Biography

Tammy McCann is an internationally recognized jazz vocalist and Artist in Residence for the Music Institute of Chicago. Her powerful, sultry, and emotionally charged voice merges classical vocal technique and gospel aesthetic with jazz to create a sound that is completely her own. Alyce Claerbaut, President of Strayhorn Songs Publishing, exclaimed “Tammy is a star with a one-of-a-kind voice.”

Tammy has thrilled audiences in festivals and clubs worldwide—from Bangkok, Thailand to Harrods Atticus in Greece, to Marian’s Jazz Room in Switzerland—as well as this nation’s premier concert and jazz venues, such as Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Birdland, The Blue Note, Dizzy’s Club, and more.

She has performed with such luminaries as Ramsey Lewis, NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman, John Clayton, Branford Marsalis, Joe Locke, Charles McPherson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Carmen Bradford, and she toured as a ‘Raelette’ with the great Ray Charles.