Erin Bode
Encyclopedia
Erin Bode is an American
singer, reluctant to be classified as a jazz
vocalist. Though Bode began her recording career in 2001, she has already garnered much praise. She has been called "someone you won't forget" who is able to "explore a wide range of material in a fresh, often subtle manner" and that possesses a voice that has "great purity, perfect pitch and impressive phrasing." She has appeared on national television
within the United States
on the shows Fox & Friends Weekend
and The Saturday Early Show.
near Minneapolis-St. Paul to a Lutheran minister who emphasized music, leading her to join a church choir
. While a high school
student, first at Lutheran High School South
in St. Louis, Missouri, and then at Eureka High School
in Eureka, Missouri, she excelled at the trumpet
(which she borrowed from her older brother) and performed in sixteen theatre
productions.
She began college at the University of Minnesota
before transferring to Webster University
, during which time she performed with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
for three season
s. She was influenced by jazz pianist
/singer Christine Hitt, a teacher at Webster, who introduced Bode to jazz and often invited her to sing during select shows in the area. Her first such show was at the Missouri Athletic Club
. Bode graduated with a degree in music and foreign language
s (Italian
and French
), though she changed her major from classical music
during her time at Webster.
Bode remained in the area upon graduation and produced her first studio album
, Requests, in 2001. The album brought her enough local attention, due in part to a cover of Cyndi Lauper
's song "Time After Time
", that she was signed to St. Louis jazz label MAXJAZZ
.
musicians from the college. The group reached consistency eventually in 2003 before the recording of their first major studio album for Max Jazz. The group now consists of pianist
Adam Maness, drum
mer Derrek Phillips and bassist
Syd Rodway, Bode's husband
. Maness is also co-lyricist
, along with Bode. The band has recorded two albums to date with Max Jazz, 2004's Don't Take Your Time
and 2006's Over and Over
, the latter of which reached a peak position of seventeenth on the Billboard
chart for Top Jazz Albums
in 2006. Bode has also recorded with Peter Martin
and Rick Recht
. She has just released her new album "The Little Garden".
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singer, reluctant to be classified as a 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...
vocalist. Though Bode began her recording career in 2001, she has already garnered much praise. She has been called "someone you won't forget" who is able to "explore a wide range of material in a fresh, often subtle manner" and that possesses a voice that has "great purity, perfect pitch and impressive phrasing." She has appeared on national television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
within the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on the shows Fox & Friends Weekend
Fox & Friends
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and The Saturday Early Show.
Biography
Bode was born the youngest of four children in Wayzata, MinnesotaWayzata, Minnesota
Wayzata is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, a western suburb of Minneapolis. Wayzata came into existence in the center of Chief Shakopee's Indian village.-Early settlement:...
near Minneapolis-St. Paul to a Lutheran minister who emphasized music, leading her to join a church choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
. While a high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
student, first at Lutheran High School South
Lutheran High School South
Lutheran High School South is a co-educational, private, Lutheran school serving approximately 540 students in grades 9 through 12 who live in St. Louis, Missouri, and the surrounding areas. Lutheran South, along with Lutheran High School North, belongs to the Lutheran High School Association of...
in St. Louis, Missouri, and then at Eureka High School
Eureka High School (Missouri)
Eureka High School, located in Eureka, Missouri, is a secondary school in the Rockwood School District.-Student body:Eureka has a co-educational student body of nearly 2000...
in Eureka, Missouri, she excelled at the trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
(which she borrowed from her older brother) and performed in sixteen theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
productions.
She began college at the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
before transferring to Webster University
Webster University
Webster University is an American non-profit private university with its main campus in Webster Groves, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Webster University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools...
