Joyce Breach at The Pheasantry at PizzaExpress

Award winning singer Joyce Breach is one of the finest interpreters of classic American popular song. Before moving to New York in the 1990's, she was a well-known singer of long-standing reputation in her hometown of Pittsburgh, PA when she began to develop a more national profile with her first CD for Audiophile Records, released in 1992. The velvet-voiced singer, as celebrated writer Rex Reed recently referred to her, is known for her excellent musicianship and taste, and her sophisticated interpretations of the songs of Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart and Sondheim among others. She is the last of a breed of singers from a less-frantic era, following in the footsteps of Rosemary Clooney, Doris Day and Peggy Lee, but very firmly in her own style. In 2002, 2003, and 2004 she played to sell-out crowds at London's Pizza on the Park where she recorded her first live CD, Live in London, on Audiophile....

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Award winning singer Joyce Breach is one of the finest interpreters of classic American popular song. Before moving to New York in the 1990's, she was a well-known singer of long-standing reputation in her hometown of Pittsburgh, PA when she began to develop a more national profile with her first CD for Audiophile Records, released in 1992. The velvet-voiced singer, as celebrated writer Rex Reed recently referred to her, is known for her excellent musicianship and taste, and her sophisticated interpretations of the songs of Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart and Sondheim among others. She is the last of a breed of singers from a less-frantic era, following in the footsteps of Rosemary Clooney, Doris Day and Peggy Lee, but very firmly in her own style. In 2002, 2003, and 2004 she played to sell-out crowds at London's Pizza on the Park where she recorded her first live CD, Live in London, on Audiophile.

2012 Bistro Award for Ongoing Vocal Artistry

2008 MAC Award Nominee—Best Jazz Recording
Remembering Mabel Mercer, Volume 3

2002 Mabel Mercer Foundation Cabaret Classic

2000 MAC Award Winner—Best Jazz Performer

1998 Bistro Award—Best CD This Moment

"Listening to Joyce sing is always a powerful and joyous experience. Her connection with the lyric is deeply personal, her voice is pure honey and the caressing humanity in every note is truly special. 0dds and Ends is another perfect vocal gem!" Michael Feinstein


"She's become one of the most respected interpreters of the Great American Songbook since Mabel Mercer, Sylvia Syms and Julie Wilson." Rex Reed

"Joyce Breach, a beloved longtime fixture of New York's cabaret circuit, is a quintessential keeper of the flame. She gently nudges ballads into the pockets where they belong. On up-tempo numbers, she swings steadily but without ostentation." Stephen Holden, The New York Times

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