Tamara Usatova, NYC soul-pop best-kept secret. Originally from Russia, now Manhattan, Tamara is slowly becoming one of the music industry's emerging artists. The singer/songwriter has not only had the opportunity to work with Stevie Wonder's band, Ryan Kilgore, Darryl Munyungo Jackson and Gigi Gonaway, but she also shared the stage with Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Ricky Martin, Justin Bieber and others at Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival and BLI Summer Jam - as part of Justin Baron Band.
In only a few years, Tamara's performance resume continues to build. With the release of her new EP Believer, Tamara is poised to make 2016 her break-through.
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Gig Length: 10 - 240 minutes
Languages: English, Russian
I have a few programs to choose from:
1. Singing pianist: jazz/soul repertoire.
2. Jazz Band (trio or quartet depending on the client's needs): jazz standards, popular tunes of 30-60s.
3. Top 40s Band: standard wedding/party repertoire.
4. Solo program with audio tracks: jazz, soul, R'n'B, pop.
Tamara Usatova is a Russian Soul/Pop singer and songwriter based in New York City. Tamara was always inspired by classic American soul, pop and jazz and the blend of these styles lies at the core of her original music.
She began her career back in Russia at age 15, first as the singer of the local jazz band Alef in her hometown Kerch, then in Saint-Petersburg and Moscow – as the lead vocalist of the well established GR Club band. After winning a scholarship to Berklee College of Music, Tamara decided to continue her professional music career in the US.
Since then, she not only had the opportunity to work with Stevie Wonder musicians Ryan Kilgore, Darryl Munyungo Jackson and Gigi Gonaway, but she also shared the stage with Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Ricky Martin, Justin Bieber and others at Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival and (link hidden) BLI Summer Jam - among others - as a part of Justin Baron Band.
Besides that, Tamara just finished her, as she calls it, “fun project” – the release of her self-composed jazz album “Composer’s Ventures”, recorded and mixed by Magic Shop and Dig It Audio studio engineer Jacopo Penzo (You can find the album at (link hidden)). A few months ago she released her main soul-R'n'B EP project "Believer".
Top 40s Band:
1. Love You I Do, original, Jennifer Hudson
2. For Once in My Life, Stevie Wonder
3. I Can’t Help It, Michael Jackson
4. Street Life, Lalah Hathaway and Joe Sample version
5. Oh, Darling
6. Deep Waters, Incognito
7. Signed, Sealed, Delivered
8. I Want You Back, Jackson 5
9. Love on Top, Beyonce
10. Still a Friend of Mine, Incognito
11. Hallelujah, I Love Him So
12. Sweet Love, Anita Baker
13. Respect, Aretha Franklin
14. Wishing on a Star, Beyonce
15. Ain’t Nobody, Chaka Khan
16. Isn’t She Lovely, Stevie Wonder
17. Price Tag, Jessie J
18. Ain’t It Fun, Paramore
19. Work It Out, Beyonce
20. Think, Aretha Franklin
21. We Found Love, Rihanna
22. I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Whitney Houston
23. Through the Fire, Chaka Khan
24. Happy
25. Been Around the World, Lisa Stansfield
26. I Wanna Be Where You Are, Jackson 5
AND MORE
Jazz Repertoire:
