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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|3|19}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|3|19}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| genre = [[Jazz]], [[jazz fusion]], [[Future soul|contemporary soul]], [[Ethno jazz]]
| genre = [[Jazz]], [[jazz fusion]], [[Future soul|contemporary soul]], [[Ethno jazz]]
| occupation = Vocalist, Composer, Arranger, Producer, Looping Artist
| occupation = Musician, composer, arranger, producer
| instrument = Voice, violin, looping pedal
| instrument = Voice, violin
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| associated_acts = [[Antonio Sánchez (drummer)|Antonio Sanchez]], [[SONICA]], [[Nicole Zuraitis]], [[Christos Rafalides]], [[Matija Dedić]], [[Michael Olatuja]]
| associated_acts = [[Antonio Sánchez (drummer)|Antonio Sanchez]], [[Gene Ess]], [[Christos Rafalides]], [[Matija Dedić]], [[Michael Olatuja]], [[Nicole Zuraitis]]
| website = {{URL|www.thanalexa.com}}
| website = {{URL|www.thanalexa.com}}
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'''Thana Alexa''' (born '''Thana Alexa Pavelić'''; born March 19, 1987) is a Croatian American jazz vocalist, composer, arranger and producer.
'''Thana Alexa Pavelić''' (born March 19, 1987) is an American jazz vocalist, composer, arranger, and producer.


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== Early life and education ==
==Biography==
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===Early life===
Alexa's interest in music began at age three when she disappeared from a birthday party and was discovered in the basement playing melodies to simple songs on a toy piano.<ref name="early life" /> She soon expressed a preference for the violin, and began taking lessons.<ref name="early life" /> Although she began to sing during this period, she believed the violin to be her primary instrument and considered pursuing it vocationally.<ref name="early life">{{cite web|title=Thana Alexa: Singer and Instrument |first=R.J. |last=Deluke |website=All About Jazz|date=April 20, 2015 |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/thana-alexa-singer-and-instrument-thana-alexa-by-rj-deluke.php?pg=3|accessdate=2017-03-27}}</ref>
Alexa's interest in music began at age three when she disappeared from a birthday party and was discovered in the basement playing melodies to simple songs on a toy piano.<ref name="early life" /> She soon expressed a preference for the violin, and began taking lessons.<ref name="early life" /> Although she began to sing during this period, she believed the violin to be her primary instrument and considered pursuing it vocationally.<ref name="early life">{{cite web|title=Thana Alexa: Singer and Instrument |first=R.J. |last=Deluke |website=All About Jazz|date=April 20, 2015 |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/thana-alexa-singer-and-instrument-thana-alexa-by-rj-deluke.php?pg=3|accessdate=2017-03-27}}</ref>


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Alexa studied psychology at [[Northeastern University]] before transferring to the [[New School]] in New York City; she completed her psychology degree and received a fine arts degree in jazz performance.<ref name="downbeat" /> She cites drummer [[Bernard Purdie]] as a mentor during this time.<ref name="early life" />
Alexa studied psychology at [[Northeastern University]] before transferring to the [[New School]] in New York City; she completed her psychology degree and received a fine arts degree in jazz performance.<ref name="downbeat" /> She cites drummer [[Bernard Purdie]] as a mentor during this time.<ref name="early life" />


===Music career===
== Career ==
Her first album as a leader, ''Ode to Heroes'', was released by Jazz Village.<ref name="early life" /><ref name="downbeat" /> Her self released 2020 album ''ONA'' went on to gain two [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]] nominations, including Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo for Regina Carter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |title=Thana Alexa Prepares Tour Of Two-Time GRAMMY-Nominated Album ONA |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Thana-Alexa-Prepares-Tour-Of-Two-Time-GRAMMY-Nominated-Album-ONA-20220104 |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref>
Her first album as a leader, ''Ode to Heroes'', was released by Jazz Village.<ref name="early life" /><ref name="downbeat" /> She appears on guitarist [[Gene Ess]]'s album ''Absurdist Theatre''.<ref name="absurdist">{{cite web|title=Gene Ess: Absurdist Theatre |first=Sylvannia |last= Garutch |date=2016-09-16|website=Elmore Magazine |url=http://www.elmoremagazine.com/2016/09/reviews/albums/gene-ess|accessdate=2018-03-27}}</ref> Alexa has also collaborated with vibraphonist [[Christos Rafalides]].<ref name="early life" /> Her 2020 album ''ONA'' went on to gain two [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]] nominations, including Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo for Regina Carter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |title=Thana Alexa Prepares Tour Of Two-Time GRAMMY-Nominated Album ONA |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Thana-Alexa-Prepares-Tour-Of-Two-Time-GRAMMY-Nominated-Album-ONA-20220104 |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref>
In 2023 Thana co-founded and became artistic director of the Ponta Lopud Jazz Festival in Croatia {{URL|https://jazz.pontalopud.hr/en/}}


