  joyce cooling is a san francisco-based jazz guitarist, vocalist and songwriter who has recorded seven albums - five of which charted on billboard magazine. she has to her credit two no.&nbsp;1 singles, six top-10 and 13 charting radio singles in all and has garnered multiple music awards including the gibson best jazz guitarist of the year and best new talent in the jazziz readerâs poll.[ all music biography] she was a nominee for the california music awards, the oasis awards, and the gavin contemporary jazz artist of the year. cooling has performed with joe henderson, stan getz, mark murphy, al jarreau, and charlie byrd among other luminaries. the christmas song, with lee ritenour, and her original single, itâs feeling like christmas, complete her discography. ==background== cooling is a self-taught guitarist from a musical family. before deciding on a full-time career in music, cooling experimented with piano, drums and percussion. after moving to california from new york in the early 1980s, cooling began sitting in on the percussion classes of master ghanaian drummer, c. k. ladzekpo.c.k. ladzekpo integrating the polyrhythms of west african music with her passion for melody and harmony, cooling focused her attention on the guitar and proceeded to teach herself to play by ear. cooling started out playing straight-ahead jazz in small clubs in new york and san francisco and later met keyboardist/ producer jay wagner on san franciscoâs brazilian jazz circuit. wagner was an original member of the popular san francisco-based group viva brasil. cooling joined viva brasil on a part-time basis in 1988 as a guitarist and background vocalist.bay area bands coolingâs and wagnerâs immediate chemistry and shared passion for songwriting resulted in their first collaboration - the 1989 independently produced and released cd, cameo, which featured the other members of viva brasil at that time. the album was well received by san francisco bay area radio stations and critics alike, launching coolingâs record
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