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ErinDickins
www.ErinDickins.comRepresentation:AnthonyA.Geyelin,[email protected]
AsanawardwinningjazzvocalistandfoundingmemberofTheManhattanTransfer,ErinDickinshasenjoyedcareer singers dream about. After five years singing ensemble music with The Manhattan Transfer, sheemergedasoneofthetopstudiosingersinNewYork.Dickinstouredandrecordedwithmanynotableartistsincluding Leonard Cohen, BetteMidler, James Taylor, The Talking Heads, James Brown, Jaco Pastorius andAshford&Simpson,tonamebutafew.
In2016,Dickinscompletedworkonanewalbum,Vignettes,slatedforreleasein2017.Thisfirstself-producedproject isacompilationofone-on-onecollaborationswithanarrayofworld-classmusicians;manywhohavebeenclosefriendsfordecades.Eclecticandpersonal,VignettesisatruerepresentationofDickins’creativity.Itcaptures her love of many musical genres and shows the true range of her vocal artistry. Among hercollaborators areDavid Friedman (vibes), Elliott Randall (Steely Dan guitar), John Lissauer (Leonard CohenProducer),RobMounsey(piano),A.J.Croce(Jim’sson-piano)andmanyothers.Aspassionateaboutcookingassheisaboutmusic, inNovember2014ErinDickinsreleasedanewcookbookwithanaccompanyingCD,Sizzle&Swing-Jazzin’UpFoodbyComteQPublishingwithDotTimeRecords.Inconcertwiththebook/CDrelease,Dickinslaunchedanewlineofherbalseasoningsthatsharesthemoniker,Sizzle&Swing.OnthecompanionCD,JavaJive,DickinsreturnstoherrootswitharemakeoftheoriginalInkSpots’hit,whichshefirstrecordedontheManhattanTransferalbum Jukin’. Astitletrack,JavaJiveanchorsthenewreleaseandfeaturesbackingvocalsbylongtimefriendsTimHauser,MartyNelsonandGenePistilli-thethreemalevocalistsfromtheoriginalTheManhattanTransfer.(Sadly,JavaJivewasTimHauser’slastrecording.)Whilemostoftenthoughtofasajazzartist,Dickinsisnonewcomertothefoodworld.ShestudiedattheNewYorkRestaurantSchoolandself-taughtherselftheEscoffierMethod.ShewasanactivememberofLesAmisduVininNewYorkCity,andin1978,openedaManhattaneaterycalledPossible20,withaconsortiumcomprisedof20world-classrecordingmusicians.Possible20quicklybecamethehang-outfortheNewYorkrecording
ErinDickins
www.ErinDickins.comRepresentation:AnthonyA.Geyelin,[email protected]
andtheatrescenes.Dickinsalsomanagedandchef-edatJoseSentMe–aTex-Mexcaféfoundedbythesameconsortium.Dickinswasawarded theprestigiousMaryland StateArts Council Individual Artist Award in2012.Shewasalsotherecipientofthe“BestJazzVocalist”honorawardedin2012byCoffeeTalkJazzRadioinLosAngeles.Involved in the community, Dickins serves on the board of directors ofAmerican Jazz Venues, aNew Yorkbased 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to engendering a passion for jazz in younger audiences. DickinsfoundedSummerFame,a programdeveloped on the eastern shore ofMaryland to provide performing artsprogramsforchildrenofallages.SheisavailabletopresentMasterClassesandworkshops.Ms. Dickins tours in the U.S., Europe, Australia and Asia. Complete press kit and booking information areavailableuponrequest.Sheiscurrentlybookingfor2017and2018.