- Denise Donatelli is a multi GRAMMY® nominated jazz vocalist alternating between jazz and adult contemporary music. As a Savant Recording artist, Donatelli's last three recordings Find a Heart (2015), Soul Shadows (2012) and When Lights are Low (2010) have collectively received four GRAMMY® nominations: Three nominations for Best Jazz Vocal Album and one nomination in the Best Arrangement category. Previously, she recorded two albums, What Lies Within (2008), her first Savant Records release, and In the Company of Friends (2005) for Jazzed Media Records. In addition to her four GRAMMY® nominations, The Los Angeles Jazz Society, whose voting advisers include Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones and Johnny Mandel, has honored Denise with the 2012 Jazz Vocalist of the Year award. Denise has also been elected to the DOWNBEAT Critics Poll Female Vocalist Rising Stars for the past three consecutive years. Donatelli's musical journey started in rural Allentown, Pennsylvania when she was only four years old with classical piano training that continued through her high school years. Her parents who were both musically inclined, subscribed to Columbia and Capital music clubs and gave young Denise access to a large collection of jazz records. She grew up listening and singing along to the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Lambert Hendricks and Ross, Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McRae, Miles Davis, Chet Baker among other notable jazz artists. These records became the soundtrack of her childhood and later would influenced her vocal styling. After a move to Atlanta, Georgia, she turned to singing jazz professionally, honing her skills with a jazz trio at the Ritz Carlton Hotel for several years. Eventually, she moved to Los Angeles where she immediately found her place in the community of well-respected musicians. Denise performs at some of the leading jazz venues, colleges, and with university big bands across the country. Described as a "musicians' singer" by the late saxophonist Phil Woods, her innate musicianship and pure tone have won her spots singing for television episodes of The Simpsons and TV promos for CBS/Paramount and Turner Classic Movies. Her on-camera work consists of national and international commercials for such brands as CNN, Hyundai, Lexus, and Mercedes-Benz. Denise supports the American Heart Association and recently performed at their annual Heart Walk in Los Angeles.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Sheryl Feuerstein
- Denise Donatelli is a multi GRAMMY® nominated jazz vocalist alternating between jazz and adult contemporary music. As a Savant Recording artist, Donatelli's last three recordings Find a Heart (2015), Soul Shadows (2012) and When Lights are Low (2010) have collectively received four GRAMMY® nominations: Three nominations for Best Jazz Vocal Album and one nomination in the Best Arrangement category. Previously, she recorded two albums, What Lies Within (2008), her first Savant Records release, and In the Company of Friends (2005) for Jazzed Media Records. In addition to her four GRAMMY® nominations, The Los Angeles Jazz Society, whose voting advisers include Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones and Johnny Mandel, has honored Denise with the 2012 Jazz Vocalist of the Year award. Denise has also been elected to the DownBeat Critics Poll Female Vocalist Rising Stars for the past four consecutive years. Donatelli's musical journey started in rural Allentown, Pennsylvania when she was only four years old with classical piano training that continued through her high school years. Her parents who were both musically inclined, subscribed to Columbia and Capital music clubs and gave young Denise access to a large collection of jazz records. She grew up listening and singing along to the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Lambert Hendricks and Ross, Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McRae, Miles Davis, Chet Baker among other notable jazz artists. These records became the soundtrack of her childhood and later would influenced her vocal styling. After a move to Atlanta, Georgia, she turned to singing jazz professionally, honing her skills with a jazz trio at the Ritz Carlton Hotel for several years. Eventually, she moved to Los Angeles where she immediately found her place in the community of well-respected musicians. Denise performs at some of the leading jazz venues, colleges, and with university big bands across the country. Described as a "musicians' singer" by the late saxophonist Phil Woods, her innate musicianship and pure tone have won her spots singing for television episodes of The Simpsons and TV promos for CBS/Paramount and Turner Classic Movies. Her on-camera work consists of national and international commercials for such brands as CNN, Hyundai, Lexus, and Mercedes-Benz. Denise supports the American Heart Association and recently performed at their annual Heart Walk in Los Angeles.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Sheryl Feuerstein
- Denise Donatelli is voted in the top ten, making her entry debut at number seven of the 61st Annual DownBeat Magazine Critics Poll: Rising Star Female Jazz Vocalists. (August 2013).
- The Los Angeles Jazz Society has honored Denise with the 2012 Jazz Vocalist of the Year award. Voting advisor's include John Clayton, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones and Johnny Mandel.
- Her 2010 release "When Lights are Low" received two Grammy® Nominations, one for Best Jazz Vocal Album and another for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist for pianist and collaborator Geoffrey Keezer's arrangement of "Don't Explain.".
- Donatelli's 2010 release "When Lights Are Low" peaked at #2 on The Jazz Week Radio Chart where it remained for 23 weeks. It resurfaced 28 weeks later and remained for another 7 weeks, receiving two Grammy nominations, one for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
- Donatelli sings the title track for The Simpsons episode YOLO, "You Only Live Twice", parody from James Bond. Given single card credit, which aired November 10, 2013.
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