Joyce Cooling

Joyce Cooling

Joyce Cooling is a San Francisco-area smooth jazz guitarist. Growing up in New Jersey, she absorbed a wide variety of music, and developed a personal style of fingerpicking that has given her playing a unique sound.

Cooling has played with Joe Henderson, Stan Getz , and Charlie Byrd.

In June 1996 she performed at the Cotati Jazz Festival in Cotati, California. [cite web|url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/05.30.96/summer-9622.html|title=Livin' Is Easy: Cotati Jazz Festival|accessdate=2008-04-01] She has also attended the Jarasum jazz festival in Jarasum, South Korea.

Along with other smooth jazz artists like Joe Sample, Cooling's work is often sampled as background music for the Local on the 8s on The Weather Channel, and is featured on their first compilation album, "".

Awards

*Best Jazz Guitarist Of The Year (female) - Gibson Guitar Awards

Discography

* "Cameo" (There Records, 1988)
* "Playing It Cool" (Heads Up, 1997)
* "Keeping Cool" (Heads Up, 1999)
* "Third Wish" (Verve Music, 2001)
* "This Girl's Got To Play" (Narada Jazz, 2004)
* "Revolving Door" (Narada Jazz, 2006)

References

External links

* [http://www.joycecooling.com/ Official Joyce Cooling website]


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