Connie Evingson
Encyclopedia
Connie Evingson is an American
singer who performs jazz
and pop music
. She is lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota
. She has been a guest soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony. She has appeared with Doc Severinsen
and Bobby McFerrin
. She was on A Prairie Home Companion
in 2009.
Evingson is the creator of the stage production, Fever, A Tribute to Peggy Lee.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer who performs jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
. She is lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. She has been a guest soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony. She has appeared with Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen is an American pop and jazz trumpeter. He is best known for leading the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.-Early life:...
and Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin
Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. is an American vocalist and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy". He is a ten-time Grammy Award winner.-Life:...
. She was on A Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. The show runs on Saturdays from 5 to 7 p.m. Central Time, and usually originates from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, although it is frequently taken on the road...
in 2009.
Evingson is the creator of the stage production, Fever, A Tribute to Peggy Lee.
Discography
- Little Did I Dream: Songs by Dave Frishberg, with Dave FrishbergDave FrishbergDave Frishberg is an American jazz pianist, vocalist and composer born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Frishberg resisted learning classical piano as a boy, developing an interest in blues and boogie-woogie by listening to recordings by Pete Johnson and Jay McShann. As a teenager he played in the house...
(2008) - Stockholm Sweetnin' (2006)
- Gypsy in My Soul (2004)
- Let It Be Jazz: Connie Evingson Sings The Beatles (2003)
- The Secret of Christmas (2002)
- Some Cats Know (2004)
- Fever - A Tribute to Peggy Lee (1999)
- I Have Dreamed (1995)