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Angela Verbrugge

Traditional vocal jazz from Victoria BC
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Angela Verbrugge

Instruments: Vocals, Piano/Keyboards details
JazzTimes Magazine writes that Canadian jazz vocalist Angela Verbrugge "possesses a winsome, brightly burnished, pliable voice, with ample emotional intelligence, considerable songwriting skills, and conspicuously good taste.” Toronto Music Report described, “ a stunning debut album beautifully crafted arrangements in beguiling variety and sensuousness. Verbrugge addresses each with the breathtakingly, absolutely natural and unaffected purity of her voice… her material sound magical.”

Angela was invited to release her debut record in 2019 on New York-based Gut String Records with piano trio backing from three veterans of the NYC Jazz scene: Ray Gallon (Lionel Hampton, Joe Williams, Chaka Khan), Cameron Brown (former Jazz Messenger, Sheila Jordan regular voice-bass duo partner) and Anthony Pinciotti (Stacey Kent, Dr Lonnie Smith). The album debuted at number one in jazz on iTunes-Canada. Raul de Gama of Toronto Music Report describes, “ beautifully crafted arrangements in beguiling variety and sensuousness.” CBC Radio host Laila Biali described, "There's so much joy in her delivery.” Angela was one of the youngest graduates from Toronto’s George Brown School of Performing Arts after a youth spent active on the arts scene of her birth city, Kingston, Ontario. She relocated to British Columbia in 1997. After having three kids (now 11, 13 and 15) and three brushes with death (drowning, car accident and cancer), she followed her passion to jazz cobbling together her jazz-specific musical education through self-study, mentorship from top Canadian and American vocalists and musicians, alongside an active local gig schedule in Vancouver and Victoria learning and adapting material on the bandstand.

Wall Street Journal-writer Will Friedwald notes in his liner notes that Verbrugge possesses, "a vocal sound that's full of depth and nuance - welcoming the light without denying the existence of the darkness” and that she works with a “top-drawer arranging crew and cast of expert musicians”.Angela is primarily influenced by the swing era, pre-bop jazz, vintage musicals, and traditional pop music which originated in the 1920s to 1950s. Angela is a vocalist committed to what Tony Bennett calls “America’s classical music”, and backs up her collaboration with band members by having strong theory skills of having obtained a high level of certification in Royal Conservatory classical piano training, and mentor- and self-taught jazz theory skills. As a lyricist, her work has received critical acclaim, notably from critics in the United States. "Angela gives singers like Lorraine Feather a run for their money with her witty lyrics"(JazzWeekly). MusicWeb International reviewed her debut project, writing that, “Verbrugge is a literate and articulate songwriter astute arrangements and good balance between originals and standards,” raving that her album has a rare “bold, delineated structure”. Angela crafts each set list with the same care she did with her album, customizing her performances for each venue, and working to support the venue with promotions.

