Second Saturdays Vocal Jazz Series presents an Oakland-based, but DC area native vocalist, Danielle Wertz, along with Mark G. Meadows on piano, Zack Pride (bass), and Ele Rubenstein (drums).
After relocating to California, Danielle quickly gained recognition as one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most in-demand jazz vocalists. She is thrilled to be returning to DC for this performance.
Described as, "untarnished by the politics of music" (Jazz Music Archives) and "at home alongside more contemporary exponents of improvising singing" (LoudMouth, AU) Danielle rapidly gained national acclaim after being named a semi-finalist in the 2015 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition and runner-up in the 2017 Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition....
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Second Saturdays Vocal Jazz Series presents an Oakland-based, but DC area native vocalist, Danielle Wertz, along with Mark G. Meadows on piano, Zack Pride (bass), and Ele Rubenstein (drums).
After relocating to California, Danielle quickly gained recognition as one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most in-demand jazz vocalists. She is thrilled to be returning to DC for this performance.
Described as, "untarnished by the politics of music" (Jazz Music Archives) and "at home alongside more contemporary exponents of improvising singing" (LoudMouth, AU) Danielle rapidly gained national acclaim after being named a semi-finalist in the 2015 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition and runner-up in the 2017 Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition.
In 2017 Danielle independently released her debut album, Intertwined. This collaboration with Israeli pianist, Tal Cohen, was recorded at ABC Studios in Sydney, Australia, and features renowned tenor saxophonist, Jamie Oehlers. Intertwined ranked #4 on Capital Bop's list of "Best DC Jazz Albums of 2017" and has continued to receive high praise since its release.
Being a DC-area native, Danielle has both headlined and supported local musicians at Blues Alley, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Mr. Henry’s, Twins Jazz, Sotto, The DC Jazz Festival, The Mansion at Strathmore, HR-57 Center for the Preservation of Jazz and Blues, The Carlyle Club, The Creative Cauldron and Bethesda Blues and Jazz. She released her debut album to a sold-out room at The Arts Barn in Gaithersburg, co-led a concert with Lena Seikaly celebrating women in jazz at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in conjunction with the “Harlem Heroes” exhibit in 2017, and was featured on another Smithsonian concert performing “Rare and Never Recorded Works of Tadd Dameron.”
"Unlike many of her contemporaries there is truth in her voice. Untarnished by the politics of music, what's brought forth is pure, innocent and simply beautiful." -Carmel DeSoto, Jazz Music Archives
"A MASTERFUL BALLAD INTERPRETER [...] A SINGER WORTHY OF WIDER RECOGNITION" -KEN DRYDEN, THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD
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