{"id":580,"date":"2014-02-28T02:47:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T02:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=580"},"modified":"2014-06-08T05:01:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T05:01:00","slug":"becca-duran","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/becca-duran\/","title":{"rendered":"Becca Duran – Jazz Vocal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0Becca Duran<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Seattle Scene<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0Becca Duran is a Los Angeles, California native and is now a resident of Seattle. She is an accomplished jazz singer who is known for the beauty of her sound, excellent time feel and superb phrasing. Her singing matches flexibility and purity of tone with intelligence, wit and sensuality. She tells a story and creates an ambiance in the best tradition of the art form. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She is a vocalist who consistently delivers emotionally honest phrasing, true to the lyrics and melodies of a wide variety of re-examined jazz standards.<\/span><\/span>Becca first showed up on the Seattle jazz scene in the late 70s. She played gigs with many of the finest jazz instrumentalists in the area, several of them legends, including Red Kelly, Freddie Greenwell, Buddy Catlett, Floyd Standifer, Julian Priester, Bill Ramsay and Jack Perciful. She worked with other seasoned musicians like Joni Metcalf, Dean Hodges, Chuck Metcalf, Bob Nixon and Jim Knapp. Becca also performed with Dave Peterson, Denny Goodhew, Chuck Deardorf, Dave Coleman, Dean Johnson and Marc Seales.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0A singer for all seasons, Becca continues to work today with many rising stars such as Gary Versace, Jon Wikan, and Joshua Wolf of New York City, and John Hansen, Chris Stover, and Geoff Harper based in Seattle.<\/span> Becca is a lyricist and has collaborated with composers and singers on a variety of projects. She has written lyrics in English, French and Spanish. Her lyrics are often playful, celebrating life and love in all its pathos and humor.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Song for Rita – $18.50<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Becca<\/a><\/td>\n1.\u00a0Song For Rita<\/a><\/span>
2.\u00a0Antigua<\/a><\/span>
3.\u00a0I’m Glad There Is You<\/a><\/span>
4.\u00a0Little B’s Bounce<\/a><\/span>
5.\u00a0Haven’t Got Anything Better To Do<\/a><\/span>
6.\u00a0Amazonas<\/a><\/span>
7.\u00a0So Tinha de Ser Com Voce<\/a><\/span>
8.\u00a0Wu Wei<\/a><\/span>
9.\u00a0Leaving<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
10.\u00a0Vineet’s Blues<\/a><\/span>
11.\u00a0Brigas, Nunca Mais<\/a><\/span>
12.\u00a0Waltz for Joanne<\/a><\/span>
13.\u00a0Au Contraire<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n		Becca Duran, vocals<\/span>
Jay Thomas, trumpet, flugelhorn, tenor\/soprano saxes, flute Miguel Carrido, bass<\/span>
Luis Peralta, drums and percussion<\/span>
Rick Reed, guitar<\/span>
Norman Durkee, keyboard<\/span>
Joshua Wolff, keyboard<\/span>
Chas (Vineet) Davidson, guitar<\/span>
Mark Ivester, drums and percussion<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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If You Could See Me Now – $17.00<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Becca<\/a><\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0Ain\u2019t Got Nothin\u2019 But the Blues<\/a><\/span>
2.\u00a0Just One of Those Things<\/a><\/span>
3.\u00a0He Was Too Good to Me<\/a><\/span>
4.\u00a0I Had the Craziest Dream<\/a><\/span>
5.\u00a0Going to Chicago<\/a><\/span>
6.\u00a0The Girl from Ipanema<\/a><\/span>
7.\u00a0If You Could See Me Now<\/a><\/span>
8.\u00a0I Wish I Knew<\/a><\/span>
9.\u00a0Born to Be Blue<\/a><\/span>
10.\u00a0Everything I Love<\/a><\/span>
11.\u00a0Face I Love<\/a><\/span>
12.\u00a0How About You<\/a><\/span>
13.\u00a0Trav’lin’ Light<\/a><\/span>
14.\u00a0Who Cares?<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n		Jay Thomas – trumpet & saxophones<\/span>
Larry Fuller – piano<\/span>
Bill Ramsey – alto sax<\/span>
Doug Miller – bass<\/span>
Gary Shutes – trombone<\/span>
Jon Wikan – drums <\/span>
Denny Goodhew – baritone sax, clarinets<\/span>
Craig Hoyer – piano<\/span>
Travis Shook and many more. <\/span>
Different groups on various tracks.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0Becca Duran\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Seattle Scene \u00a0Becca Duran is a Los Angeles, California native and is now a resident of Seattle. She is an accomplished jazz singer who is known for the beauty of her sound, excellent time feel and superb phrasing. Her singing matches flexibility and purity of tone with intelligence, wit and sensuality. She tells a story and creates an ambiance in the best tradition of the art form. She is a vocalist who consistently delivers emotionally honest phrasing, true to the lyrics and melodies of a wide variety of re-examined jazz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-left-column.php","meta":{"spay_email":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4l8kt-9m","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/580"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2722,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/580\/revisions\/2722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}