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HOW LOVE BEGINS WON BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM AT THE 66TH ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS
no we’re not kidding.
yes we are excited.
“the gateway drug to jazz” - me (nicole)
“jazz is my favorite four letter word”- also me
NEW ALBUM HOW LOVE BEGINS WITH CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE OUT NOW
WON BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM AT THE GRAMMYS!
4 months in the top 20 Jazz Week Radio Charts and featured on NPR/Sirius XM Judy Carmichael’s Jazz Inspired.
Featured on SPOTIFY EDITORIAL PLAYLIST VOCAL JAZZ AND APPLE MUSIC EDITORIAL PLAYLIST SINGERS DELIGHT, PANDORA JAZZ PLAYLISTS and AMAZON MUSIC JAZZ PLAYLISTS!
NICOLE ZURAITIS WINS THE 2021 GOLD MEDAL AND BEN TUCKER JAZZ AWARD IN THE AMERICAN TRADITIONS VOCAL COMPETITION.
NICOLE ZURAITIS INDUCTED INTO THE HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL CRUSADER HALL OF HONOR 2020.
CONNECTICUT MAGAZINE 40 under 40 class of 2020
VIRTUAL PIANO LOUNGE FEATURED IN FORBES MAGAZINE in OCTOBER 2020.
ALL WANDERING HEARTS FEATURING IN DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE in SEPTEMBER 2020.
“A heart as big as her remarkable voice.”
— Jazz Police
“A stunning singer with an equally adept pen.”
— New York City Jazz Record
“Multi-hyphenate Nicole Zuraitis is quite the seamstress. A celebrated pianist, singer, and songwriter, she’s adept at stitching together lyrical lines and melodic hooks, which she then sews onto fabrics colored with sophisticated harmony and the occasional metric twist. Her impressive handiwork remains accessible and, while tailored to her own experiences, fits comfortably around a wider reality.”
— Jazz Times
“Brooklyn’s Nicole Zuraitis Brings Visceral Vocals, Her Powerhouse Presence and Winning Songwriting to Jazz Outing, Hive Mind (Dot Time Records).”
— Ken Micallef, Downbeat
“A playful pianist… sublime vocals... Zuraitis unwound a sweeping, sunny set... it’s clear that above all else, she is a musician first — her well-cultivated, swingin’ and misbehavin’ stage presence notwithstanding. Opening act Nicole Zuraitis rules the night at the Cabot.”
— Chad Konecky, Wicked Local Boston
“Zuraitis’ fluid, natural sound is very much richly expressive and wide ranging... her composing full of jazz sensibility and great emotional depth, open to a variety of influences.... an emotive voice with seductive warmth.... 'Pariah Anthem' is a winning exhibition of her performance and songwriting skills.”
— Hartford Courant
“A star… gorgeous pliable voice with a warm resonance in her lower register and a delicious sweetness in her upper register. In countless appearances, I’ve yet to hear her miss a note…she also played several covers with arrangements that shattered preconceptions. A thing of beauty that induced tears of joy.”
— NiteLife Exchange Review of Dizzy's Club Coca Cola 2023
“Zuraitis showcases superb songcraft.”
— Downbeat
“Zuraitis writes her own material, and her deftness with a lyric is decidedly pronounced; second, she’s a damned good piano player.... With an effervescent stage presence and a vocal style that’s equal parts Diana Krall and Bonnie Raitt, Nicole Zuraitis is already something special, but she also has the tools to be something very big. Watch this space.”
— Jay Hunter, Nippertown Lake George Jazz Festival Review 2019
“A voice that's hard to ignore... remarkable range... you can't help but stop and take notice.”
— Jazz Inside Magazine
“Nicole is a very accomplished musician, plain and simple. Nicole’s singing is out of this world but so is her composing, arranging, band leading and piano playing. She has strong charisma as she simultaneously excites the audience and makes them feel comfortable. Great presence doesn't always go hand-in-hand with great musicianship, but that certainly is not the case with Nicole.”
— Antonio Sanchez, Pat Metheny Group, Migration, Birdman
“Nicole Z is an important new voice on the New York scene. Nicole’s songs bring excellence to her generation, and her unwavering spirit will inspire all people who hear her gorgeous music.”
— Rachel Z.
“Supreme talent...a poetess and purely expressive artist like no other... first-rate songwriter, powerhouse vocalist and grade A pianist--proves to be an expert cartographer, mapping out every detail, nuance and shade of emotion surrounding the arc of a relationship. ★★★★”
— All About Jazz 2023
“A heart full of soul and a voice full of sunshine.”
— All About Jazz
“Deep music from a deep soul… thoughtful and purposeful. Of all the singers to have come out of New York in the last ten years or so, Zuraitis is one of the most individualistic. Gifted with scary range and gale-force power.”
— New York Music Daily
“Emerging onto the scene with a notably warm personality, Zuraitis, vocalist extraordinaire, gave her audience a blues “clinic.”....soaring vocals... intimate familiarity....intonation and dreamy clarity.....I watched, transfixed by Zuraitis’s careful mastery of both piano and vocal. She made a mark for herself there (Birdland Jazz Club).”
— Chris Struck, Cabaret Scenes Magazine
“A strong musicianship that is never compromised, the gorgeous and capable instrument that can be conversational one moment and then soar to the heavens the next, the sincere storytelling that is always present in her delivery. Nicole is one of my favorite vocalists… a masterful musician who uses her knowledge for the good of the story. This is a rare and beautiful thing.”
— Jane Monheit
