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'''Tierney Sutton''' (born June 28, 1963) is an American [[jazz]] singer who has received 8 Grammy Award nominations.
'''Tierney Sutton''' (born June 28, 1963) is an American [[jazz]] singer.


==Career==
Sutton was born in [[Omaha, Nebraska]] , but grew up in Milwaukee, WI. She holds a BA from [[Wesleyan University]] in [[Middletown, Connecticut|Middletown]], Connecticut and also attended the [[Berklee College of Music]] in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref>[http://cabaret.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Tierney-Sutton-Plays-Birdland-20120130 Tierney Sutton Plays Birdland], Cabaret.broadwayworld.com. By Stephen Sorokoff. 30 Jan. 2012. Retrieved same date.</ref>
Sutton was born in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], but grew up in [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]. She received a bachelor's degree from [[Wesleyan University]] in [[Middletown, Connecticut]], majoring in Russian studies,<ref>{{cite web|author=Bill Holder |url=https://magazine.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2004/12/20/a-jazz-talent-emerges |title=A jazz talent emerges |publisher=Wesleyan University Magazine |date=December 20, 2004 |accessdate=July 28, 2024}}</ref> and attended the [[Berklee College of Music]] in Boston.<ref>Sorokoff, Stephen (January 30, 2012), [http://cabaret.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Tierney-Sutton-Plays-Birdland-20120130 "Tierney Sutton Plays Birdland"], Cabaret.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved January 30, 2012.</ref> She was runner-up to [[Teri Thornton]] in the 1998 vocal competition at the [[Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz]], in Washington, DC.


For over 20 years, she has fronted The Tierney Sutton Band featuring pianist [[Christian Jacob (musician)|Christian Jacob]], bassists Trey Henry and Kevin Axt, and drummer Ray Brinker. The band is an incorporated unit and makes all musical and business decisions together.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/neon/tierney-sutton-band-never-performs-the-same-concert-twice-114707294.html?ref=294 |title=Tierney Sutton Band never performs the same concert twice - Entertainment / Neon - ReviewJournal.com |publisher=Lvrj.com |date= |accessdate=2011-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Baber |first=Cassaundra |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/hanover/mysource/entertainment/x1409900838/Tierney-Sutton-Band-knows-what-it-takes-to-stay-together |title=Tierney Sutton Band knows what it takes to stay together - Hanover, MA - Hanover Mariner |publisher=Wickedlocal.com |date= |accessdate=2011-12-10}}</ref> They tour throughout the world<ref>{{cite web|author=Janine Yaqoob |url=http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/southport-entertainment/2011/01/07/jazz-stars-announced-for-southport-winter-weekend-101022-27941293/ |title=Jazz stars announced for Southport Winter Weekend |publisher=Southport Visiter |date= |accessdate=2011-12-10}}</ref> and have headlined at [[Carnegie Hall]], [[The Hollywood Bowl]], and [[Jazz at Lincoln Center]].
For more than 20 years, Sutton has led the Tierney Sutton Band with pianist [[Christian Jacob (musician)|Christian Jacob]], bassists Trey Henry and Kevin Axt, and drummer Ray Brinker. The band is an incorporated unit and makes all musical and business decisions together.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/neon/tierney-sutton-band-never-performs-the-same-concert-twice-114707294.html?ref=294 |title=Tierney Sutton Band never performs the same concert twice - Entertainment / Neon - ReviewJournal.com |publisher=Lvrj.com |accessdate=December 10, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Baber |first=Cassaundra |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/hanover/mysource/entertainment/x1409900838/Tierney-Sutton-Band-knows-what-it-takes-to-stay-together |title=Tierney Sutton Band knows what it takes to stay together - Hanover, MA - Hanover Mariner |publisher=Wickedlocal.com |accessdate=December 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109230443/http://www.wickedlocal.com/hanover/mysource/entertainment/x1409900838/Tierney-Sutton-Band-knows-what-it-takes-to-stay-together |archivedate=November 9, 2012}}</ref> They tour throughout the world<ref>{{cite web|author=Janine Yaqoob |url=http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/southport-entertainment/2011/01/07/jazz-stars-announced-for-southport-winter-weekend-101022-27941293/ |title=Jazz stars announced for Southport Winter Weekend |publisher=Southport Visiter |date= |accessdate=December 10, 2011}}</ref> and have headlined at [[Carnegie Hall]], [[The Hollywood Bowl]], and [[Jazz at Lincoln Center]].


