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Paige Delancey - Platinum Jazz

About Me


"...a blistering set of platinum jazz." (The Courier)
"Sydney's number one swingin canary." (Koop Kooper, Cocktail Nation)
Paige is an accomplished Sydney vocalist specialising in Jazz, Blues and Musical Theatre. She has opened art exhibitions, performed in Sydney's hottest cabaret and burlesque venues and held long running contracts with major international hotels.
Drop in and listen to a recent Cocktail Nation podcast. Lounge lothario Koop Kooper interviews Paige and plays "Misty": Cocktail Nation
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Misty The EP is now available at the following retailers:
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YOU MAY HAVE HEARD SYDNEY’S SWINGING CANARY, PAIGE DELANCEY AND NOT EVEN REALISED IT. SHE’S FEATURED IN A HILTON HOTEL AD AND SUNG IN MANY OF SYDNEYS MUSIC CLUBS AND HELD CONTRACTS WITH PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL HOTELS. SHE HAS GUESTED ALONGSIDE THE BEST OF THEM, WALLY WRIGHTMAN, DAN BARNETT, COL NOLAN, SHE HAS EVEN SUNG SOLO FOR POPE JOHN PAUL II IN THE VATICAN, ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL IN LONDON, AND ST STEPHAN'S IN VIENNA..
PAIGE CAN’T REMEMBER A TIME WHEN SHE DIDN’T SING… NEITHER CAN HER MOM WHO SAYS SHE SANG EVERYDAY AND TOOK GREAT DELIGHT DRESSING UP AND SINGING AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. SO IT’S NO SURPRISE TO HEAR THAT AT SCHOOL HER BEST SUBJECT WAS MUSIC. SHE STUDIED VOICE, PIANO, CELLO, DRAMA AND DANCE. SHE WON PRIZES FOR SOLO AND DUET IN QUEENSLAND EISTEDDFODS AND TOURED EUROPE AS PART OF THE AUSTRALIAN GIRLS CHOIR. SHE HONED HER PERFORMING SKILLS IN MUSICAL THEATRE SINGING YOUNG COSETTE IN LES MISERABLES AND THE TITLE ROLE IN ‘ANNIE’, FURTHERING HER EDUCATION STUDYING MUSICAL THEATRE AT THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MUSIC.
BUT VOCALLY HER HEART LAY ELSEWHERE…. INFLUENCED BY THE MUSIC OF ARTIE SHAW, BENNY GOODMAN AND COUNT BASIE - AND THE SULTRY VOICES OF THE GREAT JAZZ QUEENS, PEGGY LEE, SARAH VAUGHAN, BILLIE HOLIDAY, MARILYN MONROE AND ELLA FITZGERALD, PAIGE DELANCEY HAS GRACED NEARLY EVERY VENUE IN TOWN, BRINGING THE TORCH AND STEAMY JAZZ BLUES SONGS BACK INTO THE LIMELIGHT.
SHE CONTINUES HER STUDIES IN VOICE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR, JOHN DAVIES, WHO HAS ALSO PRODUCED THE PAIGE DELANCEY DEBUT CD ‘MISTY-THE EP’. http://www.johndavies.com.au
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Member Since: 24/09/2007
Band Members:
I have the pleasure of currently playing with Col Nolan (Galapagos Duck, Daly Wilson Big Band) - Piano & Peter Power - Guitar,

as well as these talented fellows:
Ollie McGill (The Cat Empire) - Piano,
Calvin Welch (Jackie Orszaczky, Renee Geyer, Professor Groove) - Drums,
Nigel Date (The Date Brothers, Don Burrows, James Morrison) - Guitar,
Adrian Legg - Bass,
Casey Steen - Guitar,
Brett Freer - Piano and many other musicians.

Influences: Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Julie London, Peggy Lee, Marilyn Monroe, Anita O'Day, Aretha Franklin
Frank Sinatra
Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Brian Setzer
Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein

Sounds Like: A wonderful mix of Marilyn Monroe's "boop-boop-be-doop" with Sarah Vaughan's deep, reverberating sighs and everything in between. And all in a 5ft (and a bit) package.

Record Label: Rosaio Milano / IODA
Type of Label: Indie