JUNE BISANTZ

June Bisantz lives two lives: one June is a noted artist and college professor (Eastern Connecticut State University), the other a “gifted singer with a warm, vibrant voice that can twist and turn on a dime” (Newsday) who has been variously compared with Phoebe Snow, Flora Purim, and Nancy Wilson. With a program too tasty to resist—a tribute to the great trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker—I took myself over to Hartford’s hippest music series, Dan Blow’s Music @Japanalia, last year to see for myself what the fuss was about. And I fell in love with the voice and the program. June has been performing and writing music for over 20 years. She has co-written and produced jazz albums and has recorded with musicians like Steve Swallow, Lou Soloff, Mike Stern, Will Lee and others. Reviews and articles about her work appear in People, USA Today, DownBeat, and Jazziz. In an earlier life read more...