Biography

Bree Jackson has sung with piano accompaniment and with groups such as the Vocal Society in NYC, in jazz venues from the Village Vanguard to jazz festivals and clubs in the greater NY/NJ area.

Bree is known for her musical tributes to the ballads of Richard Rodgers, Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parrish, and others, as well as the swing music of jazz greats such as Duke Ellington and George Gershwin.

Bree has performed at such places as:

  • The Porto Leggero Restaurant in Jersey City, New Jersey from May 2005 until August 2005 with Jazz trio.
  • The Hamilton Park Conference Center in Florham Park, New Jersey with Jazz Trio for the American Veterinary Society in March 2005 and March 2006.
  • The Somerset Marriot in Somerset, New Jersey in May 2005 and July 2005 for their client jazz brunch.
  • The La Strada Restaurant in Randolph, New Jersey (Piano and Vocals) in March 2005 and April 2005.
  • The Black Forest Inn, Stanhope, New Jersey October, 2004. (Piano and Vocals).
  • The Governor Morris Inn in Morristown, New Jersey, September thru November 1995. (Piano and Vocals).
  • The Heslin House in Wharton, New Jersey during August 1990. (Piano and Vocals.)
  • The Governor Morris Inn in Morristown, New Jersey, October 1989 through January 1990.

Bree has performed at corporate events and private functions at the following locations from 1978 until the present:

  • The Birchwood Manor
  • Perona Farms
  • The Crystal Palace
  • The Adam Todd Inn
  • Neils New Yorker
  • The Zeris Inn
  • The Manor
  • The Hamilton Park Conference Center

Bree performed with the famed pianist and New York City nightclub owner, David Lahm in Budd Lake, New Jersey in 1995.

Owner of Fast Forward Productions, a music library supplying original music to enhance corporate videos, commercial video productions, and original jingle production. Produced promotional video, (year long project), for Waterloo Village.

Bree has performed with dance bands Soundstreet and Menagerie at various hotels and dance clubs in the state of New Jersey from 1976 until 1995. She's also performed with a Jazz Quintet called the Vocal Society from 1970 until 1973, with director and arranger, Sir Robin Clark. Also performed in tri-state jazz clubs and New York Jazz Musicians Festival in 1971 and 1972 at the Village Vanguard, the Half-Note, the Duplex, and Studio Rivbea in New York City.

Bree has done commercial voiceover work at the Globe Studio in New York City with American Airlines and others as clients.

Performed with various local jazz artists at famed Staten Island, New York Jazz Club "Peter's Cocktail Lounge" from 1967 through 1970.

Bree was also a member of the All-City Chorus (300 voices) under the direction of Dr. Peter J. Wilhousky (also her private vocal coach) in 1965 and 1966, performing at the Lincoln Center and other New York City-sponsored events.

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