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TAWANDA Live at Campus JAX is a JAXblast Network production.
Tonight we celebrate 5 years since Tawanda had her professional debut performance, right here at Campus JAX, June 11, 2020.
Tawanda's band tonight is:
JOSH NELSON, keys
COOPER APPELT, bass
GENE COYE, drums
Tawanda is a first-generation New Mexico native singer and songwriter, currently based in Los Angeles, California. An alumna of Santa Fe University of Art and Design with a focus on jazz vocals, she has won multiple prestigious awards, including first place in the Sarah Vaughan Vocal Jazz Competition (2021) and the BISTRO Outstanding Achievement Award for Jazz Vocalists (2023).
Her debut jazz album, Smile (2022), was made with love at Beverly Hills’ Resonance Records and is available on all streaming platforms. Additionally, she has been featured on Ivan Lins’ Grammy-nominated album My Heart Speaks (2023) and is looking forward to releasing original music soon.
Tawanda is proud to be a featured performer with Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox. She recently joined their Spring and early Summer 2024 tours in the US & beyond. Born to a German mother and a Mozambican father, Tawanda proudly embraces her heritage as the child of immigrants and strives to live up to the meaning of her name, "we are more."
For more information, check out tawandamusic.com.
"Tawanda seems to go from zero, to belonging in the esteemed company of Veronica Swift, Cecile McLorin Salvant and Cyrille Aimee in negative time, if that could be measured." AllAboutJazz.com
Please Subscribe and press the Alert Bell! Thank you for your generosity and support of our livestream broadcasts at Venmo/JAXhideaway.
TAWANDA Live at Campus JAX is a JAXblast Network production.
Tonight we celebrate 5 years since Tawanda had her professional debut performance, right here at Campus JAX, June 11, 2020.
Tawanda's band tonight is:
JOSH NELSON, keys
COOPER APPELT, bass
GENE COYE, drums
Tawanda is a first-generation New Mexico native singer and songwriter, currently based in Los Angeles, California. An alumna of Santa Fe University of Art and Design with a focus on jazz vocals, she has won multiple prestigious awards, including first place in the Sarah Vaughan Vocal Jazz Competition (2021) and the BISTRO Outstanding Achievement Award for Jazz Vocalists (2023).
Her debut jazz album, Smile (2022), was made with love at Beverly Hills’ Resonance Records and is available on all streaming platforms. Additionally, she has been featured on Ivan Lins’ Grammy-nominated album My Heart Speaks (2023) and is looking forward to releasing original music soon.
Tawanda is proud to be a featured performer with Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox. She recently joined their Spring and early Summer 2024 tours in the US & beyond. Born to a German mother and a Mozambican father, Tawanda proudly embraces her heritage as the child of immigrants and strives to live up to the meaning of her name, "we are more."
For more information, check out tawandamusic.com.
"Tawanda seems to go from zero, to belonging in the esteemed company of Veronica Swift, Cecile McLorin Salvant and Cyrille Aimee in negative time, if that could be measured." AllAboutJazz.com
