Stephanie Biddle

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Name = Stephanie Biddle
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Stephanie Andrea Biddle
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Born = birth date|1963|8|23
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Origin = Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada
Instrument = Voice
Voice_type = Standard Classical Jazz
Genre = Jazz
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Years_active = 1987–present
Label = Elan
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URL = [http://www.StephanieBiddle.com www.stephaniebiddle.com]
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Stephanie Biddle (born August 23, 1963) is a Canadian jazz musician. She spent her early childhood in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec. Her father was Charlie Biddle, a Montreal-based jazz musician.

Career

She began modeling when she moved to Montreal at age 15, and began her music career fronting the cover band Living Proof, which performed at weddings and local clubs between 1987 and 1989, mostly pop and jazz standards.Brownstein, Bill. "Biddles springing up all over Montreal entertainment scene", "Montreal Gazette", 1988-03-05, p. D4.] Her career took off after she gained the support of a record producer in Paris. Her single "Dis-moi" (1991) reached #11 on the French pop charts. Still, she did not obtain a record deal in Montreal, and for several years spent the winters singing in Le Gosier, Guadeloupe.Perusse, B. "Stephanie Biddle carries the torch", "Montreal Gazette", 2003-03-30, p. B1.]

Biddle has also worked as a model and actor, with engagements on the European and North American "catwalks", along with some 30 significant film roles and television appearances. Her film debut was in 1979 in a Montreal teen film, "Crunch", and she appeared along with her father in the 1988 film "The Moderns". She has worked with several notable actors on the production "A Diva's Christmas Carol". [Imdb-title|0270317|A Diva's Christmas Carol]

She starred as the lead female role of the Opera of Normandy’s "La Haut" in Rouen, France, and was featured in the movies and soundtracks of Hollywood film productions such as "The Whole Nine Yards" [played role of jazz vocalist] [The Whole Nine Yards (2000). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.] alongside Bruce Willis, and VH1's "Diva’s Christmas Carol" where she performs with Vanessa L. Williams."Biddle bit of... a superstar", "South China Morning Post", 2005-10-12, p. 2.] Biddle also performed in "One Eyed King", a film directed by "Crash" producer Robert Moresco and starring Armand Assante. [(Sylvain Cossette Quartet), he started a partnership with Stéphanie Biddle (daughter of the late Charles Biddle) to start the Liquid Blues Band. For two years (1999-2000), the group gave several performances in many concert halls and festivals in Quebec and also took part in recording the score of the American movie One eyed king. [http://cdbaby.com/cd/cossette] ] She also had a major role in the 2002 French-language adaptation called "Karmen Gei"List of African films, "a re-make of the classic movie "Carmen" the definitive femme fatale of Bizet's classic opera" [Published on August 2, 2002, San Jose Mercury News (CA) ITS EARTHY STAR SIZZLES IN LUSTY 'KARMEN GEI': Carmen... gets a glorious makeover in the French-Senegalese import "Karmen Gei." Well, "makeover" may be too polite a term. This Carmen, or Karmen, as played by an ever-spinning, ever-undulating force of nature named Djeinaba Diop Gai, is the earthiest, lustiest Carmen yet] [The Africa Channel Presents: Karmen Gei "The film stars two charismatic, statuesque beauties: Djeinaba Diop Gai as Karmen and Stephanie Biddle as Angelique, the warden of a women's prison where Karmen is initially held] [http://www.theafricachannel.com/programs.php?genre=featurefilm]

She has performed at jazz venues and festivals throughout North America (Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Las Vegas, Montreal and Toronto), and the world (Paris, Antigua, Cancun, Guadeloupe, Cuba, the Bahamas, Japan, Brazil, China and Africa). [ (Sylvain Cossette Quartet), he started a partnership with Stéphanie Biddle (daughter of the late Charles Biddle) to start the Liquid Blues Band. For two years (1999-2000), the group gave several performances in many concert halls and festivals in Quebec and it also took part in recording the score of the American movie "One Eyed King". http://cdbaby.com/cd/cossette] [30 Jun 2003 7:00 PM Charles Biddle JR & Stephanie Biddle On the Saint-Lawrence Bateau Cavalier Maxim] [ [http://www.jazzbrat.com/templates/jpage.php?u_pageid=111 jazzbrat.com - Montreal Jazz Festival 2003 - Indoor Schedule ] ] Fact|date=June 2008

She has also hosted a popular television entertainment series, "Cool Concerts", on Cool Jazz Network and "Jazz Clubs of New York City".Fact|date=June 2008

Debut album

In 1991, her debut album, "Dis-moi", was released, [Recording Title (CD or Album): DIS-MOI/BIDDLE, STEPHANIE Spine: ELAC-5001 Disk: 1 Side: 0 Cut Number: 1 Release Year: 1991 Label Name: ELAN] whose title track achieved "top ten" status in Paris and in her hometown, Montreal.

She has performed in Hong Kong (at the Lobster Bar at the Island Shangri-La Hotel), China and Brazil, and has relocated to Manhattan. The "Miami Herald" remarked, "On the cusp between jazz’s old vanguard and its new, “Stephanie Biddle possesses the warmth of Sarah Vaughn, the clarity, the bite and the rhythmic sense of Ella Fitzgerald and the sly and elegant style of Nancy Wilson".Fact|date=June 2008

Personal life

Her brother Charles Jr. is also a performer. Older sister Sonya Biddle is a former Montreal city councillor, and younger sister Tracy is a bartender and occasional singer. [Lalonde, Michelle. "Biddle's widow", "The Gazette", 2005-02-04, p. A7.] Tracy is also a freelance writer and hosted radio shows on CBC radio network [http://www.cbc.ca/montrealmatters/2002/features/flipside.html] [CBC Radio 88.5 > The Flip Side "With The Flip Side, I wanted to bring to light the views of different people from all walks of life..."] .

References

*cite news |first=Robert |last=Faires |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Dance Review – In the Pocket |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=235998 |work= |publisher=Austin Chronicle |date=November 5, 2004 |accessdate=2008-06-10
*cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Karmen.(Review) |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10269979_ITM |work=Variety |publisher= |date=01 October 2001 |accessdate=2008-06-10

External links

* [http://www.stephaniebiddle.com Official site]
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