Edie Daponte Quintet at TD Victoria International JazzFest at Centennial Square

Vocalist Edie Daponte performs on the Centennial Square stage with Victoria's finest: Karel Roessingh/piano, Damian Graham/drums, Louis Rudner/bass and Paul Wainwright/sax
Equally at home in an intimate lounge setting or an outdoor festival stage, Edie has established herself on the music scene of Vancouver Island and Western Canada. Dynamic and engaging, she brings passion, playfulness and an evident love of performance to her live shows. Momentum is gathering behind the singer after her 2018 tour of ‘Under Paris Skies: la musique d’Edith Piaf’ saw sell out shows on Vancouver Island, and rave reviews in Vancouver. ...

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Vocalist Edie Daponte performs on the Centennial Square stage with Victoria's finest: Karel Roessingh/piano, Damian Graham/drums, Louis Rudner/bass and Paul Wainwright/sax
Equally at home in an intimate lounge setting or an outdoor festival stage, Edie has established herself on the music scene of Vancouver Island and Western Canada. Dynamic and engaging, she brings passion, playfulness and an evident love of performance to her live shows. Momentum is gathering behind the singer after her 2018 tour of ‘Under Paris Skies: la musique d’Edith Piaf’ saw sell out shows on Vancouver Island, and rave reviews in Vancouver.
Vancouver Island Music Awards awarded Edie with "Jazz Recording of the Year" in 2017 for her original song "Island Rain" and nominated her as "Vocalist of the Year" in 2016. Edie's original song 'Ride the Wind' was nominated in the Traditional category for the 2017 International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA). Emotive and passionate, her voice lends itself perfectly to a wide range of jazz standards, seamlessly moving from jazz to Bossa Nova and back again, switching between English, Portuguese, Spanish and French numbers with ease.
Edie Daponte has been back in the recording studio. After 2015’s Young at Heart, she returns in 2019 with Alegria, a joyful, globally-inspired collection reflecting the diversity of her live performances. In this new album she has brought together a selection of jazz, bossa nova, fado and blues numbers – many classic and some original – that ooze love and showcase her joy in performing.

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