cezanne

Born on a California seaside and raised in Ashland, a small and liberal town in Southern Oregon, Cézanne grew up with an incomparable artistic apprenticeship. Cézanne concedes that “Ashland was like Eden, boasting an abundance of music, art, theater, and freethinking society”. Demonstrating extraordinary musical abilities from an early age, Cezanne's talent quickly progressed. She began honing her songwriting and vocal abilities as well as joining a local band where she learned to play the flute, and occasionally dabbled on the piano and drums. Throughout her early career and as her voice matured, critics penned Cézanne's passion and intellect in her writing, and people started taking interest. From the beginning, her luminous talent quickly distinguished her in the local circuit and her vocals were in demand by a variety of collegiate groups. Joining the prestigious Singcopation vocal Jazz Group in 1998, Cézanne set about to achieve. Working tirelessly to train her voice and her ear, Cézanne found inspiration in “brilliant and ageless mentors including Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Bonnie Raitt, and Kurt Elling.” Harboring vocal diversity which stemmed from her liberal upbringing, Cézanne found an early appreciation of folk, jazz, rock, and reggae, which later evolved into hip hop, funk, soul, and rhythm & blues. With a relentless determination and a willingness to stretch her creative boundaries, Cézanne realized that the West Coast lacked something which she so desperately longed for. “My heart was beating to a drum that wasn’t present in L.A," Cézanne frankly admitted about her desire to find musical soul. “You adapt and evolve quickly, and once I knew where I wanted to go, I wasn’t willing to let anyone taint the vibe.” Where she wanted to go, was straight to the city of brotherly love. In Philadelphia to record her debut album in 2002, Cézanne “fell in love with the musicality and deep roots of the city”. Realizing that she had finally found the missing link to her puzzle, she relocated in the fall of 2004, and now resides in Philly.