Featured Artist - Nancy Zahn
by Marcy Stamper
Nancy Zahn is radiant. In fact, the singer emits an almost irresistible glow onstage as she delivers jazz standards with a resonance that fills the far corners of the room.
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She went on to study voice at Fort Wright College in Spokane under Sister Marietta Coyle, where she was groomed for an operatic career. The music faculty even measured Zahn |
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While the performing was satisfying, the top-40 repertoire was not an adequate forum for artistic expression. Ever since hearing Ella Fitzgerald, Zahn said she knew jazz was her musical home, but the economic realities made for inevitable trade-offs.
Today she is trying to tip the equation. |