Emilie-Claire Barlow

Toronto’s Emilie-Claire Barlow is certainly a Juno Award-winning singer using a warm, lithe vocal design and a knack for tackling urbane jazz specifications. Delivered in Toronto in 1976, Barlow was raised within a musical family members. Her father is certainly jazz drummer Brian Barlow, who in addition has documented as Brian Leonard and is most beneficial known for his use the Employer Brass (a Canadian big music group led by trombonist Rob McConnell). And in addition, the drummer instilled an understanding of jazz in his girl and prompted her to sing also to research several musical instruments, including piano, violin, cello, and clarinet. By enough time she was seven, Emilie-Claire Barlow was performing for tv and radio advertisements. She continued to be quite energetic on Toronto’s jazz picture, and in 1997 she and her dad shaped the Barlow Group — an acoustic-oriented octet whose soloists possess included trombonist Russ Small and saxman John Johnson. She co-produced her initial record, Emilie-Claire Barlow Sings, with her dad in 1998 before documenting Tribute (also co-produced with Brian Barlow) in 2000. Both albums had been released separately in Canada in the Tempo Paths label, and both garnered Juno Prize nominations for Vocal Jazz Recording of the entire year. A third Tempo Tracks album, Content Feet, made an appearance in 2003. Barlow after that founded her personal Empress GROUP and delivered a small number of well-received albums, including 2005’s Just like a Enthusiast, 2006’s holiday-themed Winter season Wonderland, and 2007’s THE Considered You, that she gained her third Juno Honor nomination. The next year, she received Feminine Vocalist of the entire year at Canada’s Country wide Jazz Honours. Two even more Juno Award-nominated albums adopted with 2009’s Haven’t We Met and 2010’s The Defeat CONTINUES ON. In 2011, Barlow shipped Seule Ce Soir, her ninth studio room recording and 1st sung completely in French. Very much lauded, the recording earned the vocalist her 1st Juno Award earn for Vocal Jazz Recording of the entire year, aswell as an ADISQ Honor for Recording of the entire year — Jazz Interpretation. A concert recording, Reside in Tokyo, adopted in 2014. In 2015 she came back with Clear Day time, which featured support from your Dutch Metropole Orkest. The recording showcased jazz reworkings of contemporary pop, rock and roll, and folk requirements, including tracks by David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Truck Morrison, yet others. It earned the Juno Prize for Vocal Jazz Record of the entire year.