Tammy McCann – vocals
Tom Vaitsas – piano
Jon Sutton – bass
Sam Jewell – drums
 
“Her pitch is superb… clear on the top and startling at the bottom, while all of the steps in between are polished with swing…I have not heard a voice like hers since Dianne Reeves.”
— Stanley Crouch, music and cultural critic

Tammy McCann, began her career as a Classical musician.   But Jazz stole her heart.

Tammy McCann has been named “Best Jazz Vocal Performance” for several years by the Chicago Tribune!!!  Tammy is an internationally recognized Jazz Vocalist who’s powerful, sultry, and emotionally charged voice paints pictures and tells stories by merging Classical vocal technique and Gospel esthetic with Jazz to create a sound that is completely her own. Chicago Tribune’s Arts Critic, Howard Reich says McCann has, “A voice that soars in all registers, at all tempos, on all occasions… a voice that inspires wonder!”

Tammy is a story teller who draws emotion from and makes connections with here audiences world- wide.  Her warm delivery allows her audience to go on the musical journey with her and her engaging personality imprints the memory of her performance on their hearts.   Inside Jazz Magazine Music Critic, Nora McCarthy says “She came bearing natural gifts and with raw talent in hand, she stepped up to the mic and into the hearts of everyone in the room.”

Los Angeles Jazz Scene columnist, Scott Yanow writes” There are many fine jazz singers on the scene today but few are on Tammy McCann’s level”

Tammy McCann has performed with Chicago’s own Ramsey Lewis & NEA Jazz Master, Von Freeman and toured as a ‘Raelette’ with the great Ray Charles.  McCann has thrilled audiences in festivals and clubs world- wide as well as the nation’s premier Jazz venues such as Birdland, The Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola and Chicago’s own Jazz Showcase.  Her shows are not to be missed.   Cultural & Jazz Critic Stanley Crouch says, “Her pitch is superb…clear on the top and startling at the bottom, while all of the steps in between are polished with swing…I have not heard a voice like hers in decades.”