Tierney Sutton at South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center

Grammy Nominated Jazz Vocalist Tierney Sutton at South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center March 3, 2018 for Two Shows

The New York Times has called TIERNEY SUTTON

"A serious jazz artist who takes the whole enterprise to another level “.

A 6-time Grammy Nominee as both a recording artist and arranger, Sutton is often described as “a singer’s singer”, but just as often, she is described as a “musician’s singer”, who uses her voice like an instrument. 

Most recently, Tierney received her 5th consecutive Grammy Nomination for “Best Jazz Vocal Album” for her latest project , “After Blue”, an intimate, jazz-inspired re-imagining of the legacy of Joni Mitchell. The album, which is Sutton’s first solo outing without her longtime Band, features Al Jarreau, Hubert Laws, Peter Erskine, Larry Goldings, Serge Merlaud, Kevin Axt and The Turtle Island Quartet.

Spanning over 20 years of collaboration, the Tierney Sutton Band’s 9 CDs have consistently topped the US jazz charts, leading to Tierney’s selection as Jazzweek’s Vocalist of the Year as well as to numerous other accolades in the music world including a 2011 Grammy nomination for the Band’s collaborative arranging. 

She has headlined in recent years at The Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center and Jazz At Lincoln Center. She can also be heard on film and television soundtracks including The Academy Award-nominated film “The Cooler” as well as on television commercials (BMW, Green Giant, Yoplait Yogurt, Coke).

When she is off the road, Tierney is an active educator. She taught for over a decade at USC’s Thornton School of Music and is currently the Vocal Department Head at The Los Angeles Music Academy in Pasadena,CA where she has created a new curriculum for vocalists of all genres. Tierney has taught and mentored some of music’s finest new generation of singers including Gretchen Parlato and Sara Gazarek and Monica Borzym. 


SouthMiami-Dade Cultural Arts Center (SMDCAC) presents The Tierney Sutton Band on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 7:30pm and 9:30pm in the Center’s intimate Black Box Theatre.

The Tierney Sutton Band

Jazz Musician of the Day: Tierney Sutton

Born: June 28, 1963
In a world of overnight sensations, jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton’s success has come from the road less traveled. A decision in the mid ’90s to move to Southern California from her New England home resulted in a decade-long collaboration with her current band mates. A Wisconsin-born choir girl, unexposed to jazz until college, Tierney eventually found the best of the best--collaborators with their own impressive jazz pedigrees, from Natalie Cole to Diana Krall, from Ray Charles to Randy Brecker--pianist Christian Jacob, bassists Trey Henry and Kevin Axt, and drummer Ray Brinker.

Ten years and six critically acclaimed CDs later, Tierney and her band demonstrate what collective consultation and dedicated teamwork can achieve. Reviewers repeatedly say that audiences experience a rare and powerful harmony, achieved by humble performers at the top of their game. The road less traveled in an impatient world.
A versatile studio singer as well as premiere entertainer, Tierney’s voice was recently featured on Lions Gate’s hit film The Cooler, starring William H. Macy and Alec Baldwin. She can also be heard in Paramount’s Twisted, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia and Ashley Judd. And in 2004, Tierney and her band scored the independent feature film Blue in Green, which was released by the Unica Project. Tierney’s unique voice is also regularly featured in commercials representing such organizations as BMW, Coca Cola, Dodge and J.C. Penney.

Educated at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Tierney became a semi-finalist in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocal Competition in 1998. Her first solo CD, Introducing Tierney Sutton (1999), was released to rave reviews and nominated for a 1999 Indie Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Complete on  >  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=4739


Live performance with Ray Brinker drums; Christian Jacob piano; and Kevin Axt bass

Tierney Sutton Band

Festival de jazz de Québec
Québec - Canada

Tierney Sutton Band to Headline Final Concert of 9th Annual North Texas Jazz Festival in Addison on April 18, 2009

The Tierney Sutton Band will perform on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at the final concert event of the 9th Annual North Texas Jazz Festival in Addison. Earlier that day, the quartet will hold a Q&A session at 12:15 - 1:15 pm. The evening concert begins at 7:00 pm, and will include performances by selected school groups participating in the festival. After a brief intermission, the Tierney Sutton Band will take the stage. The festival takes place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Addison, Texas.
Members of the group are Tierney Sutton, vocals, Christian Jacob, piano, Trey Henry, bass, and Ray Brinker, drums.
http://www.tierneysutton.com/
All tickets are $30 and can be purchased by calling Chris McMurtry at 972-450-6251. All payments must be made at the time of the order.
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During its 15 years together, the Tierney Sutton Band has received 2 Grammy Nominations for Best Vocal Jazz Album, a JazzWeek Award for Vocalist of the Year, consecutive nominations for Jazz Journalist Association Awards, recorded several CDs that made the #1 spot on jazz radio playlists, and garnered critical praise throughout the world. Comprised of vocalist Tierney Sutton and instrumental virtuosos Christian Jacob, Trey Henry, Kevin Axt and Ray Brinker, the band has headlined in recent years at Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl and Jazz at Lincoln Center and has appeared at the Monterey, Marciac and Umbria jazz festivals. To date they have recorded seven CDs, each resulting in increasing recognition and acclaim. The band's most recent disc, "On the Other Side", was released in February '07 and was hailed by BusinessWeek "A Masterpiece...eloquent, honest and magnificently sung and played." Still, the band's greatest accomplishment is its continuing commitment to unity, excellence and creative collaboration. All musical arrangements as well as business decisions are made by the band members as full partners. A concert by the Tierney Sutton Band is an experience of rare and powerful harmony achieved by humble performers at the top of their game. Critics agree that the reason this band endures can be found in it's music: "Phenomenal rapport"..."the chemistry is palpable"..."telepathic give and take"..."a serious artist who takes the whole enterprise to another level"..."top-flight one and all"..."total connection"..."a seamless blend with superlative bandmates"..."an uncanny display of spirit and unity."
http://www.jazz.unt.edu/ntjazzfest/?q=node/25