Veronica Elaine Nunn (born October 7, 1957) is an American jazz singer who has been the featured vocalist with Michael Franks since 1992.
Veronica Nunn | |
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| Birth name | Veronica Elaine Nunn |
| Born | October 7, 1957 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Labels | Dead Horse |
| Website | veronicanunn |
In the late 1970s she moved to New York City to pursue a degree in theology at Lehmans College in the Bronx. Singing in the music clubs at night to support her college tuition, she met Big Nick Nicholas, who was a teacher of tenor saxophonist John Coltrane. She became a first-call jazz singer in Harlem and Greenwich Village. In 1997 she married jazz pianist Travis Shook and they started Dead Horse Records in Woodstock, New York.
Selected discography
editAs leader
- American Lullaby (2002)
- Standard Delivery (2007)
- The Art of Michael Franks (2010)
With Michael Franks
- The Music In My Head
- Time Together
- Watching the Snow
- Rendezvous in Rio
With Travis Shook
- Plays Kurt Weill
- Awake