"Eve Cornelious sounds positioned to continue a style of jazz singing unafraid of taking chances and not satisfied with doing endless mood-music renditions of the great American songbook." - CD Baby
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When she isn't busy touring, Eve Performs at The Smoke & Jazz Club every Wednesday night.
Eve Cornelious has enjoyed a remarkable career, touring Europe, Japan, and Cuba with Roy Hargrove, Jon Hendricks, Chucho Valdez, Mulgrew Miller, Carl Allen, Rodney Whitaker, Mark Whitfield, and Tim Warfield. She has peformed to critical acclaim at festivals around the world, including North Sea, Monterey, Montreaux, Newport, Middleheim, and the JVC Jazz Festival at Lincoln Center. She has recorded with Norman Conners and Ramsey Lewis.
Currently the jazz vocal teacher at East Carolina University, Eve's education in music spans both the formal and the personal, with a degree in music to supplement her careful transcription work of vocal giants Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae and Billie Holiday. Born in Newark, NJ and raised in Newport News, VA, Eve feels a special kinship with Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, who came from those two towns respectively. Eve also studied with pianist Mary Lou Williams.
For information or bookings, please contact:
New York Office: 347.602.7103
North Carolina Office: 919.493.6313
eve@evecornelious.com