Sara Gazarek is an American

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singer from Seattle.

Life and career

Gazarek was born in Seattle, Washington and moved to Los Angeles in 2000 to attend the

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at the University of Southern California. In college her teachers included

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, and Tierney Sutton. Clayton produced her first album, ''Yours'' (2005). The album was a critical and commercial success with a top ten ranking in the ''Billboard'' Traditional Jazz Charts as well as being the top album download in

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for Jazz in Germany and France. Clayton also produced her second album, ''Return to You'' (2007). She recorded ''Where Time Stands Still'' (2010) with the German band Triosence. She returned to the University of Southern California to accept a job on the faculty of jazz studies. In the liner notes for ''Blossom and Bee'' (2012) she cited the influence of

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Awards and honors

* Outstanding Jazz Vocalist Award, Ella Fitzgerald Foundation * Best Collegiate Vocalist, ''DownBeat'' magazine, 2003 *Grammy nomination for album ''Thirsty Ghost'', 2019

Discography

As leader

* '' Yours'' (Native Language, 2005) * '' Live at the Jazz Bakery'' (Native Language, 2006) * ''

Return to You ''Return to You'' is the second studio album by jazz singer Sara Gazarek. The album was released by Native Language Music on June 5, 2007. The album contains popular songs (Folk, Pop, Rock, Country), jazz tunes from 90's, and originals written b ...

'' (Native Language, 2007) * ''

Blossom & Bee ''Blossom & Bee'' is a studio album by American jazz singer Sara Gazarek released on June 19, 2012, by Palmetto Records. All the tracks are cover versions except "Blossom & Bee", which Gazarek wrote with producer Larry Goldings and Bill DeMain, an ...

'' (Palmetto, 2012) * ''Duo'' with Josh Nelson (Core Port, 2015) * ''Dream in the Blue'' with Josh Nelson (Steel Bird, 2016) * ''

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'' (2019) * ''Vanity'' (2022)

As guest

* Triosence, ''Where Time Stands Still'' (Sony, 2010)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gazarek, Sara Living people American women jazz singers American jazz singers USC Thornton School of Music alumni Musicians from Seattle Place of birth missing (living people) Singers from Washington (state) Palmetto Records artists 1982 births 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers Native Language Music artists