Sutton has been a [[Baháʼí Faith|Bahaʼi]] since 1981 and explains her band's arranging style as "based on the principle of consultation – the band is very much run on Baha'i principles. There is very much a sense that what we do is essentially a spiritual thing and everyone's voice needs to be heard."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://belltown.typepad.com/belltown_bent/2006/02/shes_with_the_b.html |title=She's with the band |publisher=Belltown.typepad.com |date=February 17, 2006 |accessdate=December 10, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bahai.org/story/427 |title=Two Baha'i musicians receive Grammy nominations - February 2, 2006 |publisher=News.bahai.org |date=February 2, 2006 |accessdate=December 10, 2011}}</ref>
In 2012, Sutton embarked on a series of projects with collaborators outside of the Tierney Sutton band. Her 2013 release "After Blue" featured flautist Hubert Laws, vocalist Al Jarreau, keyboardist Larry Goldings, cellist Mark Summer and drummer Peter Erskine.


''Paris Sessions'' ([[Varèse Sarabande]], 2014), featuring guitarist Serge Merlaud and bassist Kevin Axt, received a [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album|Best Jazz Vocal Album]] in 2014,<ref name="Grammy">{{cite web|title=Exploring The GRAMMYs' Jazz Field Nominees|url=http://www.grammy.com/news/exploring-the-grammys-jazz-field-nominees |website=The GRAMMYs|accessdate=August 15, 2016}}</ref> while ''[[The Sting Variations]]'' was nominated in the same category in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2017-nominations-winners-list-20161205-story.html|title=2017 Grammy Awards: Complete list of nominees |date=December 6, 2016 |accessdate=December 6, 2016}}</ref> Pianist Christian Jacob composed and arranged soundtrack music for the [[Clint Eastwood]] production ''[[Sully (film)|Sully]]'', which was performed by Sutton and the band.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tierneysutton.com/tierney-sutton-discography/sully-soundtrack/|title=Sully Soundtrack}}</ref>
In 2016 Tierney and The Tierney Sutton Band composed and performed the score of Clint Eastwood's Box Office hit "Sully". The score features orchestrations and compositions by TSB pianist Christian Jacob as well as the end title song "Flying Home" with music by Eastwood and lyrics by Sutton and JB Eckl.

For eleven years, Sutton taught in the Jazz Studies Department at the [[University of Southern California]]. In 2008, she became the Vocal Department Chair at [[Los Angeles Music Academy]] in [[Pasadena, California]].

She has been a [[Bahá'í Faith|Baha'i]] since 1981 and explains her band's arranging style as "based on the principle of consultation – the band is very much run on Baha'i principles. There is very much a sense that what we do is essentially a spiritual thing and everyone's voice needs to be heard."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://belltown.typepad.com/belltown_bent/2006/02/shes_with_the_b.html |title=She's with the band - February 17, 2006 |publisher=Belltown.typepad.com |date=2006-02-17 |accessdate=2011-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bahai.org/story/427 |title=Two Baha'i musicians receive Grammy nominations - February 2, 2006 |publisher=News.bahai.org |date=2006-02-02 |accessdate=2011-12-10}}</ref>

''Paris Sessions'' ([[Varèse Sarabande]], 2014) received a Grammy Award nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album|Best Jazz Vocal Album]] in 2014,<ref name="Grammy">{{cite web|title=Exploring The GRAMMYs' Jazz Field Nominees|url=http://www.grammy.com/news/exploring-the-grammys-jazz-field-nominees|website=The GRAMMYs|accessdate=15 August 2016}}</ref> while ''[[The Sting Variations]]'' was nominated in the same category in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2017-nominations-winners-list-20161205-story.html|title=2017 Grammy Awards: Complete list of nominees |date=December 6, 2016 |accessdate=December 6, 2016}}</ref>


