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Ferrell began singing at age six, and developed a six [[octave]] [[Vocal range|range]] by adulthood.<ref name=bio>{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mn0000385766|tab=biography|label=Rachelle Ferrell|first=Richard|last=Skelly|accessdate=September 9, 2013}}</ref><ref name=sing>[http://rachelleferrell.com/about-rachelle-ferrell/biography/ "Re: Rachelle Ferrell."] ''www.rachelleferrell.com.'' Retrieved December 17, 2013.</ref><ref name=octaave>Steyer, Justin, and Abe Beeson. [http://www.kplu.org/post/rachelle-ferrell-singing-her-way-higher-plane "Rachelle Ferrell: Singing Her Way to a Higher Plane."] ''www.kplu.org'', December 2, 2013.</ref> Her range also includes the ability to sing in the [[whistle register]].<ref name=sing /> Ferrell's highest notes in "It Only Took A Minute" (1992) have been described as "[[Minnie Riperton]]-like wailing."<ref name=sing /><ref>{{cite web|author=Himes, Geoffrey|title=Rachelle Ferrell|url=https://www.amazon.com/Rachelle-Ferrell/dp/B000002UW7|publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> She received classical training in violin and the piano at an early age and was performing professionally on both instruments and as a vocalist as a teenager. After enrolling in the [[Berklee College of Music]], and graduating a year later, having learned arrangement and developing her abilities in singing and songwriting, she secured a position teaching music for the New Jersey State Council on the Arts alongside [[Dizzy Gillespie]].<ref name=bio /> |
Ferrell began singing at age six, and developed a six [[octave]] [[Vocal range|range]] by adulthood.<ref name=bio>{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mn0000385766|tab=biography|label=Rachelle Ferrell|first=Richard|last=Skelly|accessdate=September 9, 2013}}</ref><ref name=sing>[http://rachelleferrell.com/about-rachelle-ferrell/biography/ "Re: Rachelle Ferrell."] ''www.rachelleferrell.com.'' Retrieved December 17, 2013.</ref><ref name=octaave>Steyer, Justin, and Abe Beeson. [http://www.kplu.org/post/rachelle-ferrell-singing-her-way-higher-plane "Rachelle Ferrell: Singing Her Way to a Higher Plane."] ''www.kplu.org'', December 2, 2013.</ref> Her range also includes the ability to sing in the [[whistle register]].<ref name=sing /> Ferrell's highest notes in "It Only Took A Minute" (1992) have been described as "[[Minnie Riperton]]-like wailing."<ref name=sing /><ref>{{cite web|author=Himes, Geoffrey|title=Rachelle Ferrell|url=https://www.amazon.com/Rachelle-Ferrell/dp/B000002UW7|publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> She received classical training in violin and the piano at an early age and was performing professionally on both instruments and as a vocalist as a teenager. After enrolling in the [[Berklee College of Music]], and graduating a year later, having learned arrangement and developing her abilities in singing and songwriting, she secured a position teaching music for the New Jersey State Council on the Arts alongside [[Dizzy Gillespie]].<ref name=bio /> |
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From 1975 until 1990, Ferrell sang backup for [[Lou Rawls]], [[Patti LaBelle]], [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]], and [[George Duke]]. Ferrell's debut, ''First Instrument'', was released in 1990 in Japan, five years prior to its US release. Recorded with bassist Tyrone Brown, pianist Eddie Green and drummer Doug Nally, several famed jazz accompanists also recorded on her album. They include trumpeter [[Terence Blanchard]], pianists [[Gil Goldstein]] and [[Michel Petrucciani]], bassists [[Kenny Davis (musician)|Kenny Davis]] and [[Stanley Clarke]], tenor saxophonist [[Wayne Shorter]] and keyboardist [[Pete Levin]]. Her take on standards like [[Sam Cooke]]'s "[[You Send Me]]", [[Cole Porter]]'s "[[What Is This Thing Called Love?]]", and [[Rodgers and Hart]]'s "[[My Funny Valentine]]", gained her a substantial Japanese jazz audience.<ref>[http://www.jazzreview.com/preview/concert-3670.html Rachelle Ferrell at Blues Alley Jazz Supper Club]</ref> |
From 1975 until 1990, Ferrell sang backup for [[Lou Rawls]], [[Patti LaBelle]], [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]], and [[George Duke]]. Ferrell's debut, ''First Instrument'', was released in 1990 in Japan, five years prior to its US release. Recorded with bassist Tyrone Brown, pianist Eddie Green and drummer Doug Nally, several famed jazz accompanists also recorded on her album. They include trumpeter [[Terence Blanchard]], pianists [[Gil Goldstein]] and [[Michel Petrucciani]], bassists [[Kenny Davis (musician)|Kenny Davis]] and [[Stanley Clarke]], tenor saxophonist [[Wayne Shorter]] and keyboardist [[Pete Levin]]. Her take on standards like [[Sam Cooke]]'s "[[You Send Me]]", [[Cole Porter]]'s "[[What Is This Thing Called Love?]]", and [[Rodgers and Hart]]'s "[[My Funny Valentine]]", gained her a substantial Japanese jazz audience.<ref>[http://www.jazzreview.com/preview/concert-3670.html Rachelle Ferrell at Blues Alley Jazz Supper Club] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107105247/http://www.jazzreview.com/preview/concert-3670.html |date=January 7, 2008 }}</ref> |
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In 2014, Rachelle Ferrell appeared on a new webseries called "Now What with Kevin E. Taylor," where she was the series season premiere. Ferrell decided, moved by Spirit, to sing her entire interview and at one point, she reduced the host to tears. |
