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Veronica Klaus - "Best Chanteuse 2004," Bay Guardian
"Best Chanteuse" SF Bay Guardian 2004 SF Weekly Whammy Award Winner "Blues/R&B" "...an inimitable star!" SF Weekly "...hugely compelling...ever so seductive." SF Bay Area Reporter
When Veronica Klaus opens her mouth to sing, listeners are transfixed. With a voice that is both powerful and evocative, she can wrap herself around a song like no one else. Indeed she is an original; a statuesque, shapely, redhead who's onstage presence is as riveting as her singing.
Named "Best Chanteuse" by the San Francisco Bay Guardian in 2004, Vocalist Veronica Klaus breathes new life into jazz standards and moody soul classics from the '50s and '60s about love and all that it entails. She rounds out her repertoire with a handful of her own original, blues-influenced numbers thrown in for good measure. Klaus conjures up a sultry vibe that's equal parts raucous juke joint and smoky jazz cabaret, with just a dash of camp to lighten things up!
Veronica Klaus's skills as a vocalist and creativity are revealed in her newest release, "Veronica Klaus, Live at the Lodge." Recorded in the fall of 2004 as a benefit for the Rainbow World Fund, the new CD is declared a "must-have," by reviewers. Klaus's "Fever," sets the mood with a sultry rendition of the Peggy Lee classic. The track shows off her strong Jazz/R& B chops and, with some original lyrics you won't hear anywhere else, hints at a sly sense of humor under her cool appearance.
Saucy numbers aside, Veronica's vocal finesse shines through when she hits quieter ballads. With Klaus' cool caress, the lyrics "Tell me what you're feeling" lay bare the vulnerability of Phoebe Snow's, "Something Real," a piece which deftly highlights the talents of Veronica's long-time collaborator, jazz pianist, Tammy L. Hall, a superb jazz pianist based in San Francisco with solid credentials both as a solo artist and as a featured musician with such jazz legends as Etta Jones, Eddie "Fathead" Newman, Denise Perrier, Kim Nalley, Lady Memphis, Frankie Kelley, and Debbie de Coudreaux.
Klaus was the winner of the 2004 SF GUARDIAN "Best Chanteuse" AWARD
"There's only one word to describe cabaret crooner Veronica Klaus: fabulous. Whether she's letting loose with a bawdy uptempo number or reducing the rapt Plush Room crowd to silence with a sultry lament, Klaus displays the kind of star quality that's earned her a rabidly loyal fan base. And she's not one to stick to tired old standards, as proven by songs like the self-penned "Black Diamond Days" (an examination of her Midwestern upbringing). Still, you haven't lived till you've heard the always impeccably attired Klaus rip into "Pirate Jenny": in her expert hands the haunting ballad takes on a life of its own...All this, and she plays a mean tuba too.&quo
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LocationJazz at Pearl's
256 Columbus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94133
United States
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