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She’s been heard around the world as the host/ star of the syndicated public radio series Words and Music, but for thousands the most familiar way to enjoy the jazz stylings of Spider Saloff has been through live performances. The Chicago –based jazz vocalist has won accolades around the world for her introspective approach to the genre, most profoundly through her one-woman tribute to George Gershwin, The Memory of All That, conceived with the blessing of the Gershwin estate and headlining the Gershwin Centennial in St. Petersburg, Russia.

With full symphony orchestras or intimate jazz groups, Saloff is acclaimed as one of the great interpreters of the American Songbook. Saloff has composed multiple concert tributes to Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Stephen Sondheim and many others. With her vocal partners, Dee Alexander and Frieda Lee, she performed The 3 Ellas Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald to audiences of over 26,000 at Chicago’s Millennium Park as well as many other venues.

Saloff’s concert career includes recent performances at the Poznan Poland Jazz Fest, The Pheasantry in London, as well as Jazz at Lincoln Center, Overture Center, Ravinia Music Festival, The Auditorium Theater, and the Smithsonian Institution.

Her major night club engagements included turns in Chicago at The Green Mill and Jazz Showcase and in New York at Birdland and Feinstein’s among many others nationwide.

As composer, playwright and actress, Saloff wrote a one-woman musical, The Roar of the Butterfly that played in Chicago, Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia. Her original song When You See Me, a jazz/R&B tune has garnered over 100,000 views on YouTube.

She has taught master-classes in the UK, Italy, and all over the US with private students and group classes. Her philosophy in teaching is to work with the voice that is the individual and create a style that is unique and natural to that particular voice. Students have described working with Spider as “life changing”.

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Spider Saloff: Like Glass

Read "Like Glass" reviewed by Jim Santella


With her acoustic band adding light Brazilian backgrounds to her program of standards and originals, Spider Saloff brings us her sixth album on the Kopaesthetics label. A veteran of the vocal jazz scenes of New York and Chicago, she's comfortable interpreting lyrics as well as scat singing with clarity.

Her original “Like Glass" tells a story. In most relationships, lovers can see right through each other. Saloff sings a mournful song about lost love and how we feel ...

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Spider Saloff: Like Glass

Read "Like Glass" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


To borrow a reference from the Gestalt Theory, sometimes the sum of the parts is different from the whole. This unexpectedly pleasurable album is a fine example. Mind you, there's nothing wrong with the sum of the parts at all, but they fit together like a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle.

Chicago-based jazz singer Spider Saloff already has a considerable reputation as the host of NPR's Words & Music, including an appreciation of the music of George Gershwin. In addition, ...

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KMP Is Proud To Present Award Winning Jazz Singer, Spider Saloff In A Brand New Show, "The Cool Heat Of Peggy Lee" In It's New York Debut!

KMP Is Proud To Present Award Winning Jazz Singer, Spider Saloff In A Brand New Show, "The Cool Heat Of Peggy Lee" In It's New York Debut!

Source: Lampkin Publicity Service

Spider returns to New York in a rare appearance with a brand new show. In it's New York Debut, Saloffs' “The Cool Heat of Peggy Lee" concert includes Lee's classic jazz hits as well her pop music classics. Saloff presents all of this with her unique comic wit and a contemporary twist that will appeal to audiences of all ages! Songs include “Lover," “Why Don’t You Do Right?," “The Best is Yet to Come," and the classic, “Is That All ...

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Jazz Singer, Spider Saloff, to Headline Valentine's Day Concert at Palais Royale on Feb. 13th, 2011

Jazz Singer, Spider Saloff, to Headline Valentine's Day Concert at Palais Royale on Feb. 13th, 2011

Source: Lampkin Publicity Service

LAMPKIN MUSIC GROUP IS PROUD TO PRESENT CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED JAZZ SINGER, SPIDER SALOFF, IN A SPECIAL VALENTINE'S EVE DINNER CONCERT “MY FUNNY VALENTINE" ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2011. 5:00 P.M.AT THE PALAIS ROYALE AT THE MORRIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. DINNER AT 5:00PM, SHOW STARTS AT 7:00P.M. FEATURING THE JIM STEEL DUO DINNER SHOW TICKETS ARE $50.00 AVAILABLE AT 574-235-9190 OR ONLINE AT MORRISCENTER.ORG Nationally acclaimed vocalist Spider Saloff will make a rare appearance in South Bend ...

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Spider Saloff Appears at South Bend Museum of Art in Speakeasy

Spider Saloff Appears at South Bend Museum of Art in Speakeasy

Source: Lampkin Publicity Service

Spider Saloff’s Speakeasy: Songs of the 1920’s. November, 19th at 6:30 p.m. South Bend, Indiana. Tickets are $28.00 available @ 1-574-235-9102.

Nationally acclaimed vocalist Spider Saloff will make a rare appearance in South Bend for this lively evening of 1920’s jazz. Saloff will also interject her own special brand of humor into the performance with antidotes about the songs and the prohibition era.

Since the great success of her nationally syndicated radio series “Word & Music”, Spider is ...

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Spider Saloff at Iridium Jazz Club Saturday, March 1

Spider Saloff at Iridium Jazz Club Saturday, March 1

Source: All About Jazz

For Immediate Release Spider Saloff at Iridium Jazz Club Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 6:30PM ? “One of the finest jazz singers working in this or any other city" -Chicago Tribune “Her voice takes on a lovely Billy Holiday-like quality. Saloff will win you over completely." -New York Post “ She is dynamic, a powerhouse of passion!" -San Francisco Examiner “The silky timbre of her voice and the natural resonance of her band combine seamlessly to produce a lovely concert. ...

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Spider Saloff Sings Gershwin

Spider Saloff Sings Gershwin

Source: All About Jazz

Contact: Sven Thirion, Chairman TPAC 708.444.5ART [email protected] [email protected]

NEWLY FORMED TINLEY PARK ARTS COUNCIL TAKES RESERVATIONS FOR ITS FIRST JAZZ EVENT

(Tinley Park, IL--) The Tinley Park Arts Council (TPAC) announces its first professional performance event for the area featuring the renowned jazz vocalist, Spider Saloff.

Spider is heard worldwide as the co-star and co-creator of the internationally syndicated weekly Public Radio series Word and Music on NPR. She has received critical ...

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Spider Saloff @ Iridium Friday October 28th @ 7pm

Spider Saloff @ Iridium Friday October 28th @ 7pm

Source: All About Jazz

October 22, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com For Immediate Release Spider Saloff at Iridium Jazz Club CD Release Party for “Like Glass" Friday October 28, 2005 at 7pm “She is dynamic, a powerhouse of passion!" -San Francisco Examiner “Right-on intonation and a personal style which can sell a ballad or tantalize with half a chorus of scatting." Dick ...

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