Cooper, Sheila

Canadian-born, New York-based singer, alto saxophonist, composer and arranger, Sheila Cooper is, as saxophone legend Lee Konitz has noted "a singer on her horn and with her voice, and that’s the best playing for me." Ever since she moved to New York, she has been wowing audiences at the city’s top venues, including the Blue Note, Birdland, The Knitting Factory and Five-Spot.

Like fellow-Canadian Diana Krall, Cooper is as acclaimed an instrumentalist as she is a singer. Sheila has appeared at many festivals, including Tanglewood Jazz Festival, Catskill Jazz Festival, and Brockville Jazz Festival, Canada. And she has led her band on six European tours - one of which included a weeklong appearance at Marians Jazz Room with Kenny Drew Jr.

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