito Puente, Jr., the late saxophonist David Fathead Newman, family members of Celine Dion, and band members of SpyroGyra - Jay Beckenstein and Tom Schuman. Yvette now resides in south Florida where she performs extensively, including performances at the Raymond F. Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. She travels frequently and does regular visits to the New York/New Jersey area where she performs to sold out rooms.