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D.J. Sweeney

My family has always been very musical. I've always been surrounded by live music, education and art. The family traveled to small towns with my musician father playing at dances in the sixties. He played boogie woogie piano, bluegrass and country music on the guitar. I went to jams with him at the neighbors house and I always looked forward to every moment when he picked up the guitar or sat at the piano. My Mom was in the local theatre group and sang in musicals. I remember that my favorite was The Cole Porter musical, "Anything Goes." I had all the words to all the tunes memorized. When my parents divorced, Mom moved the kids to Kansas City. I started listening to a lot of Rock, Soul, and R&B. I began, seriously, listening to jazz when I was 16. A highschool friend of mine, now a DJ in L.A. at KPFK , turned me on to Joni Mitchell, Charlie Parker and Billy Holiday. After listening to this music, I fell in love with it and have continued with this love more seriously by singing the standards in clubs all over Kansas City.

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An EV Mic (N/D767a) and a Peavey PA


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Take Five With D.J. Sweeney

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Meet D.J. Sweeney:She's sung all her life, but just recently started singing at clubs with some of the greatest jazz musicians in Kansas City.Instrument(s):Vocal, guitar, piano bass and drums. An occasional trumpet or sax.Teachers and/or influences? Carol Comer, Everette DeVan and Rich Hill. All of these are Kansas City peeps.I knew I wanted to be a musician when... I was born. I used to sit on the upright piano with ...

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D.J. Sweeney CD Release Party at Jardine's Jazz Club

D.J. Sweeney CD Release Party at Jardine's Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz


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D.J. Sweeney To Release "Are You the One?" in Late September

D.J. Sweeney To Release "Are You the One?" in Late September

Source: All About Jazz

Kansas City based jazz vocalist D.J. Sweeney will release her new CD Are You The One at the end of September 2008. The eleven tracks will include swing, ballads and blues, and will be available at CD Baby. About D.J. Sweeney D.J. Sweeney has been a vocalist her whole life, first singing with her musician father, later choosing jazz as her favorite genre. D.J. brings her own unique style to her audiences. The repertoire she has chosen brings back some ...

Vocalist DJ Sweeney’s quote on myspace.com sums it up, “I love jazz more than anything!” This waitress cum jazz singer hit the ground running last August when she debuted her self-titled CD at Jardine’s Jazz Club. Since then, she has steadily picked up her performance pace, gigging at 12 Baltimore, The Melting Pot, The Peachtree Restaurant, and others. Her repertoire of standards done in a classic style that should delight traditional straight-ahead jazz fans. “Standards are timeless. They’re beautiful and people love them now and will love them when I’m seventy. I’m going for longevity here,” Sweeney laughs.

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Are You The One?

Independent Records
2008

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