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Colleen Savage

I am a music performer and a program administrator with a background in arts, education and co-operatives. I’ve been active as a jazz singer and educator on the Vancouver music scene for over 30 years. I have toured across Canada and into the US to perform at many major jazz festivals, I present a regular schedule of voice workshops, I direct a community choir and I recently released my second CD under my own name. I believe jazz is a saving grace within our North American culture. My aim is to further develop my ability to create and deliver programs which support healthy and creative community living, specifically singing good music and singing it well.

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Vancouver, B.C. jazz vocalist Colleen Savage returns with stellar new album recorded in New Orleans

Source: Lauren Rogers

The finest jazz vocalists are never one-dimensional; they are able to bend their style, convey a number of different emotions, and roll with the shifting grooves of their band. Vancouver, B.C.-based singer Colleen Savage strikes all of those notes with knife-sharp precision, making her latest album Algiers not only a keeper but a serious candidate for the annual Top-10 lists.

The year is nearly over, and surely Algiers would have placed on a handful of yearly critical polls if Savage ...

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Colleen Savage’s new CD cooked up in the rich culture of New Orleans

Colleen Savage’s new CD cooked up in the rich culture of New Orleans

Source: Colleen Savage

For Vancouver jazz artist Colleen Savage, an invitation to headline a concert and workshop at Louisiana's Tulane University last February came with an offer no musician could refuse: an opportunity to record with players active in the New Orleans jazz scene. Savage recorded her new CD Algiers in the jazz capital of the world (actually, in the small district of Algiers across the Mississippi River from downtown) accompanied by Tulane faculty members John Doheny, tenor saxophone (CBC radio's 'Our Man ...

“Savage is soulful and inventive.” - Coda Magazine

“smoky and sultry” - Offbeat Magazine, New Orleans

“an outstanding performance on Time After Time” - Bobby Hales, Upbeat Magazine

“Individually, there were several standouts. Colleen Savage is a natural gospel singer with a powerhouse voice. Either leading the ensemble or belting out a solo number (“Merry Christmas, Baby”), she made it clear that sit next to her Christmas tree and you’ll get scorched.” - Mark Andrews, Vancouver Sun

Primary Instrument

Vocals

Location

Vancouver

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Algiers

Savage Music
2011

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