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I was born in Harlem, New York. 136 Street and Amsterdam Avenue. I was baptized at Church of the Annunciation, 88Convent Avenue, New York, NY My mother was of Cuban Irish decent, a housewife; my Puerto Rican father was a machinist, played congas and guitar in the Navy Big Band. Drawn to music and art from an early age, it was said, that by age four, I would hear a song once and be able to recite the lyrics and melody. I attended High School of Art and Design at the age of 12 and majored in photography. Though photography was my first impulse towards self expression, I later focused my energy on vocals as a form of communication.
At the age of 17 I moved to Los Angeles where I worked within the Art and Design world and began my fascination and long romance with jazz.
I worked for Cannon films and was being exposed to the Art Director's taste in music. Lucky for me it was Coltrane and Parker. I began to seek out other jazz artists. I fell in love with the likes of Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, the cool of Anita O’day Shirley Horn, Chet Baker, Annie Ross and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross combo was a real treat when I stumbled across it. ''Come on home'' and ''Home cookin', till these days I adore those tunes. Then hearing the amazing Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone was the final step in the decision to leave the visual world behind and focus on jazz vocal. It was when I moved to Europe that I made a conscious decision to focus on a verbal form of communication
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New York native Diana Perez is a remarkable artist blessed with a strong expansive contralto voice that sets her apart from the myriad of female jazz vocalists producing new recordings almost daily. Releasing her third album and first on the ZOHO label, “It’s Happenin’” features a repertoire taken from the Great American Songbook cast in new exciting arrangements and performed with a cadre of luminaries from the top echelon of New York’s vibrant jazz scene.
This is one of those rare jazz vocal albums where the vocalist surrounds herself with such an impressive musical support that the excellent instrumentals and solos almost outshine the singer herself
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Clinic/Workshop Information Workshop for Advanced 1) how to produce your cd I have produced 3 sessions that labels have picked up. We go over : formulating a Budget, song choice, musicians, record labels, distribution options, website, press and radio PR, graphics . Workshop for beginners 1) If you can hear it you can sing it I go through several tunes , with my students teaching diction. ( clinic for Europe and JAPAN) list of listening homework. 2) Health is vital , eating , breathing
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