She has appeared at top jazz clubs in England, Germany, and Turkey, across Canada (Yardbird, the Rex, GigSpace, Alvin’s Jazz Club) and in BC at the Victoria Jazz Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, Frankie’s Jazz Club, Hermann’s, and other prestigious venues and festivals. Her recordings have received critical acclaim from radio and podcast hosts across the globe, receiving airplay by popular stations in Canada, the U.S., South America, Europe and Asia. The 2019 album charted on Earshot in Canada and Jazzweek in the United States. George Harris at Jazz Weekly sums it up, describing, ","fun and quirky, hip and a hoot, wispy and romantic; she slithers and oozes, and cleverly swings... in the Archie Comics of life, this lady is a bubbly Betty."
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Love Walked In
I'm Running Late (That's The Question)
Cool Baby
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08
Nov
19:00 21:15
Remembrance Day: Pop, Swing and Jazz of WW2 - Victoria Nov 8 2024
Traditional pop and jazz of the late 1930s and 1940s WW2 era
$25
Hermann's Jazz Club
Event can be attended in person
19
Feb
16:30 18:30
Tribute to Tony Bennett: Angela Verbrugge Duo
Vancouver-based Jazz Vocalist and Ray Gallon (NYC Pianist)
$20
The Club at the R.C.H.A.
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12
Feb
2023
19:30 21:30
Spirited Jazz in the Sanctuary featuring Angela Verbrugge
Full of the best in Jazz and delivering pure joy in every phrase and note
By Donation
First Unitarian Church of Victoria
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12
Jan
2023
19:30 21:30
Spirited Jazz in the Sanctuary featuring Angela Verbrugge
Full of the best in Jazz and delivering pure joy in every phrase and note.
By Donation
First Unitarian Church of Victora
Event can be attended in person
11
Nov
2022
19:00 21:30
In the Mood Quartet
1940's songs popular during WW2, preformed in honour of Remembrance Day
$20-$25
Hermann's Jazz Club
Event is live streamed / online.Event can be attended in person
15
Sep
2022
17:00 19:00
Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel
Join us every thursday for Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel!
Bar 500
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08
Sep
2022
17:00 19:00
Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel
Join us every thursday for Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel!
Bar 500
Event can be attended in person
01
Sep
2022
17:00 19:00
Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel
Join us every thursday for Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel!
Bar 500
Event can be attended in person
25
Aug
2022
17:00 19:00
Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel
Join us every thursday for Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel!
Bar 500
Event can be attended in person
20
Aug
2022
19:00 21:00
Angela Verbrugge Quartet f. NYC-Jazz Pianist Ray Gallon
Angela Verbrugge first caught listeners’ ears in 2019 with what JazzTimes desc...
$25
Hermann's Jazz Club
Event is live streamed / online.Event can be attended in person
18
Aug
2022
17:00 19:00
Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel
Join us every thursday for Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel!
Bar 500
Event can be attended in person
18
Aug
2022
20:00
Angela Verbrugge
Angela Verbrugge first caught listeners’ ears in 2019 with what JazzTimes desc...
$16
Frankie's Jazz Club
Event can be attended in person
11
Aug
2022
17:00 19:00
Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel
Join us every thursday for Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel!
Bar 500
Event can be attended in person
04
Aug
2022
17:00 19:00
Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel
Join us every thursday for Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel!
Bar 500
Event can be attended in person
28
Jul
2022
17:00 19:00
Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel
Join us every thursday for Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel!
Bar 500
Event can be attended in person
21
Jul
2022
17:00 19:00
Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel
Join us every thursday for Jazz Night at the Oswego Hotel!
Bar 500
Event can be attended in person
03
Jun
2022
21:30
A Tribute to the 'Cool Jazz' Songstresses
Featuring the JazzTimes’ Readers’ Poll 2020 winner for Best Female Vocalist,...
$15
Tyrant Studios
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20
May
2022
19:00 21:00
Angela Verbrugge Tribute to the Cool Jazz Songstresses
Featuring the JazzTimes’ Readers’ Poll 2020 winner for Best Female Vocalist,...
$20
Hermann's Jazz Club
Event is live streamed / online.Event can be attended in person
19
Feb
2022
19:30
Angela Verbrugge Quartet: Love for Connoisseurs Album Launch
JazzTimes Magazine writes that charismatic Canadian jazz vocalist Angela Verbrug...
$25
Char’s Landing
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18
Feb
2022
19:00 21:00
Angela Verbrugge Quartet: Love for Connoisseurs Album Launch
Angela Verbrugge album launch w Miles Black, Ken Lister, and Buff Allen
$25
Hermann's Jazz Club
Event is live streamed / online.Event can be attended in person
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LADIES OF SONG…Kelly Hafner: If It’s Love, Beverly Church Hogan: Can’t Get Out of This Mood, Vanessa Rubin: The Dream Is You-Sings Tadd Dameron, Angela Verbugge: The Night We Couldn’t Say Good Night
Here are some ladies that not only sing, but compose and arrange as well. Angela Verbrugge gives singers like Lorraine Feather a run for their money with her witty lyrics on her originals that area mixed with some clever covers.
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Author: George W. Harris
Published by: Jazz Weekly

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