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Rondi Charleston | |
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| Origin | New York, New York |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | singer, songwriter, journalist |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Motéma Music LML Records Emmamuse Productions |
| Website | rondicharleston |
Rondi Charleston is a Juilliard-educated jazz vocalist and songwriter (in collaboration with Lynne Arriale) with four albums to her credit. She is also an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning television journalist for Primetime.[1]
Biography
Charleston grew up in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, the only daughter of an English professor father and voice teacher/singer mother. Her father, a jazz enthusiast, played jazz piano, and took her to a performance by Duke Ellington, where she met the man. After performing as a guest artist with the University of Chicago's theatre program, she enrolled at Juilliard as a theatre major, but soon transferred to music, although she was dissatisfied at being cast as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, attributing it to her petite frame, and began studying journalism at New York University, desiring to work with Charles Kuralt.[2] While in school, she discovered a Metropolitan Transit Authority cover-up that claimed a train crash was caused by an engineer high on illegal drugs, when no illegal drugs were in his system, according to the coroner's report. ABC News hired her when she broke the story, and she worked with Diane Sawyer for the next five years. She then worked at NBC News for a year before taking time off to be a mother.
During this time, she studied jazz singing with Peter Eldridge of New York Voices, and began performing in Greenwich Village.
Her third album, In My Life, had a special promotion with Virgin Megastore, which sold it with an exclusive live DVD.[3]
She currently lives in Westport, Connecticut. Her mother continues to teach voice lessons in Chicago. Her father hosts a classical music program for Philadelphia radio, and her brother plays percussion with the New York Philharmonic.[4]
Discography
- Love Letters (LML Music, 2001)
- Love Is the Thing (LML Music, 2004)
- In My Life (Emmamuse Productions, 2007)
- Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Motéma Music, 2011)
References
- ^ Wei-Huan Chen. "Singer Rondi Charleston turned off TV for a career in music." GateHouse News Service. July 21, 2011. http://www.tauntongazette.com/archive/x920803857/MUSIC-PREVIEW-Singer-Rondi-Charleston-turned-off-TV-for-a-career-in-music#ixzz1W42txfSR
- ^ Jon Bream. "Rondi Charleston: Now she's making the news." Minneapolis Star-Tribune. November 11, 2007. http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/11512111.html
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External links
- Official Site
- Rondi Charleston at Motéma Music
- Charleston at LML Music
- Rondi Charleston at All About Jazz
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