Tammy McCann is an internationally recognized Jazz Vocalist and is currently Artist in Residence for the Music Institute of Chicago. Her powerful, sultry, and emotionally charged voice merges Classical vocal technique and Gospel aesthetic with Jazz to create a sound that is completely her own. Alyce Claerbaut, President of Strayhorn Songs Publishing, Inc. says, “Tammy is a star with a one-of-a-kind voice.”

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Tammy has thrilled audiences in festivals and clubs world-wide from Bangkok, Thailand to the Harrods Atticus in Greece, as well as this nation’s premier concert and Jazz venues, such as Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Birdland, The Blue Note, Dizzy’s Club, and Chicago's Jazz Showcase.

 

Tammy has performed with such luminaries as Ramsey Lewis & NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman, John Clayton, Branford Marsalis, Joe Locke, Charles McPherson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Carmen Bradford, and toured as a ‘Raelette’ with the great Ray Charles.

 

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DO I MOVE YOU? With the music from Tammy McCann's 2023  album, this concert traverses the  urban and rural musical terrain of blues, gospel, and jazz. Available with Fareed Haque on guitar.

 

THE LEGENDARY LADIES OF JAZZ ~ ELLA, SARAH DINAH & BILLIE. At the end of the 1940’s four unique women appeared on the scene whose distinctly original styles of delivery and mastery of improvisation that not only changed the direction of jazz, but changed popular music itself. Join Tammy McCann as she celebrates Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, and Billie Holiday.

 

YES, MAHALIA! This big band concert is a fresh and soulful reimagining of Mahalia Jackson’s music that captures the synergy of her unique sound and pairs it with the sonic power of big band jazz.

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY! Come warm your spirits with Tammy McCann’s Merry Christmas Baby! Tis the Season for a bluesy and soulful journey through our favorite Christmas and seasonal classics.

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Master Classes & Clinics Also Available​