In 2014, Rachelle Ferrell appeared on a new webseries called "Now What with Kevin E. Taylor," where she was the series season premiere. Ferrell decided, moved by Spirit, to sing her entire interview and at one point, she reduced the host to tears. |
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Rachelle Ferrell | |
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 Ferrell in a performance on June 6, 2011 | |
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| Born | May 21, 1964 Berwyn, Pennsylvania |
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| Years active | 1974–current |
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| Website | RachelleFerrell.com |
Rachelle Ferrell (born May 21, 1964 in Berwyn, Pennsylvania) is an American vocalist and musician.[1] Although she has had some success in the mainstream R&B, pop, gospel, and classical music scene, she is noted for her talents as a contemporary jazz singer. In contemporary jazz she is noted for her delivery, control, range, improvisational vocal percussion and scatting ability. Billboard Magazine has referred to her as, "easily the most accomplished, imaginative, and emotionally devastating vocalist to have emerged thus far this decade."
Biography
Ferrell began singing at age six, and developed a six octave range by adulthood.[1][2][3] Her range also includes the ability to sing in the whistle register.[2] Ferrell's highest notes in "It Only Took A Minute" (1992) have been described as "Minnie Riperton-like wailing."[2][4] She received classical training in violin and the piano at an early age and was performing professionally on both instruments and as a vocalist as a teenager. After enrolling in the Berklee College of Music, and graduating a year later, having learned arrangement and developing her abilities in singing and songwriting, she secured a position teaching music for the New Jersey State Council on the Arts alongside Dizzy Gillespie.[1]
From 1975 until 1990, Ferrell sang backup for Lou Rawls, Patti LaBelle, Vanessa Williams, and George Duke. Ferrell's debut, First Instrument, was released in 1990 in Japan, five years prior to its US release. Recorded with bassist Tyrone Brown, pianist Eddie Green and drummer Doug Nally, several famed jazz accompanists also recorded on her album. They include trumpeter Terence Blanchard, pianists Gil Goldstein and Michel Petrucciani, bassists Kenny Davis and Stanley Clarke, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter and keyboardist Pete Levin. Her take on standards like Sam Cooke's "You Send Me", Cole Porter's "What Is This Thing Called Love?", and Rodgers and Hart's "My Funny Valentine", gained her a substantial Japanese jazz audience.[5]
In 2014, Rachelle Ferrell appeared on a new webseries called "Now What with Kevin E. Taylor," where she was the series season premiere. Ferrell decided, moved by Spirit, to sing her entire interview and at one point, she reduced the host to tears.
"Some people sing songs like they wear clothing, they put it on and take it off," she explains in the biographical notes accompanying First Instrument. "But when one performs four sets a night, six nights a week, that experience affords you the opportunity to present the song from the inside out, to express its essence. In this way, a singer expresses the song in the spirit in which it was written. The songwriter translates emotion into words. The singer's job is to translate the words back into emotion."
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certifications | ||
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| U.S. | U.S. R&B |
U.S. Jazz | |||
| 1990 | Somethin' Else
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| 1992 | Rachelle Ferrell
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161 | 25 | — |
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| 1995 | First Instrument
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151 | — | 2 |
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| 2000 | Individuality (Can I Be Me?)
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71 | 16 | 1 |
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| 2002 | Live at Montreux 91–97
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133 | 17 | 8 |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||
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| U.S. | U.S. R&B |
U.S. Adult Contemporary | |||
| 1992 | "Til You Come Back to Me" | — | 19 | — | Rachelle Ferrell |
| 1993 | "Welcome To My Love" | — | 42 | 25 | |
| "Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This" (featuring Will Downing) | 52 | 72 | — | ||
| "With Open Arms" | — | 68 | — | ||
| 2000 | "Satisfied" | — | — | — | Individuality (Can I Be Me?) |
| "Sista" | — | — | — | ||
| 2001 | "I Can Explain" | — | — | — | |
| "I Forgive You" | — | — | — | ||
References
- ^ a b c Skelly, Richard. Rachelle Ferrell at AllMusic. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Re: Rachelle Ferrell." www.rachelleferrell.com. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ^ Steyer, Justin, and Abe Beeson. "Rachelle Ferrell: Singing Her Way to a Higher Plane." www.kplu.org, December 2, 2013.
- ^ Himes, Geoffrey. "Rachelle Ferrell". Amazon.com.
- ^ Rachelle Ferrell at Blues Alley Jazz Supper Club Archived January 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Rachelle Ferrell Official Website
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