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Guardian Express, article 17/11/09 – “Talking all that jazz”
Shameem Taheri-Lee will launch her first album this Friday at the Civic Hotel in Inglewood.
Taheri-Lee (21) is building a name for herself as a jazz singer, having performed professionally since 2004 and currently completing a jazz composition course at WAAPA.
Earlier this year, she was also a finalist in the prestigious James Morrison Generations in Jazz Vocal Scholarship.
She describes her solo work as ‘90s-esque R&B but played on acoustic instruments with a strong jazz influence.
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The West Australian, article 20/11/09 – “How Ella switched Shameem on to jazz”
Up-and-coming jazz singer Shameem Taheri-Lee had huge singing ambitions as a child growing up in Perth.
“When I was a kid I grew up on the Thriller album by Michael Jackson and my dream was to do a duet with him one day,” she says.
Although she will never get a chance to perform her dream duet, Taheri-Lee’s musical ambitions have stayed strong and will be given a jump-start with the launch of her debut EP tonight.
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