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Since 1998, Typhanie Monique has been a tour de force on the Chicago music scene as a vocalist, bandleader and songwriter. The soulful, honey-voiced chanteuse is one of Chicago's hardest-working musicians. She has performed at every major venue in the Chicago club scene over the past 10 years. Recently, Typhanie has devoted herself to her primary passion jazz and has made her mark on the international jazz scene with longtime musical partner Neal Alger, one of Chicago's finest improvising guitarists. This year alone, Typhanie has performed at the prestigious Chicago Jazz Festival, the Stevens Point Jazz Festival, and the Old Town School of Folk Music opening for jazz saxophonist Chris Potter. She has also toured the U.S. with Alger promoting their latest release. Her invitation to teach and perform in Moscow, Russia in 2007 has led her find new and very responsive European audiences. JazzTimes magazine described Typhanie's sound as a modern-day Sarah Vaughan with iridescent traces of Lena Horne. Others comparisons have been made to Chaka Kahn, Diana Krall and Eykah Badu.
Clearly, Typhanie Monique does not subscribe to a nostalgist’s view of jazz singing. The voice—gauzy and supple—rides a fine line between jazz and funk, elegantly merging both genres and a few more, as well.
Monique cuts no corners when it comes to jazz technique, producing freewheeling, airborne scat singing. High – register cries, fast-running riffs, rhythmically volatile phrases—it all came into play, reaffirming Monique’s fearlessness. - Howard Reich, Jazz Critic for the Chicago Tribune – April ‘09
The next major jazz vocalist coming out of Chicago. … some of the most convincing and deeply felt scat singing any female vocalist is offering in Chicago.
She affirmed that not all of today's jazz singers are content to dwell on saccharine love songs. In an eclectic assortment of originals and covers, Monique applied top-notch jazz singing to poetic social commentary. - Howard Reich, Jazz Critic for the Chicago Tribune - March/April ‘07
Expected, and delivered: solid soul-jazz vocals from Monique that suggests both Sarah Vaughan and Minnie Riperton. - Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes
Typhanie pours in the soul, a honey-voiced chanteuse. …words dissolve into scat that would make Ella smile. ...or her ability to make you feel like a windblown leaf on the urgent zephyr of her voice, it’s all about connecting with you and making you understand
just how great it can be. - Michael Sandow, Forest Park Post
Typhanie's vocals are an array of bright colors painted on top of 10 beautiful instrumental landscapes. - KAOS Radio 89.3FM
Chicago native deserving of much wider attention… Suggesting a modern spin on Sarah Vaughn accented with iridescent traces of Lena Horne. - JazzTimes
… brings a bright soprano voice to the stage with heartfelt passion and musical accuracy. Her expressiveness indicates a rising star and will no doubt result in the nomination of this album to this year’s top ten list. - Jim Santella, Cadence Magazine
… powerful lead vocalist and songwriter… well-crafted songs never runs the risk of falling into mere cliché’. - Peter Quinn, Jazzwise
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