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Performer / Artist Details

Performer / Artist Details

Monica Ramey

"Now that the trend of aging rockers cutting albums of show tunes and standards seems thankfully to have run its course, we're back to vocalists with a real feel for and understanding of the jazz tradition doing them justice. Nashville's Monica Ramey is a shining example. Her excellent release Make Someone Happy offers resourceful, soaring and engaging interpretations of material from The Great American Songbook." -Ron Wynn, Nashville Scene

This kind of reaction is a reoccurring theme in the case of Midwest native Monica Ramey and artists like Michael Feinstein, Beegie Adair, Anthony Wilson, Jeff Coffin, Donna McElroy, Jim Ferguson, Denis Solee, Jeff Steinberg, Lori Mechem, Roger Spencer, George Tidwell and Sandra Dudley are just a few who are singing her praise.

Monica is a native of Francesville, one of Indiana’s smallest towns. The youngest of three children, her father is a retired farmer and her mother a retired music teacher. As a child, Monica would sing and dance on stage with her mother’s high school show choir. She's studied music sinse she was a child and after college graduation, she moved to Nashville to pursue her singing career, where she discovered the Nashville Jazz Workshop, studying under some of Nashville's finest jazz musicians as well as creating a family away from home.

Monica is best known for her longstanding musical relationship with jazz pianist Beegie Adair. Together, they had appeared on and produced multiple recordings and played sold out jazz clubs across the US, most often Birdland Jazz Club in New York. When not performing, Monica operates Adair Music Group, LLC and enjoys spending time wither her loved ones and animals, traveling, cooking, and gardening. Monica supports various animal, music, and human rights organizations.

Visit www.MonicaRamey.com for a full biography and to learn more.

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