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Biamp Portland Jazz Festival: Jazzmeia Horn
The following description was submitted by the event organizer.
Jazzmeia Horn, named by her jazz-loving grandmother, was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1991. She grew up in a close church-going family, singing gospel music. Horn graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, attended by other great artists such as Roy Hargrove, Norah Jones, and Erykah Badu. In 2009, she enrolled at The School of Jazz at The New School in New York City. Horn won the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and the 2015 Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition, and shortly after, Concord Records signed it. In 2017, she released her debut album, A Social Call, which was nominated for a Grammy Award. Dear Love, an album of encouragement through poetry and spoken word addressing the aspects of her community, her love and herself, was released in September 2021.
The Biamp Portland Jazz Festival is a ten-day multi-venue celebration of jazz presented in Portland, Oregon. The Festival is dedicated to evolving America’s art form and features recognized jazz masters and rising stars alongside local jazz heroes.