Pauline Jean.....

Jazz vocalist Pauline Jean is a native New Yorker of Haitian descent. In 2007 Pauline graduated cum laude from the Berklee College of Music with a BM degree in Vocal Performance. After graduating from Berklee, Pauline returned to New York and immediately became actively involved in the music community. Pauline has been building on the classic art form of jazz by adding her own fresh approach. Her repertoire includes original compositions, unique arrangements of the standards, blues and traditional Afro-Haitian music fused with jazz. Her musical renditions are performed both in English and in her parents’ native tongue kreyòl. Pauline's velvety voice has a range from the low resonance and earthiness of the great Sarah Vaughan to the electrifying voltage of Nina Simone.

Her extraordinary performances have led her to share the stage with a variety of musicians such as Nina Simone’s percussionist Leopoldo Fleming, Randy Weston, Dave Valentin, Ted Curson, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ingrid Jensen, Miriam Sullivan, Luis Perdomo, Alvin Atkinson, Jr., Buyu Ambroise and Emeline Michel.

Pauline has been featured in many venues such as: Lincoln Center, United Nations, Scullers Jazz Club, St. Peter’s Church, Metropolitan Room, Kitano, Chelsea Art Museum, Zinc Bar, Minton's Playhouse, Cachaca, SOB’s, Sage Theater, Enzo’s Jazz Room and the Berklee Performance Center. She has also performed at the 2nd Annual Women in Jazz Festival, the JVC Jazz Festival-New York, the Haitian Jazz Festival and the St. Kitts-Nevis SAS Jazz Reggae Vibes Festival.

Her most recent successes include performing at the 44th International Pori Jazz Festival in Finland and a tribute to Nina Simone at The Cabaret at the Connoisseur Room in Indianapolis, where she was celebrated with standing ovations by an enthusiastic audience for three stellar performances.

Pauline released her debut CD A Musical Offering in June 2009. The album is stirring and best described as swingin’, bluesy and soulful. Musicians on this project include: Sharp Radway (piano), Corcoran Holt (bass), Alvin Atkinson, Jr. (drums), McClenty Hunter (drums), Markus Schwartz (percussion), Marcelo Woloski (percussion), Jean Caze (trumpet) and Thaddeus Hogarth (harmonica).

Influences
Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Betty Carter, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Anita O'Day, Toto Bissainthe, Johnny Hartman, Nat King Cole, Eddie Jefferson, Mel Torme, Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker, Shirley Horn, Gloria Lynne, Nancy Wilson, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Cannonball Adderley, Lee Morgan, Thelonious Monk, Art Tatum, Elvin Jones and so many more.... In a nutshell, anyone who has the ability to touch my heart...

Upcoming Shows
Nov 28 2009 9:30P unWINEd @ Symphony Space Cafe New York, New York
Dec 1 2009 5:00P H&M Gallery of Harlem New York, New York
Dec 5 2009 1:00P Berklee College of Music - David Friend Recital Hall Boston, Massachusetts
Dec 10 2009 5:00P Vino Fino New York, New York
Dec 13 2009 8:00P Pine Tree Lodge - Bar & Grill New York, New York
Dec 27 2009 8:00P SOB’s - Haitian Women In Jazz New York, New York
Jan 10 2010 6:15P PJS Jazz Society Mount Vernon, New York
Jan 27 2010 8:00P Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-Prince (Hotel Karibe) Port-au-Prince, HAITI
Jan 28 2010 8:00P Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince, HAITI
Jan 29 2010 8:00P Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince, HAITI
Jan 30 2010 8:00P Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-Prince (Parc Historique de la Canne a Sucre) Tabarre, HAITI
For more information about Pauline, please visit her website at http://www.paulinejean.com/.
http://www.myspace.com/paulinejean