== Discography ==
== Discography ==
* ''Introducing Tierney Sutton'' (A Records, 1997)
<!-- [[Unsung Heroes]] (disambiguation) links to this section -->
* ''Unsung Heroes'' (Telarc, 2000)
===Solo===
* ''Blue in Green'' (Telarc, 2001)
* 1998 - ''Introducing Tierney Sutton'' ([[Challenge Records (1994)|Challenge]])
* 2000 - ''Unsung Heroes'' ([[Telarc International|Telarc]])
* ''Something Cool'' (Telarc, 2002)
* 2001 - ''Blue in Green'' (Telarc)
* ''Dancing in the Dark'' (Telarc, 2004)
* 2002 - ''Something Cool'' (Telarc)
* ''I'm with the Band'' (Telarc, 2005)
* 2004 - ''Dancing in the Dark'' (Telarc)
* ''On the Other Side'' (Telarc, 2007)
* 2005 - ''I'm with the Band'' (Telarc)
* ''Desire'' (Telarc, 2009)
* ''American Road'' (BFM Jazz, 2011)
* 2007 - ''On the Other Side'' (Telarc)
* 2009 - ''Desire'' (Telarc)
* ''After Blue'' (BFM Jazz, 2013)
* 2011 - ''American Road'' (BFM)
* ''Paris Sessions'' (BFM Jazz, 2014)
* 2013 - ''After Blue'' (BFM)
* ''[[The Sting Variations]]'' (BFM Jazz, 2016)
* ''[[Sully (film)|Sully]]'' movie soundtrack, with [[Clint Eastwood]] (Varese Sarabande, 2016)
* 2014 - ''Paris Sessions'' ([[Varèse Sarabande]])
* ''Screen Play'' (BFM Jazz, 2019)<ref>[http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr202004.pdf Tierney Sutton, ''Screen Play'']. Review by Alex Henderson, ''[[The New York City Jazz Record|NYCJR]]'', April 2020, Issue 216, page 17 - retrieved April 3, 2020.</ref>
* 2016 - ''[[The Sting Variations]]'' (BFM)
* ''The Paris Sessions 2'' (BFM Jazz, May 6, 2022)<ref>[https://www.allaboutjazz.com/paris-sessions-2-tierney-sutton-bfm-jazz Review by Jim Worsley], May 17, 2022.</ref>


=== Grammy nominations<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/tierney-sutton |title=GRAMMY Award Results for Tierney Sutton |publisher=Recording Academy |accessdate=April 26, 2020 }}</ref> ===
===Other===
{| class="wikitable"
* 2011 - '"Grade 3", ''Shine On! Volume One''. (Released September 30, 2011)''<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Julian-Lennon-Tin-Cup-Gypsy-Donna-Burke-Mark-Ballas-Maxi-Priest-Wendy-Parr-Monday-Michiru-Amber-Lily/release/3219282 |title=Julian Lennon, Tin Cup Gypsy, Donna Burke, Mark Ballas, Maxi Priest, Wendy Parr, Monday Michiru, Amber Lily, Tierney Sutton, Rie Fu and Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band – Shine On! Songs Volume One |publisher=Discogs |date=7 October 2011 |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;" |Year
! style="text-align:center;" |Nominated work
! style="text-align:center;" |Award
! style="text-align:center;" |Result
|-
| [[48th Annual Grammy Awards|2006]]
| ''I'm with the Band''
|[[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album|Best Jazz Vocal Album]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[50th Annual Grammy Awards|2008]]
| ''On the Other Side''
| Best Jazz Vocal Album
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[52nd Annual Grammy Awards|2010]]
| ''Desire''
| Best Jazz Vocal Album
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[54th Annual Grammy Awards|2012]]
| ''American Road''
| Best Jazz Vocal Album
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[54th Annual Grammy Awards|2012]]
| ''On Broadway''
| [[Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals|Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[56th Annual Grammy Awards|2014]]
| ''After Blue''
| Best Jazz Vocal Album
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[57th Annual Grammy Awards|2015]]
| ''Paris Sessions''
| Best Jazz Vocal Album
| {{nom}}
|-
||[[59th Annual Grammy Awards|2017]]
| ''The Sting Variations''
| Best Jazz Vocal Album
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[62nd Annual Grammy Awards|2019]]
| ''ScreenPlay''
| Best Jazz Vocal Album
|{{nom}}
|}


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.tierneysutton.com/ Tierney Sutton's web site]
* [http://tierneysutton.com/ Official site]
*{{IMDb name|1768619|Tierney Sutton}}
* [http://www.bfmjazz.com/ BFM Jazz web site]


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Latest revision as of 16:33, 5 October 2024

Tierney Sutton
Born (1963-06-28) June 28, 1963 (age 61)
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
GenresJazz, vocal jazz
OccupationSinger
Years active1990s–present
LabelsTelarc, BFM Jazz
Websitetierneysutton.com

Tierney Sutton (born June 28, 1963) is an American jazz singer.

