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Tianna Hall

Rank #2 Houston, TX Jazz / Vocal Jazz / Swing

50% of sales go to the charity World Vision.

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Members: HOUSTON: Mike Wheeler & Danny McKnight/Guitar, Paul English & Richard Cruz/piano, Steve Brown/bass, Sasha Loukachine/drums MEXICO: Miguel Villicana...

Sounds Like: Jane Monheit, Diana Krall, Michael Bublé, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington &, Frank Sinatra

Label: Blue Bamboo Music

Bio: Tianna Hall is a 31 year old vocalist in Houston, Texas and two time Grammy© recognized artist. She attended the University of Houston where she majored in Vocal Performance and worked professionally in musical theatre and opera for many years before focusing her craft on vocal jazz.

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“Some of the city's most dynamic, creative performers want to wish you a very happy, heartfelt -- uniquely Houston -- Christmas. http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/07/templates/listpop.html?bcpid=823433113&bctid=58401360001”

— Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle

“I asked several Houston singers to share what others locals they're sweet on, and the answers ranged from classy jazz to creepily cool country: Jennifer Grassman: It has to be Tianna Hall's version of The Way You Look Tonight off her album Lost In The Stars. There is nothing more nostalgic and romantic than vintage jazz music on a candlelit evening. Tianna has such a sultry voice, and the lyrics to the song are so selfless and sweet. It's a ballad about true, old-fashioned, no-strings-attached love. Beautiful and simple.”

— Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle

“I divert my attention to the far corner, where sparkly-eyed chanteuse Tianna Hall and the band are coating the room with the sort of no-nonsense vocal jazz that makes me want to hunt down and thank the flirty lesbian who bought me my first Rosemary Clooney disc. (Amy Winehouse is fine, but grow some nerve and buy Jazz Singer, or prepare for a lonely and regretful demise.) It's the right music for the bar, making the Led Zeppelin that plays between sets seem all the more obtuse. It's a long road between Cole Porter and "Immigrant Song," paved with the blood of lots of people who knew better, or should have. It probably has something to do with Harry Nilsson, but that's, as attorneys say, speculation.”

— Chris Henderson, Houston Press

“Hall has solid chops, natural phrasing and her own style. She's not just repeating Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan recordings note per note, the way most other singers "learn" jazz. The group's been playing straight-ahead jazz, not the jazzed-up pop or R&B that passes for jazz at other clubs around town.”

— Olivia Flores Alvarez, Houston Press

"Fever" might be the second cut on this CD, but it should be the song you listen to first. It has a sweet mix of hot sensuality and cool. Peggy Lee who? Hall recorded this CD last year in Mexico City, with Miguel Villicaña on piano, Agustin Bernal on bass and Gabriel Puentes on drums. It's not without its missteps (the intro to "In the Still of the Night" is a bit too dramatic, and there is a sense of sameness on the 14 tracks), but gosh, when she gets it right, Hall gets it real right. "The Way You Look Tonight" and "At Last" are up there with "Fever" for a near-perfect mix of polish, chops and style. "At Last," in particular, reminds listeners that this is jazz, not jazzed-up blues. Not trying to re-create Etta James's blues classic "At Last," it takes on a different form and feel, as it should. Hall opens the CD with "You Don't Know Me"; we hope that changes.

— Olivia Flores Alvarez, Houston Press

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2012
Jun 23

Boom Boom Room
Houston, TX, US | 9:30am
Boom Boom Room
Houston, TX, US
Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:30am
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2012
May 31

Memorial Wine Cellar
Houston, TX, US | 12:00am
Memorial Wine Cellar
Houston, TX, US
Thu May 31, 2012 12:00am
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2012
May 25

Las ventanas
Houston, TEXAS, US | 11:00pm
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Houston, TEXAS, US
Fri May 25, 2012 11:00pm
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May 21

Sambuca
Houston, TX, US | 11:00pm
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Houston, TX, US
Mon May 21, 2012 11:00pm
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May 13

Phoenicia MKT Bar
Houston, TX, US | 11:00am
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Houston, TX, US
Sun May 13, 2012 11:00am
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Martyn Thomas
Hello Eyes, wonderful talent as always :-)
Roxy Fox
Smooth tunes, Tianna! Nice!
Tony Frank
Swingin'! Please hit me up when you're in Tucson so we can do a tune together!
Sion.E
love your voice ,your musics hotttt
Frank W. Norwood
Super classy and elegant voice! Wonderful delivery!
BadgerStatic
Great voice and tracks!