DEC 8-11 | SFJAZZ Holiday Concerts
Dec 10, 2022
Joe Henderson Lab
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Original show description below.
Have yourself a soulful little holiday season with powerhouse South Bay soulstress Tracy Cruz, a singer with a sound as big as her heart.
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 onLuzon, 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. For this holiday concert Cruz infuses seasonal favorites with her boundless spirit alongside originals like her soaring Christmas ballad “Angels.”
For this holiday concert Cruz infuses seasonal favorites with her boundless spirit alongside originals like her soaring Christmas ballad “Angels.”
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
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
Personnel
Tracy Cruz vocals
Bennett Roth-Newell piano
Michael "Tiny" Lindsey bass
Aaron Kierbel drums
Julan Hoover guitar
A ray of audio sunshine for those inevitable gloomy days in life.
Soulbounce.com
Personnel
Tracy Cruz vocals
Bennett Roth-Newell piano
Michael "Tiny" Lindsey bass
Aaron Kierbel drums
Julan Hoover guitar
A ray of audio sunshine for those inevitable gloomy days in life.
Soulbounce.com
Watch & Listen
Tracy Cruz
Your Love's Everything
Tracy Cruz
Find a Way
Tracy Cruz
Your Love's Everything
Tracy Cruz
Find a Way