1. A Change Is Gonna Come (Bb)
2. A Primeira Vez (Bb), bossa nova, Joao Gilberto, sung by Jane Monheit
3. Ain’t Misbehaving (G), swing, Thomas Waller, Harry Brooks / Andy Razaf
4. Alfie (G)
5. All In Love Is Fair (Fmin)
6. All Of Me (G), swing, Gerald Marks, Seymor Simons
7. All the Things You Are (Eb)
8. At Last (F), swing, Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
9. Baby You’ve Got What It Takes (Eb)
10. Been So Long (Fmin), soul, Anita Baker, Louis A. Johnson & Gary Bias
11. Blame It on My Youth (C)
12. Blue Moon (Eb), bossa nova or swing, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
13. Blue Prelude (Fmin)
14. Blue Skies (C), swing, Irving Berlin, sung by Deborah Cox
15. Body and Soul (G, F, A, Bb)
16. But Beautiful (C), ballade, Jimmy Van Heusen / Johnny Burke, sung by Randy Crawford
17. Cheek to Cheek (G), swing, Irving Berlin
18. Come Rain Or Come Shine
19. Day In the Life Of A Fool (G), bossa nova, Antonio Maria
20. Desafinado
21. Devil May Care (Cmin), swing, Bob Dorough, Terrell P. Kirk Jr.
22. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me (C), swing, Duke Ellington/Bob Russell
23. Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight, swing ?, James Taylor, sung by Diane Schuur
24. Feeling Good (Amin), samba, Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse, sung by Randy Crawford/Joe Sample
25. Fly Me To The Moon (Ab), swing, Bart Howard
26. For All We Know
27. For Once In My Life (G)
28. Georgia On My Mind (C), Hoagy Carmichael / Stuart Gorrell
29. Good Morning, Heartache (Eb)
30. Hallelujah I Just Love Him So (Bb), blues, Ray Charles, sung by Nikky Yanofsky
31. Hit the Road, Jack (Amin)
32. How I Wish (You Asked Me Now) (A)
33. How Insensitive (Cmin)
34. I Know You Know (F)
35. I Should Care (A), swing, Akel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn, sung by Jane Monheit
36. I Wish You Love (C), swing, Leo Chauliac / Charles Trenet, sung by Jane Monheit
37. I’m In the Mood For Love (G), bossa nova, Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields, sung by Barbra Streisand
38. I’m Through With Love, Jane Monheit
39. I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Bb)
40. If This Isn’t Love (A#)
41. Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby (Amin), swing (shuffle), Louis Jordan, sung by Renee Olstead
42. It Don’t Mean a Thing
43. It’s All Right With Me (Eb), swing, Cole Porter
44. Just Friends (F, Eb)
45. Lady Be Good (A), swing, George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
46. Lonely Teardrops (F)
47. Look Of Love (Bmin), funk, Burt Bacharach, Hal David, sung by Patti Austin
48. LOVE (G), swing, Bert Kaempfert, Milt Gabler
49. Love Dance (Eb)
50. Love Is Here To Stay (C)
51. Love That Will Last (A), pop, Thompson Foster, sung by Renee Olstead
52. Love You Madly (C)
53. Lover Man (Bmin)
54. Lullaby of Birdland, Ella Fitzgerald
55. Lush Life (C)
56. Miss Celie’s Blues (C)
57. Misty (C/Bb), ballade, Erroll Garner / Johnny Burke
58. Moon River (Ab, Bb), ballade, Henry Mancini / Johnny Mercer
59. Moonlight Serenade (F), waltz ?, Glenn Miller / Mitchell Parish
60. My Foolish Heart (A), bossa nova, Victor Young / Ned Washington, sung by Jane Monheit
61. My Funny Valentine (Amin)
62. Nice Work If You Can Get It
63. Night and Day (C, Bb,)
64. No More Blues (Dmin)
65. One Day I’ll Fly Away
66. Orange Colored Sky (G), swing (shuffle), Milton DeLugg, Willie Stein
67. Please Be Kind (G), swing, Saul Chaplin / Sammy Cahn, sung by Jane Monheit
68. Round Midnight (Bbmin, Cmin)
69. Save Your Love For Me (D)
70. Saving All My Love For You (A)
71. September In the Rain (Bb), swing, Harry Warren / Al Dubin, sung by Deborah Cox
72. Smile (Eb), pop/swing, Charlie Chaplin
73. Smoke Gets In your Eyes (Ab), ballade, Jerome Kern / Otto Harbach
74. Someone To Watch Over Me (Ab), ballade, George Gershwin
75. Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Ab), ballade, Harold Arlen / E.Y. Harburg
76. Stardust (Bb)
77. Stars Fell On Alabama (G), ballade, Frank Perkins / Mitchell Parish
78. Stella by Starlight (G)
79. Sweet Love (Bb), soul, Anita Baker
80. That’s All (F), swing, Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes, sung by Nicole Henry
81. The Shadow Of Your Smile (F), ballade, Johnny Mandel / Paul Francis Webster
82. The Way We Were (A)
83. These Foolish Things (Bb), ballade, Jack Strachey / Eric Maschwitz
84. This Masquerade (Amin)
85. Twisted (Bb)
86. Watch What Happens (Eb), bossa nova, Michel Legrand
87. What A Difference A Day Makes (C), 12/8, Maria Mendez Grever, sung by Deborah Cox
88. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life (Fmin)
89. Whisper Not (Amin)
90. Work Song (Amin), blues, Nathaniel Adderley / Oscar Brown Jr., sung by Celeste Simone
91. You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Eb)
Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Etta James, Billy Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Beyonce.
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