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Vocalist, Scheherazade Stone, is a San Francisco native & veteran within the Bay Area music scene, having recorded, performed and collaborated with various artists, musicians & actors in different areas of music, theater, dance & multi media.
Scheherazade began taking vocal lessons early on, graduating at 16 from a performing arts high school, and then going on to college and getting her graduate degree in Vocal Performance by the time she was 20.
Throughout this time, with a clear vision in sight, she was performing live regularly with various bands, including her own. She continued to hone her vocal chops locally, working weekly at SF venues such as the Up&Down Club and performing & recording within a multitude of musical styles from jazz to classical to r&b to reggae to folk to rock to pop to house. As with any performer, in essence, the live scene became her "school of paying dues". Traveling and performing abroad became the next natural move in her evolution of musical growth - traveling to Holland to perform at the North Sea Jazz Festival & the Bimhuis, to Africa to perform within the walls of beautiful Roman ruins at the Tunisia World Music Festival, to a couple of tours in Japan, traveling from the northern most tip to the southern most tip to a most appreciative audience - All of these journeys were experiences that had a major impact and significance in contributing to shaping her as an artist.
This past year Scheherazade has spent a great deal of time in both Italy & Ibiza and continues to be influenced by the fusion of musical styles from this side of the globe - musically as well as culturally.
With numerous shows planned in support of here in the U.S. as well as abroad, it will continue to establish Scheherazade as a potent force on the music scene.
DISCOGRAPHY
"A Gift From Trane" Nu Nova Compound Tahoe Records
“The Static” Spiritual Machine Indie
“Arawaks And Maroons” Santero Six Degrees Records
“Up&Down Sessions II” Hueman Flavor Mammoth Records
“Reaching For A Star” Nova Ghost A-Records
"Waltz Of Wonder" Nova Ghost A-Records
"Abel Sanchez"Abel & The Prophets Indie
“The Emissary” Chico Freeman Clarity Records
“Detours” Calvin Keys Wide Hive Records
“As I Reach” Hueman Flavor Om Records
“Tenderly” Columna B Bombo Records
“Nectar” Jai Uttal Narada World Music
“Mondo Rama” Jai Uttal Narada World Music
“Shri Durga” Cheb I Sabbah Six Degrees Records
“The World Is Gifted” Hieroglyphics Ensemble Island Records
“Can You Feel Me” Dru Down Relativity Records
“Love Songs” Jamie Davis Indie
“Paradise” Tony Saunders Y-Not Productions
FESTIVALS, CONCERTS & TOURS
http://youtube.com/watch?v=A9Nehay5nK4
*North Sea Jazz Festival w/Ghasem Batamuntu & The Nova Ghost
*Bimhuis Concert Hall w/Ghasem Batamuntu & The Nova Ghost – Amsterdam
*San Francisco Jazz Festival w/Ghasem Batamuntu & The Nova Ghost
YouTube - "Warm Sherry"-featuring Scheherazade Stone
http://youtube.com/watch?v=a76_8hC-wCo
*Great American Music Hall
*Last Day Saloon w/Spiritual Machine
*Slims
*Elbo Room
*Brunos
*Organic Music Theatre w/Don Cherry
*Palace Of Fine Arts w/Don Cherry
*Japan Jazz Tour w/Masahiro Yoshida and Allen Farnham
*Tunisia World Music Festival w/James Lewis
*San Francisco Jazz Concert Series w/Doug Carne
*Masonic Auditorium w/Donald Byrd
*Yoshi’s w/Chico Freeman
*Concert Series w/Idris Ackamoor & Cultural Odyssey
*Monterey Jazz Festival w/Hueman Flavor
*San Francisco Jazz Festival w/Josh Jones Trio
*All City Dance Theatre Company
AWARD NOMINATIONS
*Grammy Nomination For Best Band Jazz Single, “The World Is Gifted”,
w/The Hieroglyphics Ensemble
