Home » Jazz Musicians » Natalie Dietz

Natalie Dietz

Jazz vocalist, composer and songwriter Natalie Dietz has made a strong impression on the Australian and international jazz scene in a short time, impressing both audiences and critics alike with her trademark ethereal vocal tone and original approach as a jazz composer and vocalist. Accepted into the renowned jazz vocal program at New England Conservatory, Natalie honed her composing and performing skills under the tutelage Grammy-winning artists including Donny McCaslin and Jason Moran. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Music (Jazz Voice Performance) in 2012 her original compositions have attracted wide attention among her contemporaries with their complex harmonies combined with strong melodies. She is inspired to blend and create textures with the voice within an ensemble, using wordless melodies as well as lyrics. Her compositions explore the breadth of modern styles, distinguishing her as an innovative and multi-skilled artist.
 
In 2013 she recorded her debut EP with highly esteemed New York musicians Aaron Parks, Mike Moreno, Joshua Crumbly and Justin Brown to international critical acclaim. Other achievements include being offered a merit scholarship to New England Conservatory (Boston, MA) where she studied with world-renowned artists including Donny McCaslin, Dave Holland, Jason Moran (all Grammy winners) Dominique Eade and Ken Schaphorst. Natalie is a recipient of ASCAP's Herb Alpert 2016 National Young Jazz Composer's Award presented at Lincoln Center and the New England Conservatory Spark award. She has performed her music in New York City at established venues including Club Bonafide, Shapeshifter Lab, Pianos and Rockwood Music Hall, in Boston at venues including New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, The Beehive and Cambridge venues the Lilypad and Outpost 186. She has performed with established New York City-based jazz artists including Mike Moreno, Sam Harris, Joshua Crumbly, Ben Monder and Colin Stranahan. Since relocating to New York she has held multi-year residencies at renowned live music clubs including Fine and Rare, the Flatiron Room in Manhattan, among many other live shows. In late 2019 she was commissioned by New York-based composer Quentin Angus, jazz department chair at the Borough of Manhattan Community College as lyricist for one of his original compositions ‘New Beginning’ and directly following to write lyrics for an SATB choral piece for the university titled ‘Together Now’, a cultural diversity-themed song. The piece was was both performed and recorded by the choir and became the 2019 holiday greeting on City University of New York’s home page. The piece was also turned into a virtual choir project by the university’s music department. 

Read more

Tags

5
Album Review

Natalie Dietz: Believe In Love

Read "Believe In Love" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


A humid breeze blows through the four pieces, one standard and three originals on vocalist Natalie Dietz's EP, Believe In Love. Fronting an empathetic guitar-piano quintet specializing in the gentle percussion of the Caribbean, Dietz sings with a relaxed, languid quality that makes her singing easy and effortless, carefully cloaking a realized confidence that drives her music. A real challenge to performing and singing as Deitz does is the governor she puts on her effort. Restraint is a big part ...

Read more articles

"In the clotted deluge of jazz vocals, Dietz's offering floats to the top by virtue of its light touch and grace"
- All About Jazz (USA) – FOUR STARS

"Natalie Dietz is an incredible singer with a beautiful clean and warm tone quality in tune with a sense of space and phrasing. She's supported by some of my favorite young lion musicians and the result is outstanding. This music absolutely needs to be heard"
- Lionel Loueke (Blue Note USA) 
 
“Dietz' music is a delicately fragrant and atmospheric, a new brand of jazz perfume, wafting and seeping into one's consciousness...”
- The Australian Stage – FOUR STARS

Read more

Photos

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Casualty

ABC Jazz
2023

buy

Believe In Love

Self Produced
2013

buy

Natalie Dietz

Self Produced
0

buy

Believe in Love

From: Natalie Dietz
By Natalie Dietz

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.