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"Nancy Kelly is the Anita O'Day of today" Mark Murphy
"Nancy Kelly’s refined vocal style is a study in phrasing, style and the ability to swing. Kelly’s powerful singing has captured many awards and the ears of many jazz fans around the globe. With a new CD that continues to demonstrate why critics have called Nancy Kelly “the real deal,” Kelly is back and keeping the jazz world swinging" read more H Allen Williams Jazzreview.com
"Singer Nancy Kelly's vibrant, rhythm-driven vocals have precisely the right combination of good-time energy, imaginative scatting and take-no-prisoners swing." Don Heckman L.A. Times
"From first perfectly pitched note, she lets the listener know that she's more than just another vocalist...superb control of intonation and time...manages to uncompromisingly establish her own voice. This chanteuse puts a hammer lock on the listener. One thing you can say about Kelly:she is not afraid to lean into space and soar like a bird. She's fashioned her own wings." read more DeeDee McNeil Cadence
Miss Kelly has paid her dues in the jazz genre and as a result she has developed into one of the major forces in this idiom, perhaps the best off them all. She has honed her craft in jazz clubs the world over. Kelly's range is high wide and handsome, her phrasing is impeccable and she scats joyfully, correctly and gives new meaning to the word hip. Nancy Kelly is the real deal and your ears will bear witness to that. read more John Gilbert EjazzNews.com
Singer Nancy Kelly adopted a kind of take-no-prisoners approach to scatting and swinging on revved-up renditions of “It’s Alright with Me” and “Jeanine.” A perennial festival favorite since 1982, Kelly is a world-class jazz singer in the feisty, swinging tradition of Anita O’Day. Throughout her scintillating set she demonstrated superb phrasing, excellent time, great intonation and tons of chops, with a load of charisma to boot. read more Bill Milkowski JazzTimes M&T Syracuse Jazz Fest
Kelly is a powerfully rhythmic singer, and plenty soulful. She remains head and shoulders among many in the crowded field of female jazz vocalists. Jack Garner Rochester Democart and Chronicle
Nancy is now accepting vocal students. Lessons available in Manhattan and Syracuse, Rochester and Sterling N.Y. NEW Lessons available by WEB CAM !
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There are many occasions throughout this wholly admirable set when she sets the spine a-tingling in a way that so few of today's singers can manage. Run, don't walk for this one. - Bruce Crowther, The Jazz Journal Internatonal UK
The best things in life, and jazz, happen spontaneously. Which brings us directly to Ms Kelly, who again has teamed up with tenorist Houston Person. Kelly gives a master class on every track, belting "But Not For Me" at supersonic speed, avoiding words as if they were road-blocks, but never losing the jazz pulse. The girl's fearless. Very hip. - Harvey Siders, JazzTimes read more
All about Jazz: It's no surprise that Nancy Kelly has been compared to Anita O'Day, with whom she shares an innate sense of rhythm and ability to swing in a manner that radiates a uniquely American, throwaway sexiness. read more Click here to read more about "Well Alright"!
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Nancy is featured on two great cuts on Craig Russo's Latin Jazz Project CD to be released in June!
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