OUT OF THIS WORLD is the CD that Sony Holland fans have been waiting for. With effortless swing and perfect pitch she jazzes up a phrase by sliding gracefully into silky high-notes and soothing lows. The SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE says, “Her voice combines the pop styling of Nancy Wilson and the open-throated bell tones of Streisand.
” Sony was born in the icy north of Minnesota where Dad was a Minister and Mom directed the choir. She studied music mostly by listening to and emulating her favorite jazz singers, and has honed her craft during long performance runs in Asia. At home in San Francisco she keeps sharp by gigging in every possible setting including concerts, festivals, nightclubs, parties, galas, and cafés.
In the process she has developed a style uniquely her own. Sony has built an ardent following initially attracted by her CD of original material titled ON A SAN FRANCISCO HIGH released in 2004. She has played to packed houses at all of the top Bay Area jazz venues including Yoshi’s, Pearl’s, The Empire Plush Room, The Carmel Jazz Blues Company, the SF Jazz Summerfest, the Fillmore Jazz Festival, the Sausalito Arts Festival, etc, etc… Among her career highlights she lists performing for Royal Princess Masako of Japan, and singing our National Anthem for the baseball Giants.
OUT OF THIS WORLD will be officially released with a concert at YOSHI'S on Monday, January 29th, 2007. With so many talented female jazz singers recording constantly, it can be a little difficult to keep up with all of the new names. Sony Holland is worth remembering for she has a strong, flexible and versatile voice along with a style that fits the standards she interprets perfectly.
She does a rewarding job in making such tunes as “The Nearness Of You,” the undeservedly obscure “Summer Night,” “Skylark” and “The Thrill Is Gone” sound fresh, topical and new.
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