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...a lady that can sing, was meant to sing, and we should hear her sing, and her name is Joyce Grant
Jean Bartlett - Arts Correspondent
Pacifica Tribune
Jean Bartlett - Arts Correspondent
Pacifica Tribune
| Joyce Grant |
| Cetrella Half Moon Bay |
Joyce Grant (vocalist/songwriter) Joyce Grant, a mezzo soprano
is also the great-great-niece of famed ragtime composer Scott Joplin.
City Swing started a new chapter in 2007 with jazz singer Joyce Grant.
Grant has been singing jazz in Bay Area venues for over 20 years. A
mezzo-soprano with a voice like dark honey, Grant has a performance
resume which includes a wide range of bay area venues. She has been
the featured vocalist at Zingari Ristaurante in San Francisco for over
twelve years. She is the host for First Sunday's at the Pittsburg Yacht
Club in Pittsburg. She performs every Thursday at Izzy's in San
Ramon. She performs one saturday each month at Sam's Chowder
House in Half Moon Bay. She is one of the featured artist for the
"Delta Jazz Society". Born in Texarkana, the town where Scott
Joplin was raised, Grant moved to Oakland as a child where she started
singing with the North Oakland Baptist Church Youth Choir. Since that
time she has earned the respect of singers and musicians alike
performing professionally in San Francisco, the East Bay, Walnut
Creek, Napa Valley and beyond. She says her shows consist of "a little
jazz, r&b and a little bit of me". Her vocal interpretations range from
sensitive to powerful to cheeky over a broad spectrum of charts. Check
her out on YouTube. Joyce Grant is a member of ASCAP.
is also the great-great-niece of famed ragtime composer Scott Joplin.
City Swing started a new chapter in 2007 with jazz singer Joyce Grant.
Grant has been singing jazz in Bay Area venues for over 20 years. A
mezzo-soprano with a voice like dark honey, Grant has a performance
resume which includes a wide range of bay area venues. She has been
the featured vocalist at Zingari Ristaurante in San Francisco for over
twelve years. She is the host for First Sunday's at the Pittsburg Yacht
Club in Pittsburg. She performs every Thursday at Izzy's in San
Ramon. She performs one saturday each month at Sam's Chowder
House in Half Moon Bay. She is one of the featured artist for the
"Delta Jazz Society". Born in Texarkana, the town where Scott
Joplin was raised, Grant moved to Oakland as a child where she started
singing with the North Oakland Baptist Church Youth Choir. Since that
time she has earned the respect of singers and musicians alike
performing professionally in San Francisco, the East Bay, Walnut
Creek, Napa Valley and beyond. She says her shows consist of "a little
jazz, r&b and a little bit of me". Her vocal interpretations range from
sensitive to powerful to cheeky over a broad spectrum of charts. Check
her out on YouTube. Joyce Grant is a member of ASCAP.
| ANNA'S JAZZ ISLAND |
| SAM'S CHOWDER HOUSE |
| MOM & ME Zingari Ristaurante |
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