Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet has been delighting audiences worldwide with their tightly harmonized renditions of jazz, big band swing, pop, original songs and American Songbook classics. The stylishly entertaining quartet has captivated guests at festivals, concerts, parties and special events, with their lush harmonies, toe tapping rhythms, inventive lyrics, and versatile repertoire... all wrapped up in an irresistible stage show fueled by a hot jazz band accompaniment.

Upcoming
Performances

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We are recording a new CD!
Release date: March 2012
Click on VIDEOS to preview some tracks from the new release!

Performance dates

July 12, 2012
Lake Anne Village Center
Village & N. Shore Drives
Reston, VA
7:00 PM

Nov. 16 - 18, 2012
Les Nuits du Jazz
With the Cote Ouest Big Band
Jean-Philippe Vidal, Director
Nantes, FRANCE

Discography

We are recording a new CD which will be released in March 2012. Click the VIDEOS link on the left to preview some tracks from "Hustlin' For a Gig"!

When The Sun Goes Down

Track list

  1. Love Walked In
  2. You're Everything
  3. 'Deed I Do
  4. A Night in Tunisia
  5. Le Souffle Dernier d'Hiver
  6. Birth of the Blues
  7. Jazz Face
  8. When the Sun Goes Down
  9. Secrets Held By Time
  10. He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped
  11. You Don't Love Me Like You Used To
  12. In the Gloaming
When The Sun Goes Down

Released 2002

Vocals: Ginny Carr, Robert McBride, Roger Reynolds, Lisanne Lyons

With: Doug Bickel, John Toomey, Dan Reynolds (piano); Tom Baldwin, Peter Revell, Leonardo Lucini (bass); Frank Russo, Alejandro Lucini (drums); Pat Shrieves (percussion); Shawn Purcell, Donato Soviero (guitar); Chris Vadala, Chip McNeill (saxes); Tim Leahey (trumpet); Jay Gibble, Joe Jackson (trombone)

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Half-Past Swing

Track list

  1. Bouncin' With Bud
  2. It's Sand, Man
  3. Close Your Eyes
  4. Jouet
  5. Jeannine
  6. Lil' Darlin
  7. What if I Told You
  8. Moten Swing
Half-Past Swing

Released 1999

Vocals: Ginny Carr, Robert McBride, Roger Reynolds, Lisanne Lyons

With: Dan LaMaestra, Wade Beach, Dan Reynolds (piano); Paul Henry, Leonardo Lucini (bass); Steve Fidyk, C.E. Askew, Alejandro Lucini (drums); Pat Shrieves (percussion); Paul Wingo, Shawn Purcell, Ramon Gonzalez (guitar); Chuck Redd (vibes); Chris Vadala, Chip McNeill, Don New (saxes); Tim Leahey, Jack Wengrosky (trumpet/flugelhorn); Joe Jackson (trombone)

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After All These Years

Track list

All songs written by Ginny Carr

  1. Love Me Till It Hurts
  2. Mind Your Business
  3. Galileo's Child
  4. Love You Too Much
  5. Valentine's Day
  6. Try Again
  7. Tomorrow
  8. Man in the Moon
  9. Make the Day Go Away
  10. The Piano
  11. Weren't For You
  12. Tell Me How I Lost You
  13. Always Know I Love You
  14. Since You
  15. After All These Years
After All These Years

Released 2005

Piano and Vocals: Ginny Carr

With: Robert McBride (vocals), Roger Reynolds (vocals), Holly Bingham (vocals), Frank Russo (drums), Max Murray (bass), Paul Pieper (guitar), Chuck Redd (vibes), Chris Vadala (saxes), Chris Rose (percussion)

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Ladies and Gentlemen: The Best of Vocal Jazz

The Ladies:

Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Astrud Gilberto, Carmen McRae, Peggy Lee, Betty Carter, Rosemary Clooney, and more.

The Gents:

Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Kurt Elling, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Kevin Mahogany, Kyle Eastwood, George Benson, and more.

The Groups:

The Manhattan Transfer, Take 6, NY Voices, The Four Freshmen, Lambert/Hendricks/Ross, The Andrews Sisters, The Boswell Sisters, The Hi-Lo's, Tuck and Patti, Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet, and more.

Sony-BMG Music Entertainment

Ladies and Gentlemen: The Best of Vocal Jazz

Released 2008 by Sony/BMG Europe

We are honored to be included in this very special compilation release by Sony-BMG, a triple-CD Box Set featuring many of the very best voices in jazz: