Veronica Swift With The Ua Studio Jazz Ensemble at Tucson Jazz Festival at Leo Rich Theater

At age 24, VERONICA SWIFT is being recognized around the country as one of the top young jazz singers on the scene. Veronica’s first appearance at Jazz at Lincoln Center was at age 11 when she performed at the “Women in Jazz” series at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. By the fall of 2015, SWIFT won second place at the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition, then was asked to perform a concert of her own at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York City and appear as a guest artist with Michael Feinstein at Jazz at Lincoln Center with the Tedd Firth Big Band. In April, 2017 she started her residency a the infamous Birdland Jazz Club in New York City and followed by tours with her trio (Emmet Cohen Trio) as well as Benny Green Trio, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and Chris Botti...

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At age 24, VERONICA SWIFT is being recognized around the country as one of the top young jazz singers on the scene. Veronica’s first appearance at Jazz at Lincoln Center was at age 11 when she performed at the “Women in Jazz” series at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. By the fall of 2015, SWIFT won second place at the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition, then was asked to perform a concert of her own at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York City and appear as a guest artist with Michael Feinstein at Jazz at Lincoln Center with the Tedd Firth Big Band. In April, 2017 she started her residency a the infamous Birdland Jazz Club in New York City and followed by tours with her trio (Emmet Cohen Trio) as well as Benny Green Trio, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and Chris Botti. She comes to the Tucson Jazz Festival to perform her renditions of classic standards and originals with the UA Studio Jazz Ensemble.

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