Annie Booth
Annie Booth | |
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 Annie Booth - Jazz pianist, composer and educator | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Denver, Colorado USA |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, organ, accordion and keyboards. |
| Website | www.annieboothmusic.com |
Annie Booth (US) (born 1989) is an American jazz pianist and educator.[1] Since the age of 16, she studied with jazz organist Pat Bianchi, pianist Jeff Jenkins and Art Lande. She studied at the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts and went on to earn a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies, and a Masters of Jazz Performance and Pedagogy from the Thompson Jazz Studies Program at the University of Colorado Boulder.
She was named "Best In Denver - Jazz" from Westword in 2015,[2] 2016[3] and 2017.[4] In 2016, she toured Mexico with the New York Jazz All Stars - Greg Gisbert Quartet[5] (sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center) that included musicians Greg Gisbert, Tommy Campbell, and Mike Boone (side artist for Buddy Rich and John Swana). She has arranged, recorded and performed with Yamaha Artist, Bob Montgomery[6][7] (Clark Terry big band, Nancy Wilson, Tony Bennett and Quincy Jones). She has also opened for jazz pianist, Joey Alexander.[8]
Booth was awarded the 2017 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award[9] and the 2017 ASCAP Foundation Phoebe Jacobs Prize[10] by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Her trio has performed and toured all over North America, and has appeared at numerous jazz clubs and festivals including the South by Southwest festival in 2017[11] and as the first artist-in-residence at Nocturne Jazz & Supper Club. In 2015 she was featured as part of KUVO's (89.3 FM) 30 Under 30 program.[12]
Booth has performed on movie soundtracks, such as her work on Our Souls at Night (2017) starring Jane Fonda and Robert Redford. In 2019 she was selected for the "2020 Young Composer" Showcase[13] by the Jazz Education Network and her composition Jolly Beach was performed by The U.S. Navy Band Commodores at the 2020 conference in New Orleans, LA. In 2020, Annie Booth was the recipient of the Downbeat Jazz Magazine "Graduate College Outstanding Performance" award.[14]
Since 2015, Booth has worked with The Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts (CCJA),[15] a non-profit jazz education outreach organization for middle and high school students. In 2017, she created the SheBop[16] jazz program, a series of jazz workshops and clinics for young women, ages 10–18.
Booth has taught courses at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC), the University of Colorado - Boulder School of Music (CU), workshops at the University of North Texas - Denton (UNT), and the University of Nevada, Reno, and is currently an adjunct faculty member at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver (DU). Booth was chosen by Westword Magazine as one of Denver's top 10 jazz musicians[17] in 2021.
Annie Booth is currently the Managing Director for the International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers (ISJAC).[18]
Brava Jazz Publishing, a collaboration between jazz composer/arrangers Annie Booth and Alan Baylock (One O'Clock Lab Band, University of North Texas College of Music), launched in Spring 2023 with a diverse catalog of big band music for all ability levels from middle school to professional, composed and/or arranged by women.[19] https://www.bravajazz.com
Discography[edit]
As leader[edit]
- Alpenglo (AnnieBelle Music, 2022)
- The Annie Booth Trio with Max Wellman (2018)
- Abundance (with Greg Gisbert, 2017)
- Festive (2016)
- Wanderlust (Dazzle Records, 2014)
As side artist[edit]
- Bob Montgomery - La Familia: The Music of Bob Montgomery
- Tom Gershwin - Live at Mighty Fine
- Jason Klobnak - New Chapter
- Ryan Fourt - Big Slick
- Jeff Riley - Jazz Suite
- Paul Mullikin - Time Is Now
References[edit]
- ^ "Annie Booth – One-Part Trio, Two-Parts Trailblazer". 303 Magazine. 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
- ^ Staff, Westword (2015-06-24). "The 2015 Westword Music Award Winners". Westword. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Staff, Westword (2016-07-01). "You Voted! Here Are the 2016 Westword Music Award Winners". Westword. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Staff, Westword (2017-06-28). "The Westword Music Award Winners of 2017". Westword. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ "Greg Gisbert Quartet llega al ciclo de jazz". 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Bob Montgomery | Yamaha Artists". www.yamaha.com. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
- ^ "Bob Montgomery "La Familia" | December 2018 CD of the Month". KUVO. 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
- ^ "JOEY ALEXANDER & ANNIE BOOTH TRIO | Downtown Boulder | Downtown Boulder, CO". www.boulderdowntown.com. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
- ^ "The ASCAP Foundation Announces 2017 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Recipients". www.ascap.com. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ "The ASCAP Foundation Honors Emerging Jazz Composers Žan Tetičkovič and Annie Booth". www.ascap.com. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ "SXSW Music No. 5". Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Pepperl, Natasha. "Annie Booth | 30 Under 30". Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ "Jazz Education Network Young Composers Showcase". Jazz Education Network. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ "DownBeat | Digital Edition | JUNE 2020". downbeat.com. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
- ^ "Jazzarts". Jazzarts. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
- ^ "NEW! SheBop < Jazz Aspen Snowmass". jazzaspensnowmass.org. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
- ^ Solomon, Jon. "Denver's Ten Best Jazz Musicians". Westword. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ "Operations Team".
- ^ "Brava Jazz Publishes Big Band Charts by Women Composers". 25 April 2023.
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