Bay Area Music Award Nominations For:
Best Vocalist – Scheherazade Stone
Best Club Band – Hueman Flavor
Best Jazz CD – “Up&Down Sessions II”
OPENING ACT FOR
The Grateful Dead @ The Cal Expo
Beck @ The Regency
Brian McKnight @ The DNA Lounge
Spearhead @ The Fillmore
The Tony Rich Project @ The Fillmore
Lenny Williams @ The Great American Music Hall
TELEVISION/VIDEO
"Beyond The Stars" Music Video/Indie
“The SF Modern Music Scene” BET Productions
“VH-1 Fashion TV” VH-1/MTV Productions
“Santa Barbara” NBC
"Warm Sherry" Music Video/Indie
“First Cut” KRON-TV, SF
“Hueman Flavor – Live” Guava Jelly Productions
“Shooz Off” Music Video/Indie
“Rocker Van Beethoven” Music Video/Indie
THEATRE
“A Place to Stand” by Jimmy Baca & Ntozake Shange
Role: Lily
“Suicide In B-Flat” by Sam Shepard Role: Paulette
“Domino” by Sean San Jose Role: Azrielle
“Pieces Of The Quilt” by Various Writers Role: Various Roles
“Polaroid Stories” by Naomi Iizuka Role: Philomel
“I Feel Love” by Erin Cressida Wilson Role: Music/Vocal Narrative
“For Colored Girls Who Consider Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf"
by Ntozake Shange Role: Woman In Purple
SOUNDTRACKS/SCORES
“The Story Of Satchel Page”
w/David Murray, Taj Mahal, & Bob Weir (Grateful Dead)
“Pieces Of The Quilt”
“Polaroid Stories”
“Maleta Muleta”
“Hellhound On My Trail”
“Hotel Angulo”
“Contagion”
“I Feel Love”
“Domino”
w/Campo Santo Theatre Company/Intersection For The Arts
“Between Shores”
w/Dimensions Dance Theatre Company
EDUCATION:
San Francisco State University B.A. Music in Vocal Performance
McAteer High School For The Performing Arts w/Vocal Emphasis
Judy Davis: Vocal Coach
Received Philanthropic Ventures Foundation Grant
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PRESS
"Outstanding Jazz Vocalist" - Mammoth Records
"Outstanding Jazz Album" - Mammoth Records
"Outstanding Jazz Club Band" - Mammoth Records
"Scheherazade Stone is a superb musician and a stunning singer with a magnetic stage presence" - (Robert Hurwitt, SF Examiner)
"Vocalist Scheherazade Stone is the scene stealer, a vision of Josephine Baker in vintage gowns, she drifts effortlessly between her character Paulette and her place in the band" - (Julia Chase, SF Weekly)
"Chico Freeman comes to continue his work with resident musician Scheherazade Stone. His latest work with this stellar musician can be heard on the SF based Clarity Records release 'The Emissary' - (Yoshis)
"An underground hit in the making, 'Suicide In B-Flat' features Josh Jones and singer Scheherazade Stone - the cream of the new SF jazz crop, and whom have great chemistry together" - (Marin Independent Journal)
"There's a lot of talent on one stage, which makes 'Suicide in B-Flat' a chance worth taking - (JH Tompkins, SF Guardian)
"I love Scheherazade Stone and it's always interesting to hear her sing" - (JH Tompkins, SF Guardian)
"Hueman Flavor, an Acid-Jazz HipHop ensemble features the exquisite voice of Scheherazade Stone and the pocket trumpet of the late -great Don Cherry" - (Album review/Unknown source)
"Jones' Jazz-Rap efforts cut the mustard too, thanks to powerful traditional jazz singing by Scheherazade Stone and trumpet guest artist Don Cherry" -
(Album review/Unknown source)
"Scheherazade Stone really made believers out of those who came to see the band. She has performed with Don Cherry, David Murray, and Chico Freeman, and adds a smooth, lusicious sheen in the Chaka Khan/Randy Crawford mold to the group's HipHop Jazz sound - (Mac McDonald/The Herald)
"And one last thing - if Scheherazade Stone's luscious voice doesn't make your heart melt, you didn't have one in the first place" (Steven Kotter/SF Guardian)
