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Emily Coomber

About Me

Emily Coomber is a soulful jazz singer from Auckland, New Zealand. She is currently living in Amsterdam and is studying at the Amsterdam Conservatory.
She has been singing Jazz, Soul and Funk since she was 15, and made a tour to the States with her high school funk/jazz band "The Soul Coropration". Emily is a talented song writer, and is currently working on new repertoire with her band. CD coming soon!
Emily is also a member of the up-and-coming close harmony group "Yes Sister, Jazz Sister!" with three other great singers: Mylène Berghs, Ellen Tackenkamp and Eva Scholten.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 27/02/2007
Band Members: Emily is currently working with the trio "Tinmen and the telephone" ....
Drums: Borislav Petrov
Piano: Tony Roe
Bass: Lucas Dols

www.tinmenandthetelephone.com

And singing in the close harmony group "YES SISTER, JAZZ SISTER"....
Vocals: Mylène Berghs, Eva Scholten, Emily Coomber, Ellen Tackenkamp
Drums: Eddie Jensen
Piano: Jorn Swart
Bass: Charly Rousseau

www.yessisterjazzsister.nl
Influences: Jill Scott
Incognito
Stevie Wonder
Sarah Vaughan
Ella Fitzgerald
Duke Ellington
Lee Morgan
Nnenna Freelon
India.arie
Take 6
Andrews Sisters
Lizz Wright
Stan Getz
Kurt Elling
Tower of Power
Horace Silver
Cannonball Adderly
Miles Davis
Wayne Shorter
Borislav Petrov
Paul Norman

Sounds Like: A smooth mix of Jazz, Rock, and Soul.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

My life at the mo..

Finally! Things are starting to fall into place in terms of my music, bands, sound etc etc.... I'm super busy as some of you may know, but it's great...Me, Mylène and Eva have started a close harmony ...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:29:00 GMT

Hello!

Right! Finally my own myspace page thingy...Peeps in nz, now we should be able to keep in touch more easily!! (well I sure hope so..)  
Posted by on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:23:00 GMT