Claudia Acuña Quartet at Stanford Jazz Festival

As a teenager launching a music career in Chile, vocalist Claudia Acuña first discovered the sounds with which she most felt at home: the music of Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, and Erroll Garner. Fusing her classical and folk experience with jazz, she made quite a name for herself in the Santiago jazz world, sitting in with visiting artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Danilo Perez, Michel Petrucciani, and Joe Lovano. She moved to New York and immersed herself in the jam session scene, and soon began working with Tom Harrell, Billy Childs, George Benson, Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride, Joey Calderazzo, and many other top artists. Her solo albums Wind From the South, Rhythm of Life, and Luna have garnered her a huge following. The L.A. Times said, “Although Acuña did not come to the U.S. until she was in her 20s, she has mastered the essential elements of jazz with startling effectiveness.”...

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As a teenager launching a music career in Chile, vocalist Claudia Acuña first discovered the sounds with which she most felt at home: the music of Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, and Erroll Garner. Fusing her classical and folk experience with jazz, she made quite a name for herself in the Santiago jazz world, sitting in with visiting artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Danilo Perez, Michel Petrucciani, and Joe Lovano. She moved to New York and immersed herself in the jam session scene, and soon began working with Tom Harrell, Billy Childs, George Benson, Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride, Joey Calderazzo, and many other top artists. Her solo albums Wind From the South, Rhythm of Life, and Luna have garnered her a huge following. The L.A. Times said, “Although Acuña did not come to the U.S. until she was in her 20s, she has mastered the essential elements of jazz with startling effectiveness.”

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