Tierney Sutton Wins L.A. Jazz Society Jazz Vocalist Award

[Lois Gilbert]

Tierney Sutton Wins L.A. Jazz Society Jazz Vocalist Award

Telarc recording artist and GRAMMY® nominee Tierney Sutton won the Jazz Vocalist Award at the 23rd annual L.A. Jazz Society Awards, held at the Los Angeles Marriott Downtown Hotel on Sunday, October 22, 2006. John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, and Billy Childs also took honors, along with Verve chairman Tommy LiPuma, DJ Helen Borgers and jazz community activist Sybil Coker. Quincy Jones and Dianna Krall were honorary chairs.

Sutton says, “I was profoundly moved, especially to be presented with the award by my heroes Alan and Marilyn Bergman.”

“It was a wonderful event, and Tierney richly deserves this award,” says Sutton’s producer Elaine Martone, Executive Vice President of Production at Telarc. “The Los Angeles jazz community honored her artistry, and I feel fortunate to have played a part in her career. She is an extraordinary person, and her star continues to rise. L.A. knows that they have the real deal in Tierney and her band of 14 years. I think her forthcoming album, On the Other Side, is a landmark recording.”

Sutton was a semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocal Competition in 1998. Her 2004 Telarc release, Dancing in the Dark, debuted in the Billboard Jazz top ten and remained on the charts for over 15 weeks. In 2005, Sutton released her first live recording, I’m with the Band [click here for Jazz Police review], which garnered a GRAMMY® Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. She also teaches at the University of Southern California and conducts master classes and workshops worldwide.

Sutton and her longtime band – pianist Christian Jacob, bassists Trey Henry and Kevin Axt, and drummer Ray Brinker – recorded On the Other Side in late August 2006 at the legendary Capitol studios in Los Angeles. Their sixth Telarc release also features the outstanding work of trumpeter/vocalist Jack Sheldon on two tracks.

The Los Angeles Jazz Society, founded in 1985, was created to elevate the image of jazz and its artists in the community. The Society is dedicated to promoting, preserving, and perpetuating the American art form, Jazz. The most important activities of the Los Angeles Jazz Society are Jazz in Schools, The Bill Green Mentorship Program, Jazzgiving™ and the annual Jazz Tribute and Awards Concert. With a growing membership, the Los Angeles Jazz Society continuously works to recognize the contribution that all musicians make to the quality of life in Los Angeles and throughout the world.

The Tierney Sutton Band’s On the Other Side (CD-83650) is scheduled for release on Telarc on February 13, 2007

[Ron Thorne]

Roger Crane must be doin' a jig while shoutin' "I told you so!" He's shouted and written about the qualities of Tierney for years.

[Valerie]

Originally Posted by Ron Thorne

Roger Crane must be doin' a jig while shoutin' "I told you so!" He's shouted and written about the qualities of Tierney for years.

roger and his wife were definitely in attendance. i'm afraid i don't feel nearly as strongly as they do though!!

p.s. i know this is probably semantics, but the award wasn't actually "won" by tierney but rather she was honored with the award in that particular category, as i understand it. there is a difference, right?!?