Lisa Engelken Quartet at At the Club Regent, Fairmont San Jose

LISA ENGELKEN is a fearless singer and tonic performing artist. With horn-like rhythmic scatting and impeccable tonal clarity, Lisa’s “Mata Hari vocals” (Village Voice) put the chill back into jazz vocals. Lisa, now based in the Bay Area, hails from the Kansas plains: part freight train, part tumbleweed, Engelken alternately locomotes and floats through tunes. Engelken’s technical prowess and unique arranging style are attributed to a varied musical training and performance experience. Classically trained, she wields an acrobatic four-octave range and spices her tunes with Portuguese, French, Spanish, German and Italian (which she speaks fluently)...

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LISA ENGELKEN is a fearless singer and tonic performing artist. With horn-like rhythmic scatting and impeccable tonal clarity, Lisa’s “Mata Hari vocals” (Village Voice) put the chill back into jazz vocals. Lisa, now based in the Bay Area, hails from the Kansas plains: part freight train, part tumbleweed, Engelken alternately locomotes and floats through tunes. Engelken’s technical prowess and unique arranging style are attributed to a varied musical training and performance experience. Classically trained, she wields an acrobatic four-octave range and spices her tunes with Portuguese, French, Spanish, German and Italian (which she speaks fluently). Theatrically trained, Lisa electrifies audiences with an intensity and focus, immediacy and passion that have garnered her comparisons to Evel Kneivel, Janis Joplin and even a roaring Harley Davidson.

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