Diana Panton is a Canadian jazz vocalist. She won a

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in 2017 for ''I Believe in Little Things'' and a 2015 Juno award for Vocal Jazz Album for ''RED''. She has also received five JUNO nominations for her albums ''Cheerful Little Earful'' (2020), ''Solstice/Equinox'' (2019), ''Christmas Kiss'' (2013), ''To Brazil with Love'' (2012) and ''If the Moon Turns Green...''(2009). ''I Believe in Little Things'' debuted at #8 on the Billboard Jazz Chart while simultaneously debuting at #11 on the Billboard Children's Music Chart. Her first album, ''...Yesterday Perhaps'', and her third album, ''Pink'', were awarded Silver Disc Awards by Japan's ''Jazz Critique Magazine''. Panton started her music career as a member of the Hamilton All-Star Jazz Band. After hearing her perform with this band, veteran multi-instrumentalist Don Thompson (Order of Canada) invited her to attend the

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, where he was a faculty member. This led to Thompson's collaboration on Panton's albums a decade later. Panton holds a

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from

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and studied Art at the Parsons School in Paris. She teaches French, Art, and Drama at

Westdale Secondary School Westdale Secondary School is a public high school founded in 1931 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is a school in the city of Hamilton and is located in Westdale Village, a suburb in the west-end of the city. It is administered by the Hamilton ...

in Hamilton, Ontario.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Panton, Diana Living people Canadian women jazz singers Musicians from Hamilton, Ontario McMaster University alumni Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year winners Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year winners Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian women singers