Jeannette Lambert - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Inspired by her jazz-loving parents and childhood addresses that spanned the globe, Jeannette Lambert began singing professionally in coffee shops at the age of 12. Mentored by veterans of the Montreal jazz scene, including trumpeter Herbie Spanier, and influenced by the diverse vocal traditions of flamenco, fado, and jaipong, she grew up playing in professional jam sessions with visiting artists such as vocalist Jon Hendricks.
She would go on to further refine her musical style studying with vocalist Jay Clayton, the legendary Cecil Taylor and others at the Banff Jazz Workshop. Geoff Chapman of the Toronto Star wrote that "unadorned elegance is the keynote of Jeannette Lambert's singing" and she was named one of the 500 best jazz vocalists of all time by author Scott Yanow in his book, Jazz Singers. Her latest recording is with Michel Lambert on his new cd, "Unclouded Day", performing the poetry of Emily Bronte, with Raoul BjÃ¶rkenheim on guitar and Mat Maneri on viola. The recording is available through Ayler Records .
She has performed around the world, written lyrics for music recorded by a number of other jazz vocalists, and co-founded the artist collective/record label Jazz From Rant with her brother, guitarist Reg Schwager, and her husband, drummer Michel Lambert, in 1991. In addition to her music career, she is an Internet filmmaker and soundtrack composer for a variety of film projects.
"Sand Underfoot is a top notch session The undisputable stand-out track is "Sand Underfoot," It sums up all of this album's delicateness, creativity and telepathic interaction ... Sand Underfoot remains firmly anchored in jazz, if only by Jeannette's deep understanding of jazz singing and Michel's flexible free swing, so there is no need to be afraid." All-Music Guide
Reviews of Sand Underfoot
Sand Underfoot at CD Baby
Jeannette's label - Jazz from Rant
Archives: Singing with Lonely Universe, 1995

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/2/2006
Band Website: nette.ca/sand
Band Members: Jeannette Lambert voice Paul Bley piano Barre Phillips bass Michel Lambert drums
Influences: My favourite singers in no particular order - Julie London, Blossom Dearie, Helen Merrill, Nancy Wilson, Jay Clayton, Annette Peacock, Lenine, Seu Jorge, Jacques Brel, Joe Strummer, Stevie Wonder, Carmen Linares, Ginesa Ortega, Sinead O'Connor, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Frank Sinatra, Kurt Elling, Michael Buble, Francis Cabrel, B. B. King, Amalia Rodrigues, Aretha Franklin, Irene Kral, Elis Regina, Khaled, Otis Redding ... more soon.
Sounds Like: Perhaps I should ask someone else to fill in this part, because as far as I can tell, I sound like me. Or, as my brain says "oh no, not that girl again!".
Record Label: Rant
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Paris December 11 2007

Concert at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris with Michel Lambert, Bobby Few and Jean-Jacques Avenel on December 11, 2007.
Posted by Jeannette Lambert on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:58:00 PST

Bebop for Big Kids

Amazing concerts with Bebop for Babies/Big Kids at the London International Children's Festival. Our kids were great on stage, and the children in the audiences were also great fun, singing alon...
Posted by Jeannette Lambert on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:55:00 PST

Jaw-dropping

New review of Unclouded Day in JazzNett. Henrik Kaldahl says the music is "fantastic and jaw-dropping"! But you knew that, right? I am preparing for Bebop for Babies concerts coming beginning ne...
Posted by Jeannette Lambert on Tue, 29 May 2007 05:29:00 PST

Summer in France

Sitting in a beautiful café here in Montreal and I overheard the girl next to me telling her friends from France about her gigs coming up in Paris. "Strangers?" someone asked her, "how is it you...
Posted by Jeannette Lambert on Thu, 17 May 2007 06:02:00 PST

Unclouded Day - new cd!

New recording available the amazing Ayler Records! Unclouded Day with Michel Lambert, drums, Raoul Bjorkenheim, guitar and Mat Maneri, viola. Here is what I have to say about it in the liner notes."E...
Posted by Jeannette Lambert on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:05:00 PST

When a 3 year old uses your computer

Here are a few of the things that can happen when a three year old regularly uses your computer: Strange pop-up windows have been opened and surveys are waiting to be answered. Font sizes are HUGE!! T...
Posted by Jeannette Lambert on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:39:00 PST

Your photos

But boys, friends, I am noticing that all of your photos seem to be of the tops of your heads. What is up with that? Why are you looking down at your shoes or your instruments and not up a...
Posted by Jeannette Lambert on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:43:00 PST

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year. And lots of love, creativity, peace and good health all around. Coping here with the sniffles and nothing else so that's a perk as we barrel towards winter with shoes and n...
Posted by Jeannette Lambert on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:41:00 PST

What am I thinking?

Winter is coming and the noses are already running. And we are doing things like digging out the snowpants, measuring small feet and running out to buy big warm winter boots before they are all ...
Posted by Jeannette Lambert on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:29:00 PST

On blogging

I used to blog, back in the olden days when it was called online journaling and we all hand-coded our html. So sometimes this feels like cheating, all these templates and javascripts and skins.&...
Posted by Jeannette Lambert on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:55:00 PST