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
Thana Alexa won the 2021 International Songwriting and the UnsignedOnly Music Competitions respectfully. She was also nominated as the 2021 Female Vocalist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. Thana Alexa and husband/ collaborator [[Antonio Sánchez (drummer)|Antonio Sanchez]] shared the cover of ''[[DownBeat]]'' Magazine in the May 2020 issue. Alexa has also won the ''[[DownBeat]]'' magazine Critics' Poll for Rising Female Vocalist. She was runner-up in the 2014 [[Made in New York Jazz Competition]].<ref name="madeinnycompetition">{{cite web|title= New York Events |website=CBS New York|url= http://events.newyork.cbslocal.com/newyork_ny/events/thana-alexa-/E0-001-104502500-8 |accessdate=2018-03-27}}</ref>
Thana Alexa and husband/ collaborator [[Antonio Sánchez (drummer)|Antonio Sanchez]] shared the cover of ''[[DownBeat]]'' Magazine in the May 2020 issue. For four consecutive years, Alexa has also appeared in the ''[[DownBeat]]'' magazine Critics' Poll for Rising Female Vocalist.<ref name="critics poll">{{cite web|title= Annual 65th Critics' Poll Complete Results |website=Downbeat |url= http://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2017/DB1708/_art/DB1708.pdf | accessdate =2018-03-27}}</ref> She was runner-up in the 2014 [[Made in New York Jazz Competition]].<ref name="madeinnycompetition">{{cite web|title= New York Events |website=CBS New York|url= http://events.newyork.cbslocal.com/newyork_ny/events/thana-alexa-/E0-001-104502500-8 |accessdate=2018-03-27}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==


===As leader===
===As leader===
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* ''Ode to Heroes'' (Jazz Village, 2015)<ref name="downbeat" /><ref name="heroes">{{cite web|title=No ordinary singer: Thana Alexa illuminates her place in 'Ode to' jazz heroes |first=Weber |last=Carol |website=AXS |url=https://www.axs.com/news/no-ordinary-singer-thana-alexa-illuminates-her-place-in-ode-to-jazz-he-48885|accessdate=2018-03-27}}</ref>
* ''SONICA'' (OutsideIn Music, 2022)
* ''ONA'' (Self Release, 2020)
* ''ONA'' (Self Release, 2020)
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* ''Ode to Heroes'' (Jazz Village, 2015)<ref name="downbeat" /><ref name="heroes">{{cite web|title=No ordinary singer: Thana Alexa illuminates her place in 'Ode to' jazz heroes |first=Weber |last=Carol |website=AXS |url=https://www.axs.com/news/no-ordinary-singer-thana-alexa-illuminates-her-place-in-ode-to-jazz-he-48885|accessdate=2018-03-27}}</ref>


===As guest===
===As guest===
'''With [[Antonio Sanchez (drummer)|Antonio Sanchez]]'''
'''With [[Antonio Sanchez (drummer)|Antonio Sanchez]]'''
* ''SHIFT: Bad Hombre Volume II'' (Warner, 2022)
* ''New Life'' ([[CAM Jazz]], 2013)
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* ''[[The Meridian Suite]]'' (CAM Jazz, 2015)<ref name="downbeat" /><ref name="meridian nytimes">{{cite web|title=Review: Antonio Sánchez With 2 Albums, 'The Meridian Suite' and 'Three Times Three' |first=Nate |last=Chinen |date=2015-06-08|website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/arts/music/review-antonio-sanchez-with-2-albums-the-meridian-suite-and-three-times-three.html |accessdate=2018-03-27}}</ref>
* ''Lines in the Sand'' (CAM Jazz, 2018)<ref name="lines">{{cite web|url=http://www.camjazz.com/home/8052405143549-lines-in-the-sand-cd.html |website=CAM Jazz | title=Antonio Sanchez and Migration, Lines in the Sand, CAM Jazz |accessdate =2018-11-28 }}</ref>
* ''Lines in the Sand'' (CAM Jazz, 2018)<ref name="lines">{{cite web|url=http://www.camjazz.com/home/8052405143549-lines-in-the-sand-cd.html |website=CAM Jazz | title=Antonio Sanchez and Migration, Lines in the Sand, CAM Jazz |accessdate =2018-11-28 }}</ref>
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* ''[[The Meridian Suite]]'' (CAM Jazz, 2015)<ref name="downbeat" /><ref name="meridian nytimes">{{cite web|title=Review: Antonio Sánchez With 2 Albums, 'The Meridian Suite' and 'Three Times Three' |first=Nate |last=Chinen |date=2015-06-08|website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/arts/music/review-antonio-sanchez-with-2-albums-the-meridian-suite-and-three-times-three.html |accessdate=2018-03-27}}</ref>
* ''New Life'' ([[CAM Jazz]], 2013)



'''With [[Gene Ess]]'''
* ''Fractal Attraction'' (SIMP, 2013)<ref name="fractal">{{cite web|title= Gene Ess Fractal Attraction |website=Allmusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/fractal-attraction-mw0002549238| doi =| accessdate =2018-03-27}}</ref>
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* ''Eternal Monolith'' (SIMP, 2015)
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* ''Absurdist Theatre'' (SIMP, 2016)<ref name="absurdist" />
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* ''Apotheosis'' (SIMP, 2018)


