Dara Tucker is an American jazz singer and composer. Tucker has released four studio albums; "All Right Now" (2009), "Soul Said Yes" (2011) "The Sun Season" (2014) and "Oklahoma Rain" (2017), as well as a limited live performance album, "Dara Tucker Live" in 2013 Dara was named, "The Jazz Vocalist of the Year" at the 2016 and 2017 Industrial Music Awards in Nashville.. In 2017, the second single from "Oklahoma Rain," Radio, "named," Song of the Year "at the Nashville Industry Music Awards, and" Oklahoma Rain "won the" Jazz Album of the Year. "Tucker has been performing internationally with her, the jazz ensemble since 2009. Dara performed at the Tavis Smiley Show in 2015, and opened for Gregory Porter in 2016. She won a silver medal at" American Traditions Vocal Competition "in 2017. She has shared stage with jazz musicians such as the organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, 7-string guitarist Charlie Hunter, and pianist Johnny O'Neal at The Blue Note in New York City, San Jose Jazz Festival, Smoke Jazz and Supper Club in NYC, Sculler in Boston , MA, The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame and Snug Harbor in New Orleans, LA In November 2016, he shared the stage with Vince Gill and Time Jumpers [1] He has recorded with guitarist Peter Bernstein, guitarist Charlie Hunter, pianist Helen Sung, trombone player Alan Ferber, saxophonist John Ellis and drummer Donald Edwards.He is currently a member of the Charlie Hunter Trio tour, with whom he has performed performances throughout the Midwest and the east coast.
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Dara Tucker was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma as the third of seven children to music minister and recording artist Doyle Tucker and singer Lynda Tucker. He started singing harmony at the age of 4 with his brother and sister, and started playing piano at the age of 8. She traveled to the country singing with her family for most of her childhood. The Dara family spent time in Spokane, Washington, Detroit, Michigan, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Pasadena, California, and Baltimore, Maryland. He and his brothers, known as "The Tuckers" are known for their rich harmony and a seamless blend. Dara accepts her degree in International Business and German Studies. After graduation, Tucker worked for several years in International Business. He then moved to Interlaken, Switzerland to study German while having fun.
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Musical career
Dara Tucker started writing songs while living in Switzerland in 2003, and in 2004, moved to Nashville to pursue a career as a singer/songwriter. He recorded his first album, "All Right Now" in 2009. It featured most of the American Singing Book standards. Her second album, "Soul Said Yes" (2011) is a blend of R & amp; B, jazz and Gospel, and featured seven string guitarists, Charlie Hunter. This makes top 10 R & amp; B chart Amazon.com within a few weeks after its release. Two of Tucker's own compositions were included in this project - "The Space" and "Partly Cloudy."
Tucker's third release, "The Sun Season" (2014) was recorded in Astoria, Queens, New York. Ten of the twelve songs in "The Sun Season" were written by Tucker. The album featured Peter Bernstein on guitar, Helen Sung on piano, Donald Edwards on drums, John Ellis on saxophone, Alan Ferber on trombone and Greg Bryant on bass. It reached number 62 on the JazzWeek charts on September 22, 2014.
On June 29, 2015, Dara was interviewed by Tavis Smiley for her PBS television show. On the show, she performed the original song she wrote with her sister, Diamond Tucker entitled, "Giants" from The Sun Season. Dara Tucker at Tavis Smiley. He opened for Gregory Porter in Nashville, TN on June 4, 2016 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Dara Tucker is a frequent performer at the Nashville Jazz Workshop, and Rudy's Jazz Club and featuring a CD show in New York at "Smoke Jazz and Supper Club" on the west side of New York in August 2014.
Dara Tucker is a finalist in the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival vocal competition in 2016.
Dara won a silver medal in the "American Traditions" vocal competition in Savannah, GA in February 2017. The competition requires singers to perform in 9 separate genres. She also won the "Ben Tucker Jazz Award" for her appearance The Nearness of You, presented to her by jazz bassist, widow Ben Tucker.
Dara Tucker released a long project on April 30, 2017 called "Oklahoma Rain" which tells of his journey of love, loss and healing after losing his parents in 2014. Two singles have been released from CD - "Moving On" and "Radio" where he made his own music videos. Radio Music Video "Radio" climbed to # 5 on the UK charts, and was named, "Song of the Year" at the 2017 Nashville Industry Music Awards. "Oklahoma Rain" was named "The Jazz Album of the Year" at the Nashville Industry Music Awards. "Oklahoma Rain" received good reviews from various publications, including the London Jazz Review Soul and Jazz as well as Funk Soulwalking Lemonwire and The Tennessee Tribune.
In 2018, Dara started a series of appearances as a Charlie Hunter Trio tour member. He has performed with groups throughout the Midwest. He will be performing some duo performances with Charlie Hunter in 2018 opening for California Honeydrops on the east coast.
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Dara Tucker is a freelance documentary maker who is fond. He produced a series of docs on Nashville musicians called "Music City Select" [2] through his production company, "GoldenTime Films". He was also a contributor at the Huffington Post where he wrote essays about his personal experiences as a minority and a woman in the entertainment business. His article, "It's for Ladies Who Cuss" is featured on The Huffington Post Voices homepage.
Music effect
Tucker was among his influences: Lynda Tucker, Doyle Tucker, Mel TormÃÆ'Â ©, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder & amp; Nancy Wilson.
Discography
Studio album
- 2009: Okay Now
- 2011: Soul Said Yes
- 2014: Season
- 2017: The Oklahoma rain
Live album
- 2013 Dara Tucker Live
Awards
- 2018 American Semifinalist Tradition
- 2018 Johnny Mercer's American Tradition Award [3]
- 2017 American Tradition Vocal Competition Silver Medalist
- 2017 American Ben Tucker Jazz Award
- 2017 Nashville Industry Music Awards This Year's Jazz Vocalist (Winner)
- 2017 Nashville Industrial Music This Year's Jazz Album Award - Oklahoma Rain (Winner)
- Nashville Nashville Music Industry Song of the Year Award - Radio (Winner)
- Finalists of the 2016 Atlantic Festival Jazz Finalists
- 2016 Music Industry Nashville Jazz Vocalist Award of the Year (Winner)
- Nashville's Industrial Music Award 2016 Best Artist of the Year (Candidate)
- All About Today's Jazz Video (EPK)/Today Download (Your Sincerity)
- WFSK Artist of the Week (2009), (2014)
References
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