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Jazz vocalist Melissa Stylianou is a multiple National Jazz Award nominee - she will take your breath away with this afternoon of holiday favourites. Don't miss her only Canadian date before Christmas in a tour that includes appearances at New York's legendary Birdland jazz club and Carnegie Hall.

Jamie Reynolds - piano and Mark McIntyre - bass accompanied Melissa.

Compliments of Melissa - East of the Sun (MP3, 4.4MB) and L'Amitie (MP3, 5MB).
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MELISSA STYLIANOU appeared on the Toronto jazz scene eight years ago and quickly earned the esteem of the Canadian jazz community. She has headlined at major jazz festivals all over Ontario, at the famed Festival International de Jazz de Montreal and the Atlantic Jazz Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She performs regularly at the country's best jazz clubs, including a Friday night stint at Toronto’s The Rex Hotel from 2000-2005. Melissa has studied in New York with Garry Dial, Theo Bleckmann and Tom Schilling and continues to live and work in New York City. Her debut album, it never entered my mind (SBM), was released in 1999 and features Richard Whiteman on piano and Artie Roth on bass. In 2001, Melissa released her second album, bachelorette (SBM), to rave reviews. Both continue to receive airplay both locally (JazzFM, CLKN, CIUT) and nationally (CBC).

Melissa graduated from the acting program at Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto and it was during those years that she discovered her love of jazz. In 1997, after private studies with the renowned vocalist Carol Welsman, Melissa became the leader of her first trio that gave way to the Melissa Stylianou Sextet. Touring nationally and internationally continues to be a part of Melissa's artistic vision. Visit Melissa's website at http://www.melissastylianou.com/ for a complete biography.

Following her appearance in Newmarket, Melissa’s busy Fall schedule includes appearances at New York’s legendary Birdland Jazz Club, New Year’s Eve at Toronto’s Roy Thompson Hall and a concert at Carnegie Hall marking the 70th anniversary of the historic Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert in 1938.

Photographs taken by Greg King

Christmas sounds jazzy at church - November 21/07 - Article by Sean Pearce, Staff Writer, The Era Banner, York Region Media Group

Jazz Vocalist stops in Newmarket before historic date at Carnegie Hall - November 9/07 - RTC Press Release

All proceeds from this concert will benefit Resurgence Theatre Company and the York Shakespeare Festival.

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