Featuring: Rale Micic (guitar), Tom Beckham (vibraphone), Paul Gill (bass), Steve Williams (drums), and Alma Micic (vocals)
“Alma personifies what jazz singing is all about.” Ron Della Chiesa, WGBH Radio
“There is no doubt about it: Alma Micic is a first rate jazz singer.” All About Jazz
Alma Micic was born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia. At the age of 16 she started performing with a local quartet at a time when jazz was making a big comeback in Belgrade. Soon she became a featured vocalist with the Radio Belgrade Big Band and began touring and appearing at many local jazz festivals as well as television and radio broadcasts. In 1995, she received a scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Alma graduated in 1999 with a BM in Jazz Performance. Alma's highly successful second release "The Hours" beautifully displays her songwriting and arranging talents in addition to her exquisite singing. The album has been praised by renowned international publications such as Downbeat, JazzTimes, Jazzwise, and All About Jazz. Alma's third album, Tonight, was released earlier this year. Alma has "... a creative thoughtfulness tempered with a daring, in-your-face disregard for stylistic boundaries. Tonight is comprised of nine selections, five original compositions and four standards.... The head-turner 'standard' is Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine, which is given a 1930s, prewar Hot Club treatment. Micic sings with a swinging sweetness and an even timbre.” All About Jazz
Alma has been a resident of New York City since 2000. With her band, she has appeared at prominent venues such as the Jazz Standard, Scullers, Iridium Jazz Club, Cecil’s Jazz Club as well as various international festivals and concert halls. Her first album "Introducing Alma", hailed as "a striking debut" by Jazz Review, received radio airplay throughout the US, including Voice of America, XM Satellite Radio and international radio stations in South America, Japan and Europe. Alma Micic was also featured in a one hour NPR/WGBH Radio special “The Jazz Songbook”.
Alma’s singing has been described as "confident, soulful, vulnerable, rhythmically savvy, with the most sensual vibrato you're likely to hear" (All About Jazz). Featured articles include Swing Journal (Japan), Concerto Magazine (Austria), Jazzman and Citizen Jazz (France). She has received numerous awards such as the Cleo Laine Award for Outstanding Musicianship and BRIO Award from the NY Arts Council. www.AlmaJazz.com