'''With others'''
'''With others'''
* Nicole Zuraitis, ''How Love Begins'' (OutsideIn Music, 2023)
* Giraldo Piloto y Klimax, ''Mucho'' (Codex, 2022)
* Vladimir Samardzic, ''Catching The Wind'' (2022)
* Nicole Zuraitis, ''Wandering Hearts'' (Self Release, 2022)
* Purbayan Chatterjee, ''Unbounded (Abaad)'' (Sufiscore, 2021)
* Rotem Sivan, ''Far From Shore'' (Sonder House, 2021)
* Ernesto Cortazar Lara, ''Within These Walls'' (Self Release, 2021)
* Michael Olatuja, ''Lagos Pepper Soup'' (Whirlwind Recordings, 2020)
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* Gene Ess, ''Apotheosis'' (SIMP, 2018)
* Nicole Zuraitis, ''Long Meadow Vine'' (Self Release, 2017)
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* Gene Ess, ''Absurdist Theatre'' (SIMP, 2016)
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* Gene Ess, ''Eternal Monolith'' (SIMP, 2015)
* Gene Ess, ''Fractal Attraction'' (SIMP, 2013)
* Matija Dedic, ''Friends'' ([[Dallas Records|Dallas]], 2010)
* Matija Dedic, ''Friends'' ([[Dallas Records|Dallas]], 2010)










==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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*{{Official website| http://thanalexa.com/}}
*{{Official website| http://thanalexa.com/}}

Latest revision as of 19:26, 16 September 2024

Thana Alexa
Background information
Born (1987-03-19) March 19, 1987 (age 37)
New York City, U.S.
GenresJazz, jazz fusion, contemporary soul, Ethno jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, arranger, producer
Instrument(s)Voice, violin
Websitewww.thanalexa.com

Thana Alexa Pavelić (born March 19, 1987) is an American jazz vocalist, composer, arranger, and producer.

Early life and education

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Alexa's interest in music began at age three when she disappeared from a birthday party and was discovered in the basement playing melodies to simple songs on a toy piano.[1] She soon expressed a preference for the violin, and began taking lessons.[1] Although she began to sing during this period, she believed the violin to be her primary instrument and considered pursuing it vocationally.[1]

After elementary school, Alexa's family moved back to Croatia.[1] She began singing songs in English as a way of maintaining her connection to her mother tongue and her childhood in the United States.[1] In Zagreb, Alexa took voice lessons at the Rock Academy.[2] Musician and club owner Boško Petrović mentored her – she began attending regional jazz workshops and performing professionally, including at Croatian festivals.[1]

Alexa studied psychology at Northeastern University before transferring to the New School in New York City; she completed her psychology degree and received a fine arts degree in jazz performance.[2] She cites drummer Bernard Purdie as a mentor during this time.[1]

Career

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Her first album as a leader, Ode to Heroes, was released by Jazz Village.[1][2] She appears on guitarist Gene Ess's album Absurdist Theatre.[3] Alexa has also collaborated with vibraphonist Christos Rafalides.[1] Her 2020 album ONA went on to gain two Grammy nominations, including Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo for Regina Carter.[4]

Awards and honors

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Thana Alexa and husband/ collaborator Antonio Sanchez shared the cover of DownBeat Magazine in the May 2020 issue. For four consecutive years, Alexa has also appeared in the DownBeat magazine Critics' Poll for Rising Female Vocalist.[5] She was runner-up in the 2014 Made in New York Jazz Competition.[6]

Discography

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As leader

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  • Ode to Heroes (Jazz Village, 2015)[2][7]
  • ONA (Self Release, 2020)

As guest

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With Antonio Sanchez

With Gene Ess

  • Fractal Attraction (SIMP, 2013)[10]
  • Eternal Monolith (SIMP, 2015)
  • Absurdist Theatre (SIMP, 2016)[3]
  • Apotheosis (SIMP, 2018)

With others

  • Matija Dedic, Friends (Dallas, 2010)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Deluke, R.J. (April 20, 2015). "Thana Alexa: Singer and Instrument". All About Jazz. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e Staudter, Thomas. "Thana Alexa: Strategic Planner" (PDF). Downbeat Magazine. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Garutch, Sylvannia (September 16, 2016). "Gene Ess: Absurdist Theatre". Elmore Magazine. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  4. ^ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Thana Alexa Prepares Tour Of Two-Time GRAMMY-Nominated Album ONA". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "Annual 65th Critics' Poll Complete Results" (PDF). Downbeat. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  6. ^ "New York Events". CBS New York. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  7. ^ Carol, Weber. "No ordinary singer: Thana Alexa illuminates her place in 'Ode to' jazz heroes". AXS. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  8. ^ Chinen, Nate (June 8, 2015). "Review: Antonio Sánchez With 2 Albums, 'The Meridian Suite' and 'Three Times Three'". The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  9. ^ "Antonio Sanchez and Migration, Lines in the Sand, CAM Jazz". CAM Jazz. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  10. ^ "Gene Ess Fractal Attraction". Allmusic. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
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