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Singer and songwriter Liza Lee's last recording "Scarlet Mark", garnered amazing reviews and gained her a higher profile on the New York City music scene. Though "Scarlet" was a jazz project, rather than trot out the usual Gershwin and Berlin standards, Liza's recording was both contemporary and timeless, as she only performed words and stories that meant a lot to her, resulting in consistently haunting, meaningful and personal interpretations.
Born and raised in Reading, PA, when Liza was 13, she persuaded her mother
to take her to New York to begin auditioning for theater, TV and film.
She gained one of the top children’s talent managers and began
working. Having had a busy career acting and performing on stage, in off-Broadway
shows, film, television, commercials, cabaret and touring productions, Liza
began to grow tired of the routine. “I remember
standing on the stage performing in a musical and feeling like it was time to
move on. I had been in shows since I was four years old (locally) and
professionally since I was thirteen. I wanted to try something different. I
realized that I never wanted to abandon performing but I also knew that a
creative shift was in order.”
Liza relocated to New York to live full time. She began to study music with
world-renowned jazz pianist and composer Bruce Barth who became her mentor and
accompanist. “I was new to the jazz world. I didn’t really understand what a force Bruce is on the jazz scene.
Eventually he told me that he felt that I could make a living as a jazz
vocalist so I decided to give it a go. I suppose that that may sound a bit
strange to just sort of say ‘Ok, now I sing jazz!’ but that is really how this period in my life occurred.” During this time Liza also studied vocal technique with Jeannette
LoVetri, Luciana Souza and Eric Mingus.
Liza and her band went into the studio and recorded her first full-length
project "Scarlet Mark", which Bruce played on and co-produced.
The release of this project led Liza to receive worldwide airplay, and
she toured internationally. Liza also captured the attention of an agent
over at I.C.M. (International Creative Management).
An increasingly significant performer, Liza Lee is poised to become an
important voice of the 21st century.
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