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Pamela Hart

Pamela Hart is co-featured at the Women in Jazz Concert Series, "Sax, Strings, & Scats", June  27, 2008, Paramount Theatre, Austin, Texas, along with Pamela Williams, Joyce Cooling, and Althea Rene.

Pamela Hart is highly regarded as Austin, Texas’ finest jazz vocalist. Noted by Austin Woman Magazine as “Austin’s First Lady of Jazz,” audiences rave about Pamela’s excellent pitch, clarity and soothing vocal quality. “Her warm, clear tones and meticulously controlled pitch carry an illusion of effortlessness”--Tribeza Magazine. Her sultry rendition of classic jazz standards and contemporary music wins immediate acceptance by any audience. Born in Los Angeles, California, Pamela moved to Austin, Texas in 1982. In addition to regular appearances at Austin clubs, restaurants, live music broadcasts, weddings, banquets/parties and festivals, Pamela and her husband Kevin Hart have produced (and she has performed in) the semi-annual Women in Jazz Concert Series—the greatest events for female jazz musicians in Texas—1994 through 2008. The series also includes a Vocal Performance Workshop where Pamela and other professional vocalists and musicians share performance techniques, communicating with musicians and many other aspects of jazz singing.

Pamela was recently featured in the KLRU-TV “In Contact” TV Show on PBS TV, January 2009, and in November 2008, Pamela opened the Jazz at St James’ Concert Series for the late David ‘Fathead’ Newman, and had the audience raving after her performance, including a standing ovation after she sang “Angelitos Negros” in Spanish. In August 2008, she performed with the James Polk Orchestra in Swing with the Divas: Women in Jazz Concert and Dance. In June 2008, Pamela Hart was featured in A Tribute to Damita Jo DeBlanc, a crowd-pleasing performance. In January 2005-2008, she made waves with the IAJE African American Jazz Caucus Band in New York, NY, Long Beach, CA, and Toronto, Canada. In May 2004, Pamela performed in another solo concert The Great American Songbook. In May 2003 the Women in Jazz concert consisted of a solo performance by Pamela Hart of Blue Gardenia: A Tribute to Billie Holiday. In addition to singing an outstanding tribute to Billie Holiday, Pamela had them on their feet again in Encore Performances in September 2003. Pamela has been the opening act for Kirk Whalum, David Murray, David “Fathead” Newman, Dianne Reeves, Rachelle Ferrell, Patrice Rushen, Teri Lyn Carrington, and Miss Nancy Wilson. Winner of several Austin Jazz Players and Critic’s Poll for Best Female Jazz Singer, Pamela’s appreciation for the great masters of jazz is apparent in her intonation, grace and style. She attributes much of her learning to Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson. In July 2001, Pamela completed a European jazz festival tour, including the Montreaux, Vienne, and Juan des Pins Jazz festivals, with the Texas State University Jazz Band, directed by the legendary Dr. James Polk.

Her debut CD "May I Come In?" released under the HartBeat Productions label was reviewed in the June 1999 JAZZIZ Magazine. In addition, Ever Blue, a track from the CD is included on the JAZZIZ June 1999 CD and What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life on the July 2000 CD. She is currently recording her next CD project to be released in 2009, which will include such classics as For Heaven’s Sake, The Sweetest Sounds, Mr. Ugly, and Say It Isn’t So [arranged by the legendary composer, producer and musical director Mr. Gil Askey].

Pamela Hart is a young woman who steals the heart of any jazz aficionado.

For more information, visit Pamela's website at http://www.PamelaHart.com.