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It may have been a foregone conclusion that Nancy Marano would emerge as a successful musician. She grew up in a musical family. |
Her mother was a singer and her father, a professional pianist began passing on his skills to Nancy and her younger sister when the two were youngsters. When she wasn't playing piano, Nancy was singing along to her mother's LPs of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Peggy Lee.
Marano got her formal musical education from the Manhattan School of Music where she studied classical piano and arranging. After graduating, Marano made a living singing jingles, demos and backing vocals.
Creatively, Marano found this work unsatisfying, but she made important contacts and eventually signed with Columbia Records. Three records with accordion player Eddie Montiero opened up even more opportunities that included singing and recording with Benny Carter, Dick Hyman and the Metropole Orchestra. Two more solo records have followed and feature Marano at her most creative.
In addition to concert and festival dates around the world, Marano is also a dedicated music educator. She has served on the faculty of her own alma mater, the Manhattan School of Music as well as William Paterson University. Marano also teaches in her own private studio and has been developing her own course especially for jazz vocalists, which will be released as a method book in the near future.
Set List for Nancy Marano on Piano Jazz:"Nobody Else but Me" (Kern, Hammerstein)
"Mirror, Mirror, Mirror" (Mercer, Raksin)
"Folks Who Live On The Hill" (Kern, Hammerstein)
"Twilight World" (McPartland)
"I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Rogers, Hart)
"Detour Ahead" (Frigo, Carter)
"Sleeping Bee" (Arlen, Capote)
"Mean to Me" (Alhurt, Turk)
Nancy Marano Web Site
Marano got her formal musical education from the Manhattan School of Music where she studied classical piano and arranging. After graduating, Marano made a living singing jingles, demos and backing vocals.
Creatively, Marano found this work unsatisfying, but she made important contacts and eventually signed with Columbia Records. Three records with accordion player Eddie Montiero opened up even more opportunities that included singing and recording with Benny Carter, Dick Hyman and the Metropole Orchestra. Two more solo records have followed and feature Marano at her most creative.
In addition to concert and festival dates around the world, Marano is also a dedicated music educator. She has served on the faculty of her own alma mater, the Manhattan School of Music as well as William Paterson University. Marano also teaches in her own private studio and has been developing her own course especially for jazz vocalists, which will be released as a method book in the near future.
Set List for Nancy Marano on Piano Jazz:
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