Connie Evingson is an American singer who performs

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and

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Career

Evingson was born in Hibbing, Minnesota. With parents who were music fans, she grew up listening to

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D ...

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Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April25, 1917June15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phra ...

Sarah Vaughan Sarah Lois Vaughan (, March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "List of nicknames of jazz musicians, The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, ...

Tony Bennett Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, ...

, and

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were an American vocalese trio formed by jazz vocalists Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross. From 1962 to 1964, Ross was replaced by vocalist Yolande Bavan. History The group formed in 1957 and recorded their ...

. From a young age, she sang in church and school choirs and musical theater productions. . After graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1981, she worked as a professional singer in clubs and concert halls in Minnesota and in 1986 became a member of the vocal jazz group Moore by Four. As a solo artist, she has appeared with the

Toronto Symphony Orchestra The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is a Canadian orchestra based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1906, the TSO gave regular concerts at Massey Hall until 1982, and since then has performed at Roy Thomson Hall. The TSO also manages the Toron ...

and the

Minnesota Orchestra The Minnesota Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded originally as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1903, the Minnesota Orchestra plays most of its concerts at Minneapolis's Orchestra Hall. History Th ...

as conducted by

Doc Severinsen Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. Early life Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon, to Minnie Mae (1897–1998) ...

, at

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with Wynton Marsalis and

Vince Giordano Vince Giordano (born March 11, 1952) is an American saxophonist and leader of the New York-based Nighthawks Orchestra. He specializes in jazz of the 1920s and 1930s and his primary instrument is the bass saxophone. Vince Giordano and the Nightha ...

and the Nighthawks. and with the JazzMN Orchestra, among others.

Discography

* ''I Have Dreamed'' (Minnehaha Music, 1995) * ''Some Cats Know'' (Minnehaha Music, 1999) * ''Fever: A Tribute to Peggy Lee'' (Minnehaha Music, 1999) * ''The Secret of Christmas'' (Minnehaha Music, 2002) * ''Let It Be Jazz: Connie Evingson Sings the Beatles'' (Minnehaha Music, 2003) * ''Gypsy in My Soul'' (Minnehaha Music, 2004) * ''Stockholm Sweetnin' '' (Minnehaha Music, 2006) * ''Little Did I Dream: Songs by Dave Frishberg'' with

Dave Frishberg David Lee Frishberg (March 23, 1933 – November 17, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist. His songs have been performed by Blossom Dearie, Rosemary Clooney, Shirley Horn, Anita O'Day, Michael Feinstein, Irene Kra ...

(Minnehaha Music, 2008) * ''Sweet Happy Life'' (Minnehaha Music, 2009) * ''All the Cats Join In'' with John Jorgensen Quintet (Minnehaha Music, 2014)

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Evingson, Connie Living people American women jazz singers American jazz singers People from Hibbing, Minnesota Singers from Minnesota Jazz musicians from Minnesota Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women singers 20th-century American women singers 21st-century American singers 20th-century American singers