, during which time she performed with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra based in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1880 by Joseph Otten as the St. Louis Choral Society, the SLSO is the second-oldest symphony orchestra in the United States as it is preceded by the New York Philharmonic.-History:The St...
for three season
Season
A season is a division of the year, marked by changes in weather, ecology, and hours of daylight.Seasons result from the yearly revolution of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis relative to the plane of revolution...
s. She was influenced by jazz pianist
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
/singer Christine Hitt, a teacher at Webster, who introduced Bode to jazz and often invited her to sing during select shows in the area. Her first such show was at the Missouri Athletic Club
Missouri Athletic Club
The Missouri Athletic Club , founded in 1903, is a traditional gentlemen's club and athletic club in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri, USA, with a separate athletic campus in the St. Louis County suburb of Town and Country. The MAC awards the annual Hermann Trophy, the highest award in American...
. Bode graduated with a degree in music and foreign language
Foreign language
A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her...
s (Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
), though she changed her major from classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
during her time at Webster.
Bode remained in the area upon graduation and produced her first studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
, Requests, in 2001. The album brought her enough local attention, due in part to a cover of Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
's song "Time After Time
Time after Time (Cyndi Lauper song)
"Time After Time" is a song by American singer Cyndi Lauper, released as the second single from her album She's So Unusual. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 9, 1984, and remained there for two weeks...
", that she was signed to St. Louis jazz label MAXJAZZ
Maxjazz
MAXJAZZ is an American jazz record label founded in 1999. Its catalog contains sixty-eight vocal and instrumental recordings. MAXJAZZ recordings are generally regarded as a “straight-ahead” acoustic style of jazz...
.
Erin Bode Trio
Bode's band, The Erin Bode Trio, was first formed during her time at Webster and, during its beginnings, saw a number of revolving doorRevolving door
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musicians from the college. The group reached consistency eventually in 2003 before the recording of their first major studio album for Max Jazz. The group now consists of pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
Adam Maness, drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
mer Derrek Phillips and bassist
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Syd Rodway, Bode's husband
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
. Maness is also co-lyricist
Lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...
, along with Bode. The band has recorded two albums to date with Max Jazz, 2004's Don't Take Your Time
Don't Take Your Time
Don't Take Your Time is the first major studio album released by jazz vocalist Erin Bode. It was recorded over two days at the beginning of December 2003 and released on June 8, 2004 by the label Max Jazz...
and 2006's Over and Over
Over and Over (Erin Bode album)
Over and Over is the second studio album released by jazz vocalist Erin Bode. It was recorded over three days in mid-May 2005 and released on January 31, 2006 by the label Max Jazz...
, the latter of which reached a peak position of seventeenth on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
chart for Top Jazz Albums
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
in 2006. Bode has also recorded with Peter Martin
Peter Martin (jazz pianist)
Peter Martin is an American jazz pianist. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and currently resides there. He has released two albums on the Max Jazz label, Something Unexpected and In The P.M....
and Rick Recht
Rick Recht
Richard Samuel "Rick" Recht , is a Jewish rock musician who is especially known for his live performances at Camp Poyntelle and for groups of youth all over the United States as well as performances at synagogues and Jewish rock festivals...
. She has just released her new album "The Little Garden".
Discography
- 2001 Requests — self-released
- 2004 Don't Take Your TimeDon't Take Your TimeDon't Take Your Time is the first major studio album released by jazz vocalist Erin Bode. It was recorded over two days at the beginning of December 2003 and released on June 8, 2004 by the label Max Jazz...
— MAXJAZZ - 2006 Over and OverOver and Over (Erin Bode album)Over and Over is the second studio album released by jazz vocalist Erin Bode. It was recorded over three days in mid-May 2005 and released on January 31, 2006 by the label Max Jazz...
— MAXJAZZ - 2008 The Little Garden — Native Language
- 2008 A Cold December Night — Native Language
- 2010 Photograph - Canyon/Distribution 13
Television appearances
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— Second Cup Café June 23, 2006 - Fox News ChannelFox News ChannelFox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
— Fox & FriendsFox & FriendsFox & Friends is an American morning television show on the Fox News Channel.-History:The show begins at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time with the latest Fox News Live headlines and analyzes the news of the morning...
April 15, 2006