After winning second place in the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Vocals Competition in 2015, Veronica Swift is now one of the most popular singers in New York. It took a lot of work to achieve in the crowded and competitive scene of female jazz singers. Her best qualities are freshness, a sense of swing, elegance, the ability to play songs and a beautiful voice with a bent for scat. In her most recent album titled “Veronica Swift”, all these qualities are combined with a dazzling eclecticism of the repertoire that ranges from Broadway to Duke Ellington, from bossa nova to Queen, from soul to post-punk, from classical music to opera. If, on the one hand, Veronica authoritatively fits into the strand of classic jazz vocalism, on the other hand, her moving across the most diverse genres places her in a more modern and original dimension.
“Veronica Swift is a woman of many voices, and she uses every one of them to refract a dizzying kaleidoscope of moods.” (DownBeat)
