By age 23, Jazzmeia “Jazz” Horn has earned a reputation in New York City as a dynamic musician with a soulful sound. Jazzmeia is a passionate vocalist and continues to receive accolades from top critics and musicians alike, earning her comparisons to classic vocalists like Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughan, and Nancy Wilson. On the evening of Winter’s Eve, the Empire Hotel Lobby Bar will be transformed into a hot jazz club with the sounds of Jazzmeia and a jazz quartet.
With the ambition to pursue a solo career, Jazzmeia moved to New York City in the summer of 2009 to study at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Shortly after, she had her first live radio appearance with Junior Mance on WBGO 88.3 FM in Newark, NJ. Jazzmeia was awarded “The Rising Star Award” in the 2012 Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition held at NJPAC. In 2013, she was selected into The Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program held at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Later that year, she won First Place Prize in the Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition, hosted by WBGO and Jazz Roots.
She has appeared in several legendary jazz clubs citywide such as: The Apollo, The Red Rooster- Ginny’s Supper Club, The Metropolitan Room, The Blue Note, and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. Jazzmeia has shared the stage with top musicians Billy Harper, Junior Mance, Winard Harper, Vincent Gardner, Lafayette Harris, Delfeayo Marsalis, Mike LeDonne, and NEA Jazz Masters Frank Wess and Ellis Marsalis. Currently, Jazzmeia resides in Harlem, New York and is actively working on her latest album.
“Jazzmeia Horn is one of the greatest vocalists I’ve heard in 40 years!”
- Jon Hendricks
Location: The Empire Hotel, Lobby Bar, 44 West 63rd Street
Time: TBD