Shea's love of jazz was born many years ago, while listening to her father's albums - Chris Conner, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles and many others. Shea's mother, an accomplished visual artist, was also a singer and songwriter...often composing songs in the living room at night.
While in school, Shea fronted a hard, alternative rock band, playing all the L.A. clubs. After they split, she began singing jazz in nightclubs around L.A. and joined the Little Big Band, singing swing hits. Shea also became involved in studio vocal work - singing on commercials, trance and trip hop projects, as well as children's albums.
Shea then relocated to Northern California to record an EP, "Smolder", with producer Michael Rosen, which features Bill Ortiz, Trevor Dunn and Karl Perazzo. She then moved up to Healdsburg, in Sonoma County, which has a surprisingly rich music scene due to the efforts of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival Artistic Director, Jessica Felix and a willing, receptive audience!
Shea's album "Piece of the Light' features the legendary Robben Ford on guitar, Noam Lemish, David Ewell, Bill Ortiz and Alex Aspinall. An introspective singer-songwriter work, it is constellated with Shea's original pieces and a couple of tasty covers. Shea's next release, "A Blind Date", a straight-ahead jazz foray, showcases the mighty work of George Cables on piano, Cecil McBee on bass, Billy Hart on drums, Craig Handy on sax and flute, and David Weiss on trumpet.
Currently, Shea is blending classic songs with more contemporary material, so that her repertoire is sizzling with diversity and imaginative renditions of well-known material. Whether it be an original piece, a Bjork tune, a touch of the Velvet Underground, or Burt Bacharach, Shea is constantly mining the musical world for its jewels, and is always up for creating a fresh, new arrangement.
She continues to deep dive into the hidden groove in each song by weaving an array of styles together into a mosaic that dissolves genres and reaches out and grabs the listener by the heart.
While in school, Shea fronted a hard, alternative rock band, playing all the L.A. clubs. After they split, she began singing jazz in nightclubs around L.A. and joined the Little Big Band, singing swing hits. Shea also became involved in studio vocal work - singing on commercials, trance and trip hop projects, as well as children's albums.
Shea then relocated to Northern California to record an EP, "Smolder", with producer Michael Rosen, which features Bill Ortiz, Trevor Dunn and Karl Perazzo. She then moved up to Healdsburg, in Sonoma County, which has a surprisingly rich music scene due to the efforts of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival Artistic Director, Jessica Felix and a willing, receptive audience!
Shea's album "Piece of the Light' features the legendary Robben Ford on guitar, Noam Lemish, David Ewell, Bill Ortiz and Alex Aspinall. An introspective singer-songwriter work, it is constellated with Shea's original pieces and a couple of tasty covers. Shea's next release, "A Blind Date", a straight-ahead jazz foray, showcases the mighty work of George Cables on piano, Cecil McBee on bass, Billy Hart on drums, Craig Handy on sax and flute, and David Weiss on trumpet.
Currently, Shea is blending classic songs with more contemporary material, so that her repertoire is sizzling with diversity and imaginative renditions of well-known material. Whether it be an original piece, a Bjork tune, a touch of the Velvet Underground, or Burt Bacharach, Shea is constantly mining the musical world for its jewels, and is always up for creating a fresh, new arrangement.
She continues to deep dive into the hidden groove in each song by weaving an array of styles together into a mosaic that dissolves genres and reaches out and grabs the listener by the heart.
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