Diana Panton
Diana Panton is being heralded as one of Canada’s most promising jazz vocalists. Her aesthetic sense has attracted the attention of some of the jazz world’s most respected masters. Panton has performed with international jazz luminaries including Guido Basso, Phil Nimmons ,and Kenny Wheeler.
Her much awaited sophomore release if the moon turns green ... was selected as a TOP 10 Canadian Recording of the Year by Len Dobbin, Kathya Heppell and Dan Sich. It earned her recognition as the Best Female Vocalist at the 2008 Hamilton Music Awards and a nomination in the same category at the National Jazz Awards in 2008 and 2009. The album was a first place jury selection which allowed Diana to perform at the prestigious Jazz a Juan Revelations 2008 (Juan-les-Pins, France) where she was voted Premiere Dauphine by the Juan public. In 2009, if the moon turns green ...was nominated for Jazz Album of the Year at the National Jazz Awards and Best Vocal Jazz Album at the JUNO's.
Diana's latest release, pink, is a narrative concept album about the twists and turns of new love. It features superb accompaniment once again from Reg Schwager and Don Thompson along with a highlight appearance from Canada's premier horn player Guido Basso. The CD was a featured release on JAZZ.FM 91.1 and was first released as part of the station's Sound of Jazz Series. pink was selected as a favorite of 2009 by CBC's Brent Nielsen (The Afternoon Edition), Graham Rockingham (The Hamilton Spectator) and Tim Perlich (The Perlich Post). The album earned Diana a nomination as the Favorite Jazz Artist of the Year at the 2010 Canadian Independent Music Awards (The Indies) and was a triple nominee at the 2010 Hamilton Music Awards winning for Best Female Vocalist and Best Jazz Album of the Year. Most recently, Diana was awarded the Silver Disc Award for Best Vocal Recording of 2010 by Japan's Jazz Critique Magazine.
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