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==Early life==
==Early life==
Brooks was born in [[Miami Beach, Florida]] where she grew up in a musical family. Her father, Don Ippolito, was a jazz pianist who wrote for the Big Bands in World War II, and went on to play with Sarah Vaughn, Peggy Lee and Dizzie Gillespie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jazziz.com/sylvia-brooks-charts-her-way/|title=Sylvia Brooks Charts Her Way With "The Arrangement" - JAZZIZ Magazine|date=16 October 2017|publisher=}}</ref> Her mother Johanna Dordick, was an Opera Singer who founded the Los Angeles Opera Theatre in 1979. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laoperatheater.com/index.html|title=Los Angeles Opera Theater - Los Angeles Opera Theater|website=www.laoperatheater.com}}</ref> Brooks began her professional life as an actress, studying classical theater at The American Conservatory Theatre, <ref>{{cite web|url=http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-sbm-music/}}</ref> before moving to New York City to pursue her acting career.
Brooks was born in [[Miami Beach, Florida]] where she grew up in a musical family. Her father, Don Ippolito, was a jazz pianist who wrote for the Big Bands in World War II, and went on to play with Sarah Vaughn, Peggy Lee and Dizzie Gillespie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jazziz.com/sylvia-brooks-charts-her-way/|title=Sylvia Brooks Charts Her Way With "The Arrangement" - JAZZIZ Magazine|date=16 October 2017|publisher=}}</ref> Her mother Johanna Dordick, was an Opera Singer who founded the Los Angeles Opera Theatre in 1979. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laoperatheater.com/index.html|title=Los Angeles Opera Theater - Los Angeles Opera Theater|website=www.laoperatheater.com}}</ref> Brooks began her professional life as an actress, studying classical theater at The American Conservatory Theatre,<ref>http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-sbm-music</ref> before moving to New York City to pursue her acting career.




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In 2009 with the death of her father, she began singing Jazz and formed a collaboration with Thomas Garvin who wrote the arrangements for her debut album ''Dangerous Liaisons''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/columns/hearingvoices/sylvia-brooks-dangerous-liaisons/}}</ref> The album grew out of a series of performances in the Los Angeles area. Dangerous Liaisons was Chart Bound in Jazz Week in August 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sylviabrooks.net/chart-bound-in-jazz-week/}}</ref> Her rendition of Harlem Nocturne is on the Top 200 Downloads of All Time on [[All About Jazz ]].<ref>[https://media.allaboutjazz.com/jazzdownloads.php?type=top}}</ref>
In 2009 with the death of her father, she began singing Jazz and formed a collaboration with Thomas Garvin who wrote the arrangements for her debut album ''Dangerous Liaisons''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/columns/hearingvoices/sylvia-brooks-dangerous-liaisons/}}</ref> The album grew out of a series of performances in the Los Angeles area. Dangerous Liaisons was Chart Bound in Jazz Week in August 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sylviabrooks.net/chart-bound-in-jazz-week/}}</ref> Her rendition of Harlem Nocturne is on the Top 200 Downloads of All Time on [[All About Jazz ]].<ref>[https://media.allaboutjazz.com/jazzdownloads.php?type=top}}</ref>


In 2012, Brooks released her second album ''Restless'', a collaboration with [[Kim Richmond]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/restless-mw0002415158|title=Restless - Sylvia Brooks - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic}}</ref> Following the release of the album, Brooks was invited to perform at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art in their Summer Jazz Series in October 2015 with her 7 piece band, under the Musical Direction of her long time collaborator Kim Richmond.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnnymercerfoundation.org/event/jazz-at-lacma-sylvia-brooks/|title=Jazz at LACMA - Sylvia Brooks -|publisher=}}</ref>
In 2012, Brooks released her second album ''Restless'', a collaboration with [[Kim Richmond]].<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/restless-mw0002415158</ref> Following the release of the album, Brooks was invited to perform at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art in their Summer Jazz Series in October 2015 with her 7 piece band, under the Musical Direction of her long time collaborator Kim Richmond.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnnymercerfoundation.org/event/jazz-at-lacma-sylvia-brooks/|title=Jazz at LACMA - Sylvia Brooks -|publisher=}}</ref>


