Biography
National Jazz Awards 2009 Male Vocalist of the Year nominee.
Named Male Vocalist of the Year at the 1999 Jazz Report Awards ceremony, John Alcorn released Quiet Night, his first CD of jazz standards, in 2003. The 2004 National Jazz Awards selection committee acknowledged this work by nominating John for Best Jazz Vocals.
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This highly personal project has received virtually unanimous praise from critics and fans -- and introduced John to an international audience for the first time, receiving radio airplay in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, India, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Belarus, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Wales as well as Canada and the USA.
Inspired by the discovery of the title song, a tender, reflective piece created by Richard Rodgers and Larry Hart in 1936, Quiet Night is a collection of some of the greatest love songs written by that legendary team. The CD includes classic Rodgers and Hart ballads, such as "My Romance" and "You Are Too Beautiful", as well as swingers like "Thou Swell" and "Falling in Love with Love".
One of the highlights of the album is "This Can't Be Love", a duet with Molly Johnson.
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