Originally formed in 1988 at Ithaca College, the Grammy Award winning New York Voices became one of the premier jazz vocal groups of the 1990s. Their repertoire includes bop in the vocalise tradition, plus more contemporary material from both jazz and pop genres. Renowned for their excellence, particularly in jazz, they have learned from the best. Like the great groups that came before, such as Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Singers Unlimited, Manhattan Transfer and, of course, The Four Freshmen, The Voices have taken their musical form to exciting new levels.  From first listen, I couldn’t resist adding some of my own visual animation to their marvelous rendition of Let It Snow (top) –– a Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne tune –– ironically written in Hollywood, California during a particularly hot spell in July of 1945!

(In the middle) The New York Voices team with Till Brönner on his 2007 Christmas album, and a classic caution to kids of all ages that Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Finally (bottom) it’s a Holiday for Strings … a live performance with the Helsinki Swing Big Band, on one of their many visits to Finland (this performance could be as recent as December 2023), where they are always received with great acclaim.