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Her third album, ''In My Life'', had a special promotion with [[Virgin Megastore]], which sold it with an exclusive live DVD.<ref name=Bream/> |
Her third album, ''In My Life'', had a special promotion with [[Virgin Megastore]], which sold it with an exclusive live DVD.<ref name=Bream/> |
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She currently lives in [[Westport, Connecticut]]. Her neighbors were [[Paul Newman]] and [[Joanne Woodward]], whom she considers role models for raising her family. <ref>[http://becksmithhollywood.com/?p=4016 "Jazz Singer Rondi Charleston Influenced by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward."] Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith, ''The Hollywood Exclusive'', June 24, 2011. |
She currently lives in [[Westport, Connecticut]]. Her neighbors were [[Paul Newman]] and [[Joanne Woodward]], whom she considers role models for raising her family. <ref>[http://becksmithhollywood.com/?p=4016 "Jazz Singer Rondi Charleston Influenced by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward."] Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith, ''The Hollywood Exclusive'', June 24, 2011.</ref> 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]].<ref name=Bream/> |
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==Discography== |
==Discography== |
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Revision as of 07:49, 23 September 2011
Rondi Charleston | |
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| Born | Chicago, Illinois[1] |
| 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 and investigative reporter for Primetime.[2]
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.[3] 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 neighbors were Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, whom she considers role models for raising her family. [4] 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.[3]
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
- ^ Jazz Network Worldwide
- ^ Wei-Huan Chen. "Singer Rondi Charleston turned off TV for a career in music." GateHouse News Service. July 21, 2011. Taunton Gazette Article
- ^ a b c "Rondi Charleston: Now she's making the news" Jon Bream, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, November 11, 2007
- ^ "Jazz Singer Rondi Charleston Influenced by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward." Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith, The Hollywood Exclusive, June 24, 2011.
External links
- Official Site
- Rondi Charleston at Motéma Music
- Charleston at LML Music
- Rondi Charleston at All About Jazz
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