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OCTOBER 2022 IS AN EXCITING MONTH...
A NEW RELEASE AND GIGS BACK IN NEW YOIRK CIYT! HOPE YOU WILL JOIN ME THERE...LOVE, JUDY Read More >> |
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 |  |  | | | |  | "Hear It and Sing It! Exploring the Blues" is available! | Hear It and Sing It! Exploring the Blues is an
effective tool for learning to sing and improvise on blues. Designed for students and teachers in vocal
jazz programs, it includes a step-by-step approach to learning blues
lyrics, forms, harmony, scales and improvisation, with a brand new
repertoire of songs.
14 songs and exercises sung by Judy Niemack, Sheila
Jordan, Mark Murphy and Darmon Meader, warm-ups, riffs, scales and harmony; vocal version and accompaniment-only recordings of each song, tracks by top New
York City jazz musicians...
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|  | "You" a new swinging love song for jazz vocalists | <Here's the website where you can download recordings and sheet music for several of the 100 songs that I have written lyrics to: Jazzleadsheets.com.
Demo tracks with me singing the songs, lead sheets and no-vocal tracks are all available here> | | |
| |  | "LISTENING TO YOU" | We are proud to have "Listening to You" released on the wonderful Sunnyside Jazz label, along with many of my fellow friends--wonderful jazz artists. The CD is a selection of duos I recorded with pianist Dan Tepfer, whom I met while sitting in with saxophonist Lee Konitz, an old friend. Lee was on tour with Dan and I loved joining them. The title track is a song of Lee's that I lyricized, and dedicated to him. The others include selections from Monk and Niemack, plus several jazz standards. | | |
|  | Interview on WBGO! | Here's an interview with Michael Bourne on the great jazz radio station, WBGO!
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|  | "What's Love" Release date October 28, 2022 | <At last! Judy's new CD, What's Love?, is out!
“Her creative odyssey provides a fascinating illustration of the high road to mastery that transcends the limitations of genre...a vocalist of theatrical depth and consummate syllabic invention.” - Downbeat
Jazz vocalist Judy Niemack presents a collection of rhapsodic romantic songs on her upcoming album release, What’s Love, due out October 28 on Sunnyside Records. Following Niemack’s lauded 2018 release New York Stories with pianist Jim McNeely and Danish Radio Big Band, What’s Love represents a vulnerable side of the lifelong vocalist’s artistry. In an embrace of her distinctive sound, Niemack’s rich collection of original lyrics paired with select standards offers a glimpse into her resilient and inventive vocal prowess.
Niemack is joined among the highest level of jazz musicianship for the affair; What’s Love hosts Peter Bernstein on guitar, Sullivan Fortner on piano, Doug Weiss on bass, Joe Farnsworth on drums and Eric Alexander guesting on alto saxophone.
An exploration of the healing powers of love, What’s Love presents as a musical reconciliation with the boundless, yet relatable, challenges that continually loop through our lives.
On Bandcamp. Spotify, Amazon and Bandcamp Music > | | |
|  | Jazz Vocal Standards | I'm happy to announce that my book, "Jazz Vocal Standards" was released by Hal Leonard in Spring of 2008. It's an introduction to jazz singing and vocal improvisation with ballads, bossa-nova, samba, and medium swing grooves.
Each title on the CD has a vocal version and a play along track. The vocal tracks are in female-friendly keys when you play it on a CD player, but when you play it on a computer, it automatically opens software that allows you to change both keys and tempos.
My Artistshare online lesson about "Funny Valentine" can be practiced with the play-along included in this volume.
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|  | Hear It and Sing It! Exploring Modal Jazz | Here's the book my ArtistShare vocal improvisation lessons are based on. You don't need any theoretical knowledge to take the online lessons offered here, but if you'd like to delve more deeply into vocal improvisation, the book will provide you with lots of information and a 70 minute practice CD.
"Hear It and Sing It!" offers the most basic yet potentially effective way to learn vocal jazz theory and scaling."
Jazztimes, Jazz Education Guide 2008/09
"Intelligent and well-conceived. The CD is great--a useful practice tool--and Judy's beautiful singing is a fabulous model for other singers!"
Michele Weir, Vocal Jazz Improvisation
"Finally, a clear explanation and demonstration of the use of modes! This book fills a huge void in vocal-jazz education."
Dan Haerle, The Jazz Language
"An excellent textbook...the exercises are vocalist-friendly yet challenging, and the accompaniment is superb."
Darmon Meader, New York Voices
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| | | | | |  | Lesson Participant - "My Funny Valentine" | | As a Lesson participant, you will receive an exclusive on-line lesson from Judy Niemack on her insight and approach to “My Funny Valentine”. Judy will discuss the history of the song, her past... |  | |
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