词条 | Laila Biali |
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| name = Laila Biali | image = Laila Biali at 2016 BSOMF.jpg | caption = Biali at Burlington's Sound of Music Festival in 2016 | background = solo_singer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|10|03|}} | birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | genre = Jazz, smooth jazz | occupation = Musician, singer | instrument = Piano | years_active = 2000–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|www.lailabiali.com}} }}Laila Biali (born 3 October 1980) is a Canadian jazz singer and pianist. She has been nominated for and won a Juno Award and has worked with Chris Botti and Sting.[1] CareerBorn in Vancouver, Biali began playing piano at a young age. She studied classical piano for many years. At the Royal Conservatory of Music she was attracted to jazz, and when she was nineteen she entered Humber College in Toronto. Four years later she released the album Introducing the Laila Biali Trio.[2][3] She moved to New York City and found work as a pianist and vocalist for other musicians. While touring with Paula Cole, she met drummer Ben Wittman, and she and Wittman later married. In 2009 she sang background vocals for Sting's DVD Live from Durham Cathedral. She toured with Chris Botti and Suzanne Vega.[2][4] She has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City and at Glenn Gould Theatre in Toronto.[5] Her second album, Tracing Light (2010), received a Juno Award nomination.[6][2] She recorded House of Many Rooms (2014) with strings and the Toronto Mass Choir. For this album Biali wrote songs and the arrangements. In 2014, she joined the female band Rose & the Nightingale. A few years later she appeared as guest host for Tonic, a jazz program on CBC Radio 2, then became the regular host for Saturday Night Jazz.[2] Her self-titled 2018 album won the Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year.[7] Awards and honors
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References1. ^Sting Website news article: 24 November 2009 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127055759/http://www.sting.com/news/news.php?uid=6317 |date=27 November 2009 }} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web |last1=Jurek |first1=Thom |title=Liala Biali |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/liala-biali-mn0000984354/biography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=27 July 2018}} 3. ^From Sesame Street to Carnegie Hall By Jim Dupuis 4. ^{{cite web |last1=Infantry |first1=Ashante |title=Laila Biali won't be boxed in |url= https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2010/10/25/laila_biali_wont_be_boxed_in.html |website=thestar.com |accessdate=27 July 2018 |date=25 October 2010}} 5. ^Roy Thomson Website Article {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120718215246/http://soundboard.roythomson.com/index.php/2010/02/22/laila-biali-on-sting-nyc-and-life-as-a-touring-mother-to-be/ |date=18 July 2012 }} 6. ^Juno Nomination 2010 7. ^[https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/junos-2019-the-complete-list-of-winners-1.5056461 "Junos 2019: the complete list of winners"]. CBC Music, March 16, 2019. External links
11 : 1980 births|Living people|Musicians from Vancouver|Canadian female jazz singers|Canadian jazz composers|CBC Radio hosts|Jazz radio presenters|21st-century Canadian singers|21st-century women singers|Women radio presenters|Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year winners |
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