In 2017 Brooks released her third album ''The Arrangement'',<ref>https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Sylvia-Brooks-Jazz-Vocalist-Performs-in-Concert-to-Celebrate-Release-of-The-Arrangement-20170519</ref> collaboration with Otmaro Ruiz, Christian Jacob, Quinn Johnson, Kim Richmond and Jeff Colella.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-arrangement-mw0003046389|title=The Arrangement - Sylvia Brooks - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic}}</ref> She also introduced three of her original compositions and is the first time she has recording her own material. Maybe I'm A Fool, co-written with Patrick Wiliams,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-arrangement-mw0003046389}}</ref> What Was I Thinking, co-written with Quinn Johnson and Sweet Surrender, co-written with Christian Jacob, who also wrote the score for the 2016 Clint Eastwood film "Sully". The Arrangement was picked by The 39th Annual Jazz Station Award/Best Jazz of 2017, and Brooks was named Best Female Singer for 2017 along with Diana Krall, Dee Bridgewater and Cecile McClorin Salvant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com.br/2017/12/the-39th-annual-jazz-station-awards.html|title=Jazz Station - Arnaldo DeSouteiro's Blog (Jazz, Bossa & Beyond): The 39th Annual Jazz Station Awards / The Best Jazz of 2017|first=Arnaldo|last=Desouteiro|date=31 December 2017|publisher=}}</ref>
In 2017 Brooks released her third album ''The Arrangement'',<ref>https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Sylvia-Brooks-Jazz-Vocalist-Performs-in-Concert-to-Celebrate-Release-of-The-Arrangement-20170519</ref> collaboration with Otmaro Ruiz, Christian Jacob, Quinn Johnson, Kim Richmond and Jeff Colella.<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-arrangement-mw0003046389</ref> She also introduced three of her original compositions and is the first time she has recording her own material. Maybe I'm A Fool, co-written with Patrick Wiliams,<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-arrangement-mw0003046389</ref> What Was I Thinking, co-written with Quinn Johnson and Sweet Surrender, co-written with Christian Jacob, who also wrote the score for the 2016 Clint Eastwood film "Sully". The Arrangement was picked by The 39th Annual Jazz Station Award/Best Jazz of 2017, and Brooks was named Best Female Singer for 2017 along with Diana Krall, Dee Bridgewater and Cecile McClorin Salvant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com.br/2017/12/the-39th-annual-jazz-station-awards.html|title=Jazz Station - Arnaldo DeSouteiro's Blog (Jazz, Bossa & Beyond): The 39th Annual Jazz Station Awards / The Best Jazz of 2017|first=Arnaldo|last=Desouteiro|date=31 December 2017|publisher=}}</ref>


== Discography ==
== Discography ==

Revision as of 19:10, 8 February 2018

Sylvia Brooks
File:Sylvia brooks246J0118BW 300dpi.jpg
Background information
BornMiami Beach, Florida, U.S.
GenresJazz
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active2009–present
Websitewww.sylviabrooks.net

Sylvia Brooks (born in Miami Beach, Florida) is an American jazz singer, songwriter and producer.

Early life

Brooks was born in Miami Beach, Florida where she grew up in a musical family. Her father, Don Ippolito, was a jazz pianist who wrote for the Big Bands in World War II, and went on to play with Sarah Vaughn, Peggy Lee and Dizzie Gillespie.[1] Her mother Johanna Dordick, was an Opera Singer who founded the Los Angeles Opera Theatre in 1979. [2] Brooks began her professional life as an actress, studying classical theater at The American Conservatory Theatre,[3] before moving to New York City to pursue her acting career.


Career

During her time in New York, Brooks pursued a Broadway career, before injuring herself, losing her ability to dance. She moved to Los Angeles, where she continued to pursue her acting career. She played Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street at the Theatre Under the Stars in Houston, Texas, and the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Washington and acted on television in Designing Women , Dallas , Baywatch and Beverly Hills 90210 . She was also featured in the Guns N' Roses video Patience. [4]

In 2009 with the death of her father, she began singing Jazz and formed a collaboration with Thomas Garvin who wrote the arrangements for her debut album Dangerous Liaisons.[5] The album grew out of a series of performances in the Los Angeles area. Dangerous Liaisons was Chart Bound in Jazz Week in August 2010.[6] Her rendition of Harlem Nocturne is on the Top 200 Downloads of All Time on All About Jazz .[7]

In 2012, Brooks released her second album Restless, a collaboration with Kim Richmond.[8] Following the release of the album, Brooks was invited to perform at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art in their Summer Jazz Series in October 2015 with her 7 piece band, under the Musical Direction of her long time collaborator Kim Richmond.[9]

In 2017 Brooks released her third album The Arrangement,[10] collaboration with Otmaro Ruiz, Christian Jacob, Quinn Johnson, Kim Richmond and Jeff Colella.[11] She also introduced three of her original compositions and is the first time she has recording her own material. Maybe I'm A Fool, co-written with Patrick Wiliams,[12] What Was I Thinking, co-written with Quinn Johnson and Sweet Surrender, co-written with Christian Jacob, who also wrote the score for the 2016 Clint Eastwood film "Sully". The Arrangement was picked by The 39th Annual Jazz Station Award/Best Jazz of 2017, and Brooks was named Best Female Singer for 2017 along with Diana Krall, Dee Bridgewater and Cecile McClorin Salvant.[13]

Discography

  • Dangerous Liaisons (Maxi Trax Records, 2009)
  • Restless ( SBM Music, 2012)
  • The Arrangement (SBM Music, 2017)

References

  1. ^ "Sylvia Brooks Charts Her Way With "The Arrangement" - JAZZIZ Magazine". 16 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles Opera Theater - Los Angeles Opera Theater". www.laoperatheater.com.
  3. ^ http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-sbm-music
  4. ^ http://gunsnrosesfriends.foroactivo.com/t3108-guns-n-roses-welcome-to-the-videos-1998. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ https://jazztimes.com/columns/hearingvoices/sylvia-brooks-dangerous-liaisons/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ http://sylviabrooks.net/chart-bound-in-jazz-week/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ [https://media.allaboutjazz.com/jazzdownloads.php?type=top}}
  8. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/restless-mw0002415158
  9. ^ "Jazz at LACMA - Sylvia Brooks -".
  10. ^ https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Sylvia-Brooks-Jazz-Vocalist-Performs-in-Concert-to-Celebrate-Release-of-The-Arrangement-20170519
  11. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-arrangement-mw0003046389
  12. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-arrangement-mw0003046389
  13. ^ Desouteiro, Arnaldo (31 December 2017). "Jazz Station - Arnaldo DeSouteiro's Blog (Jazz, Bossa & Beyond): The 39th Annual Jazz Station Awards / The Best Jazz of 2017".
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