Career

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Sutton was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She received a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, majoring in Russian studies,[1] and attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston.[2] She was runner-up to Teri Thornton in the 1998 vocal competition at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, in Washington, DC.

For more than 20 years, Sutton has led the Tierney Sutton Band with pianist Christian Jacob, bassists Trey Henry and Kevin Axt, and drummer Ray Brinker. The band is an incorporated unit and makes all musical and business decisions together.[3][4] They tour throughout the world[5] and have headlined at Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, and Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Sutton has been a Bahaʼi since 1981 and explains her band's arranging style as "based on the principle of consultation – the band is very much run on Baha'i principles. There is very much a sense that what we do is essentially a spiritual thing and everyone's voice needs to be heard."[6][7]

Paris Sessions (Varèse Sarabande, 2014), featuring guitarist Serge Merlaud and bassist Kevin Axt, received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2014,[8] while The Sting Variations was nominated in the same category in 2016.[9] Pianist Christian Jacob composed and arranged soundtrack music for the Clint Eastwood production Sully, which was performed by Sutton and the band.[10]

Discography

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  • Introducing Tierney Sutton (A Records, 1997)
  • Unsung Heroes (Telarc, 2000)
  • Blue in Green (Telarc, 2001)
  • Something Cool (Telarc, 2002)
  • Dancing in the Dark (Telarc, 2004)
  • I'm with the Band (Telarc, 2005)
  • On the Other Side (Telarc, 2007)
  • Desire (Telarc, 2009)
  • American Road (BFM Jazz, 2011)
  • After Blue (BFM Jazz, 2013)
  • Paris Sessions (BFM Jazz, 2014)
  • The Sting Variations (BFM Jazz, 2016)
  • Sully movie soundtrack, with Clint Eastwood (Varese Sarabande, 2016)
  • Screen Play (BFM Jazz, 2019)[11]
  • The Paris Sessions 2 (BFM Jazz, May 6, 2022)[12]

Grammy nominations[13]

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Year Nominated work Award Result
2006 I'm with the Band Best Jazz Vocal Album Nominated
2008 On the Other Side Best Jazz Vocal Album Nominated
2010 Desire Best Jazz Vocal Album Nominated
2012 American Road Best Jazz Vocal Album Nominated
2012 On Broadway Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Nominated
2014 After Blue Best Jazz Vocal Album Nominated
2015 Paris Sessions Best Jazz Vocal Album Nominated
2017 The Sting Variations Best Jazz Vocal Album Nominated
2019 ScreenPlay Best Jazz Vocal Album Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Bill Holder (December 20, 2004). "A jazz talent emerges". Wesleyan University Magazine. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  2. ^ Sorokoff, Stephen (January 30, 2012), "Tierney Sutton Plays Birdland", Cabaret.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  3. ^ "Tierney Sutton Band never performs the same concert twice - Entertainment / Neon - ReviewJournal.com". Lvrj.com. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  4. ^ Baber, Cassaundra. "Tierney Sutton Band knows what it takes to stay together - Hanover, MA - Hanover Mariner". Wickedlocal.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  5. ^ Janine Yaqoob. "Jazz stars announced for Southport Winter Weekend". Southport Visiter. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  6. ^ "She's with the band". Belltown.typepad.com. February 17, 2006. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  7. ^ "Two Baha'i musicians receive Grammy nominations - February 2, 2006". News.bahai.org. February 2, 2006. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  8. ^ "Exploring The GRAMMYs' Jazz Field Nominees". The GRAMMYs. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  9. ^ "2017 Grammy Awards: Complete list of nominees". December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  10. ^ "Sully Soundtrack".
  11. ^ Tierney Sutton, Screen Play. Review by Alex Henderson, NYCJR, April 2020, Issue 216, page 17 - retrieved April 3, 2020.
  12. ^ Review by Jim Worsley, May 17, 2022.
  13. ^ "GRAMMY Award Results for Tierney Sutton". Recording Academy. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
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