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Raya Yarbrough’s voice and music bridge jazz and eclectic pop, with a storyteller’s lyrical instinct.
She was only seven when her musician father, Martin Yarbrough, brought her into the nightclub scene, where she found herself performing Jazz for diverse and often difficult crowds. This experience shaped her ability to communicate musically, and later influenced her writing. Today, her style is a kaleidoscope of edgy, truthful songwriting which stems from her classic jazz roots.
“Her voice is a pliable, versatile instrument, an effective vehicle for a musical expression that ranges freely from pop-style ballad to surprisingly effective scat singing,” declared Los Angeles Times music writer Don Heckman.
Now in her twenties, Raya has opened for Terence Blanchard in New York, an East Coast debut that came after years of performing in some of L.A.’s best venues. She has also been featured at The Los Angeles Music Center and at events sponsored by The Thelonious Monk Institute. While still in school, she performed in The Playboy Jazz Festival at The Hollywood Bowl. As a studio singer, Raya has recorded and performed with many major acts, including the re-formed Oingo Boingo for two Halloween events and appearing on Neil Young’s ground-breaking album Living With War.
As a winner of the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Composition program, she performed her original music on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. She has been interviewed and performed on Los Angeles radio station KJZZ -FM, and was featured in a documentary on KCET-TV focusing on the L.
She was only seven when her musician father, Martin Yarbrough, brought her into the nightclub scene, where she found herself performing Jazz for diverse and often difficult crowds. This experience shaped her ability to communicate musically, and later influenced her writing. Today, her style is a kaleidoscope of edgy, truthful songwriting which stems from her classic jazz roots.
“Her voice is a pliable, versatile instrument, an effective vehicle for a musical expression that ranges freely from pop-style ballad to surprisingly effective scat singing,” declared Los Angeles Times music writer Don Heckman.
Now in her twenties, Raya has opened for Terence Blanchard in New York, an East Coast debut that came after years of performing in some of L.A.’s best venues. She has also been featured at The Los Angeles Music Center and at events sponsored by The Thelonious Monk Institute. While still in school, she performed in The Playboy Jazz Festival at The Hollywood Bowl. As a studio singer, Raya has recorded and performed with many major acts, including the re-formed Oingo Boingo for two Halloween events and appearing on Neil Young’s ground-breaking album Living With War.
As a winner of the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Composition program, she performed her original music on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. She has been interviewed and performed on Los Angeles radio station KJZZ -FM, and was featured in a documentary on KCET-TV focusing on the L.
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edd360 wrote:
great voice indeed, shame I've only heard her in Bear McCreary's work as of yet..
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-Gorecki- wrote:
wooed me! :D
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solid-snake56 wrote:
Wonderful voice
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Charade wrote:
true that, she is.
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hdsander wrote:
Amazing!
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