Denise Johanna Zeefuik (born 7 November 1956) is a Dutch jazz singer. She was the first Dutch jazz soloist to be signed by

Blue Note Records Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Or ...

Early life

She spent her childhood in

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

and the

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Education

Denise studied law at the

University of Utrecht Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

. However, her interest in music tempted her to enroll herself into the

Conservatorium van Amsterdam The Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA) is a Dutch conservatoire of music located in Amsterdam. This school is the music division of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, the city's vocational university of arts. The Conservatorium van Amsterdam ...

. She graduated the university as a vocal educator.

Discography

Source: ;Studio albums * ''Take It from the Top'' (Timeless, 1991) * ''A Heart Full of Music'' (Timeless, 1993) * ''I Was Born in Love with You'' (Blue Note, 1995) * ''Different Colours'' (EMI, 1996) * ''The Madness of Our Love'' (Blue Note, 1999) * ''Thirst!'' (BV Haast, 2000) * ''Gedicht Gezongen'' (Plattel Music, 2004) * ''El Sendero'' (Maxanter, 2005) * ''Ella!: Denise Jannah Sings Ella Fitzgerald'' (September, 2015) * ''Lost & Found'' (Rhapsody Analog, 2017)

References

External links

Official website of Denise Jannah
1956 births Living people 21st-century Dutch women singers 21st-century Dutch singers Dutch jazz singers People from Paramaribo Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands 20th-century Surinamese women singers {{Netherlands-musician-stub