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now is a good time |
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| Location: | London and South East |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | Jul 6, 2008 (98 days back) |
About Me |
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I shall try and explain myself to you with an outline of some of my lifes details. At the age of ten I started playing the piano with John Chester, a Polish Concert Pianist at the Royal Conservatoryof Music in Toronto. He was the friend of my mother's opera teacher Madame Lipowska. After high school, I attended an experimental art school for two years on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, now called Victoria Art College. There were seven students and seven teachers at that time. After completing my art course, I returned to Toronto to be with my family and opened up my painting studio in an old warehouse at the bottom of King and Jarvis. I started helping some friends of mine ( the Cole family) in their jazz club Basin Street, to raise money for paints and basic survival. It was there that I was privileged to meet jazz musicians like Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Jerry Mulligan and Chet Baker. Bill Evans became a good friend to me and advised me to become a singer. He was quite frankly, an amazing soul. His ideas about music and the way he saw life inspired and encouraged me. Co-incidentally during this time, my mother gave me the piano I had played as a child and I started to play again. I returned to the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and studied piano and voice. Also studying improvisational jazz with Bobby Fenton and Fred Stone ( Freddy Hubbard Band ). I got my first job as a pianist at the Flamingo Comedy Cabaret. Soon after this I was fully booked in clubs in Toronto. An agent from Germany booked me in Frankfurt which began a long tour of Europe. I stayed in Europe recording demos and co-writing with different artists for Sony and Warner Bros and performing extensively throughout the Continent. I moved to London and recorded my first album "Mermaids live Inside ". I was blessed to have great musicians rally around to record with me like Andy Partridge from XTC, Mo Foster from the Jeff Beck Band, Vic Coppersmith Heaven who produced The Jam and Neville Farmer. Geoffrey Burgon did a string arrangement for Sidcup Girl. Mermaids can be bought right here when you click the iTunes button or on my website www.jacquelinekroft.com, appointed record shops and on iTunes itself. I married my wonderful and talented Geoffrey and had our beautiful son, Daniel Milo. I released Pianowife my second album summer 2005 which I have posted two songs for you to hear. I wanted to go back to my roots and use the piano throughout the album. The theme song Pianowife is being used as the title music for an interview TV series in Canada called " In the Mind of " transmitting now on Biography Channel 140 and Bravo TV. Directed by Taffi Rosen of Redhead Productions. Some of the songs from pianowife are in electronica and are being used on television series "riders and rich kids " ITV1, and " the race " ITV2. ( available on Collection of Tronic ) I have written the lyrics the theme music for the Fortsyte Saga " Irenes Song " of which the Welsh opera star, Bryn Terfel has sung. This series won a Bafta award for best music of British Television 2005. I wrote the music score to my first feature film, Mr. Right and am still at it as there are edits being done. This film is directed by the brother and sister team Jacqui and David Morris and their small Independant English film company called Mugshots. I have just put on the track Lay Down which I wrote with Matt Andrew's a school buddy of the Orb. Matt is one of my favourite artists that I have worked with I love the laid back coolness of this track. I also have just put on the track Light which has been used in the television series The Race ... this is playing world wide so somewhere one of you have heard this song ... I wrote this with Lee Mintram who is a great artist and you can see him in my friends under ...Feature Cast ... Ginny David is singing back up vocals for me ... and she has sung with Jeff Beck and many other greats...and she has a band called Any Wednesdays on my favourite artists. MyGen Profile Generator MyGen Profile Generator MyGen Profile Generator MyGen Profile Generator MyGen Profile Generator |
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Music:Member Since: 8/15/2006Band Website: jacquelinekroft.com Band Members: I work with different people on each album for example with Mermaids Live Inside the musicians I worked with were: Mo Foster, Neville Farmer, Andy Partridge, Emile Ford, Matt Andrews, Bill Lynn, Bobby and Darrell Kok, Mark Coates-Smith, Peggy Tayler Webb, Geoffrey Burgon, Daniel Burgon, Ginny David, , Tiff Coppersmith Heaven. Phil Robertson engineered and Vic Coppersmith Heaven and Neville farmer produced with Emile Ford doing sound correction. On Pianowife the musicians were: Jon Hiseman, Aristazabel Hawkes, Bill Lynn, Tim York, Geoffrey Burgon, Jeremy Drew and the late Mike Lindsay. Right now I am doing a piano album and vocals on various tracks. Influences: ... everything under and above the sun Sounds Like: Nov 7, 2006 8:13 PM Hi Jacqueline, I am honored to visit your music. I opened the page and heard your voice. It is truely magical. You are a true talent. You put feeling into your vocals. Great lyrics. I know you will have many doors opening for you soon. Big Thumbs Up to (Lay Down)! Keep that awesome voice flowing to the people. God Bless Record Label: redheart records, play records and new vision Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Alternative / Electronica / Jazz) |
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the film Mr. Right |
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| The film Mr. Right is being screened thoughout England and I am looking forward to seeing it in its final cuts. This film was so much fun to write to. Jacqui Morris worked with me closely ... Posted by jacqueline kroft on Fri, 30 May 2008 11:11:00 PST |
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waterlillies for you today and tomorrow |
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| have just uploaded waterlillies ... it's on my Tronic Elect album on itunes and matt andrews programmed the backing track and ginny david did the backing vocals and I will send it to you for a free do... Posted by jacqueline kroft on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:37:00 PST |
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uploading not going so well |
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| i am having some trouble uploading my new songs for you ... have no fear ... as i will find out why the songs won't go up .. just when i think i know all the techno ... i am humbled by something like ... Posted by jacqueline kroft on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:58:00 PST |
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in studio |
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| was in studio last night looking over works that i have in progress and observing how they are developing... i want so much to complete them and i wish i had a great trio together just to play them ri... Posted by jacqueline kroft on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:38:00 PST |
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canada |
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| i'm in canada right now doing a video with Taffi Rosen ... it's early in the morning and i'm wide awake ... have had such a good time shooting this video ... now Taff's got lots of editing to do and i... Posted by jacqueline kroft on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:45:00 PST |
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| Hi ... I'm going to Canada on the 14th and will be performing at the Drake Hotel in Toronto on Oct. 20th at 7:00 pm with Luke Vajsar a very talented Torontonian bassist that I have been lucky to... Posted by jacqueline kroft on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:29:00 PST |
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