FEB 13-16 | Valentine's Week
Feb 14, 2025
Joe Henderson Lab
Powerhouse South Bay soulstress Tracy Cruz, a singer with a sound as big as her heart, brings a special night of romantic songs for Valentine’s Day.
Possessing a crystalline mezzo-soprano and enviable pipes, the 2020 winner of the World Songwriting Awards for “Best R&B Song” draws on a deep well of influences, from jazz, neo-soul, and hip hop to R&B, pop and Filipino fusions. Over the past two decades she’s garnered dozens of awards for her singing and songwriting. Born into a musical family in Quezon City on Luzon, the Philippines’ most populous island, Cruz moved to East San Jose at the age of five. She grew up hearing passionate Tagalog ballads and American soul and pop music, particularly Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston.
Immersed in jazz and gospel while studying music at San Jose State, she committed to music as a profession and earned national notice with her 2008 debut album Feel'osophy.
Her follow up, 2011’s Universoul Symphony, spent 14 weeks on the UK Soul Chart, and her new single “Find a Way,” was co-produced by Rodney Jones (Eric Roberson, Conya Doss).
For this Valentine’s Day concert Cruz infuses classic love songs with her boundless spirit.
2020 winner of the World Songwriting Awards for “Best R&B Song,” Bay Area-based singer Tracy Cruz brings a special night of romantic songs for Valentine’s Day.
A ray of audio sunshine for those inevitable gloomy days in life.
Soulbounce.com on Tracy Cruz
A ray of audio sunshine for those inevitable gloomy days in life.
Soulbounce.com on Tracy Cruz
Personnel
Tracy Cruz vocals
Sundra Manning piano
Clark Sims bass
J Paul Macklin drums
Possessing a gloriously rich voice and deep feel for the rhythmic syntax of African-American music from jazz to hip-hop, she sees her music as a vehicle for emotional revelations, good, bad, and ugly.
San Jose Mercury News on Tracy Cruz
Personnel
Tracy Cruz vocals
Sundra Manning piano
Clark Sims bass
J Paul Macklin drums
Possessing a gloriously rich voice and deep feel for the rhythmic syntax of African-American music from jazz to hip-hop, she sees her music as a vehicle for emotional revelations, good, bad, and ugly.
San Jose Mercury News on Tracy Cruz
Watch & Listen
Find a Way
Your Love's Everything
Find a Way
Your Love's Everything
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