LISA BELL
"Some serious, searing, and sassy jazz fronted by the talented Ms. Bell, whose voice
can soothe like butter, ache with pain, and rouse the troops." Keyboard Magazine.
Bell is a Boulder, Colo. native who received a scholarship to the Conservatory of Music at
the University of Missouri-Kansas City. There she earned a degree in vocal performance
with an emphasis in jazz. She has worked with Bobby McFerrin, Marilyn Maye, and Ida
McBeth, among others. Bell released her first CD, Dare To Be..., in 2001, and her second CD, It’s All About Love, in 2005. The first featured classic jazz standards and the second all original material written by Bell and others. She has performed as the opening act for the 2004 JVC Winter Park Jazz Festival; on the Main Stage at the 2003 and 2005 Cherry Creek Arts Festival; on the Jazz Stage at the 2003 and 2004 Taste of Colorado; on three unique “CD104.3 Jazz on the Tracks” trips aboard an Amtrak train touring through the Rocky Mountains; and a number of other regional jazz festivals. She has also played top venues including the Soiled Dove (as the opening act for jazz guitar legend Stanley Jordan), Ritz Carlton Beaver Creek, Sambuca, Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge, and Jazz
at Jacks.
