Clairdee: vocalist, entertainer, educator, recording and touring artist

"My mission is to uplift and inspire through music. In that regard, I consider myself a soul singer — reaching from the inside out, telling stories, stirring emotions, helping my listeners feel good. My goal is to continue creating, finding and telling new stories that bring us all closer together. That’s what music is all about."
Read articles • The Scotsman July 2011 • Sac Talent Mag June 2011 • All About Jazz May 2011 • Mercury News May 2011 Edinburgh Jazz Festival, Scotland Staller Recital Hall, SUNY, NY Tempe Center for the Arts, AZ Hilton Head Symphony, Hilton Head Island, SC Dizzy's, Jazz @ Lincoln Center, NY, NY Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA The Rrazz Room, San Francisco The Jazz Cruise, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Playboy Jazz at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, CA Hult Center for the Performing Arts, OR Russian River Jazz Festival, Guerneville, CA SFJAZZ Summerfest, Palo Alto Yoshi’s, Oakland and San Francisco San Antonio Convention Center Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, CA Toronto Convention Center, Ontario Canada Harrah’s, Reno, NV LaRita Theater, Dalhart, TX Bakersfield Jazz Festival, CA Stanford Jazz Festival, Palo Alto, CA Harvey’s, Lake Tahoe, CA Jazz Bones, Tacoma, WA Jazz at Filoli, Woodside, CA San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio, TX Newport Beach Jazz Party, CA The Vic, Santa Monica San Jose Jazz Festival, CA Three tours throughout Japan Omni William Penn, Pittsburgh, PA Bakes’ Place, Redmond, WA Spreckels Performing Arts Center, CA Pacifica Performances, CA Kuumbwa Jazz Center, CA Oakland Art & Soul Festival Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Palo Alto, CA Dizzy’s, San Diego John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, OR New York Bar, Tokyo All Jazz Club, Paris “It doesn’t matter whether it’s jazz, or pop, or R&B, it’s all about the lyric. In the tradition of all great vocalists, Clairdee infuses each song with her own unique style while always remaining true to the song itself.” *—Nancy Wilson* “Clairdee is the real thing. Notes, words, jazz harmonies... a beautiful, unforced voice, an exceptional artist.” *—Tom Manoff, NPR music reviewer* “This kind of cleverness is a rare find on any modern collection of vocal interpretations.” *—All Music Guide* “... a whole lot of interpretive brilliance.” *—Jazz Times* “Clairdee is among the most skilled and appealing singers around — fine songs, beautiful voice, great moves.” *—San Francisco Examiner* “...a multidimensional and versatile talent.” *—Hartford Courant* “Clairdee invests the songs with generous spirit and unpretentious sincerity.” *—Down Beat* Jazz Ambassador, Jazz Heritage Ctr, San Francisco Mentor & Honorary Committee, Community Housing Partnership Diversity & Outreach Committee, Jazzschool California Jazz Foundation Bread & Roses Mentor	A rarity in this digital age, Clairdee is truly a spontaneous entertainer bringing sass and sophistication to the stage. At the crossroads of jazz, pop, blues and soul, she seamlessly blends the Great American Songbook and contemporary classic songs with buoyant rhythms, telling riveting stories in her distinctive style to create a fresh spark that suggests the music was written for today. The San Francisco-based vocalist has worked nightclubs, festivals, convention centers and concert halls from San Diego to San Antonio, Tokyo to Paris, New York to Newport Beach. Her performance experience includes work with an all star roster of artists such as Bucky Pizzarelli, Shelly Berg, Boz Scaggs, Cyrus Chestnut, Houston Person, Norman Simmons, Dave Frishberg, Ken Peplowski, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Wycliffe Gordon, Dianne Schuur, Mark Murphy and many top straight-ahead jazz instrumentalists. Clairdee's genre-bending versatility has made her the perfect choice as opening act for a diverse roster of artists including David Sanborn, the Count Basie Orchestra, Etta James, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Johnny Mathis, and Dionne Warwick. Intelligent and articulate, Clairdee’s skills as a first-rate interviewer impressed during her standing-room-only conversation with legendary vocalist Nancy Wilson at the 2008 Monterey Jazz Festival. As leader, producer, co-arranger Music Moves (Declare Music) This Christmas (Declare Music) Destination Moon (Declare Music) As guest vocalist Dmitri Matheny "Santa's Got a Brand New Bag" Kevin Gibbs "Piano for All Seasons" Buddy Connor "Can't Hide Love" Dan Buegeleisen "West Coast Alternative" Kenneth Nash "Shine On" Teaching \| Workshops \| Guest Speaker \| Adjudication San Francisco Symphony's "Adventures in Music" (AIM) UC Berkeley Jazz Dept, Vocal Jazz Diablo Valley College Solo Vocal Jazz The Jazzschool, Berkeley, CA SFJAZZ "Discover Jazz," San Francisco Young Musicians Program (YMP), UC Berkeley San Jose Jazz Society Youth Competition Healdsburg Jazz Festival's "Operation Jazz Band" Seattle Central Community College WomenSpeak, San Antonio, TX Roads Scholar Program, Eugene, OR 'Life Inspired' Clairdee's inspirational Podcast series with special guests including: Miss Nancy Wilson, song stylist Ivan Lins, composer, singer, pianist Dianne Reeves, singer, composer Dena DeRose, pianist, singer, composer, educator Fred Berry, trumpeter, band leader, educator Mark Stock, painter, drummer, magician Singer \| Print Model \| Voice-Over Apple Computers Bank of America California State Lottery Coca-Cola Discovery Channel’s Fit TV Dole Foods Kaiser Permanente Leap Frog Toys Macy’s Safeway Theatre Teatro Zinzanni, San Francisco (“The Chanteuse”)