Nina Moffitt Quartet at Cornelia Street Cafe

Vocalist NINA MOFFITT uses an instrumental approach to interpret music from a distinctive, genre-bending perspective. A native of Brooklyn, NY, Nina learned to integrate diverse musical influences at an early age through collaborations with her father, pianist Peter Moffitt, and through studying the music of masters such as Sarah Vaughan, Joni Mitchell, and Wayne Shorter. These influences led Nina to develop herself as both a storyteller and an instrumentalist alike, bridging the gap between lyrical delivery and collective improvisation. Nina has a B.A. in cultural anthropology from Oberlin College, where she studied at the world-renowned Oberlin Conservatory with mezzo soprano Lorraine Manz and jazz professors Wendell Logan, Marcus Belgrave, and Paul Samuels. In January of 2010, Nina released an EP entitled Where I Have Been (available at ninamoffitt.bandcamp.com), a collection of her arrangements by composers from Ravi Coltrane to Joanna Newsom. Her music is an exploration of diverse influences through a new lens, adding a distinct perspective that reflects her life, generation, culture, and personal worldview. ...

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Vocalist NINA MOFFITT uses an instrumental approach to interpret music from a distinctive, genre-bending perspective. A native of Brooklyn, NY, Nina learned to integrate diverse musical influences at an early age through collaborations with her father, pianist Peter Moffitt, and through studying the music of masters such as Sarah Vaughan, Joni Mitchell, and Wayne Shorter. These influences led Nina to develop herself as both a storyteller and an instrumentalist alike, bridging the gap between lyrical delivery and collective improvisation. Nina has a B.A. in cultural anthropology from Oberlin College, where she studied at the world-renowned Oberlin Conservatory with mezzo soprano Lorraine Manz and jazz professors Wendell Logan, Marcus Belgrave, and Paul Samuels. In January of 2010, Nina released an EP entitled Where I Have Been (available at ninamoffitt.bandcamp.com), a collection of her arrangements by composers from Ravi Coltrane to Joanna Newsom. Her music is an exploration of diverse influences through a new lens, adding a distinct perspective that reflects her life, generation, culture, and personal worldview.
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