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Tierney Sutton (born June 28, 1963) is an American jazz singer.

A five-time Grammy Nominee for Best Jazz Vocal Album as well as for arranging, she was Jazzweek Vocalist of the Year in 2005,[1] Sutton was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and was educated at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.[2] Prior to attending Wesleyan, Tierney Sutton attended Nicolet High School in the Milwaukee metro area.

For the past 20 years, Sutton has fronted the Tierney Sutton Band featuring pianist Christian Jacob, bassists Trey Henry and Kevin Axt, and drummer Ray Brinker. The band is an incorporated unit and makes all musical as well as business decisions together.[3][4] They tour throughout the world[5] and have headlined in recent years at Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl and Jazz at Lincoln Center. For 11 years, Sutton taught in the Jazz Studies Department at the University of Southern California. In 2008, she became the Vocal Department Chair at Los Angeles Music Academy in Pasadena, California.

She has been a Baha'i since 1981 and explains her band's arranging style as based on the principle of consultation--the band is very much run on Baha'i principles. There is very much a sense that what we do is essentially a spiritual thing and everyone's voice needs to be heard.[6][7] She has recently also been performing in a trio format with flautist Hubert Laws and guitarist Larry Koonse.

ALBUMS


Tierney Sutton And San Gabriel 7*
Good People
2024, CD, JRL-SGS Records
Chris Walden, LMR Jazz Orchestra, St. Dominic's Schola Cantorum Featuring Tierney Sutton & Kurt Elling
Missa Iubileum Aureum
2022, CD, Origin Records
Patrick Williams Featuring Patti Austin • Frank Sinatra Jr. • Tierney Sutton • Dave Grusin • Tom Scott • Arturo Sandoval • Peter Erskine
Home Suite Home
2015, CD, Album, BFM Jazz
Tierney Sutton
Paris Sessions
2014, ,
Vocal
Tierney Sutton
After Blue
2013
The SSJ All-Stars, Alan Broadbent, Jim Cox, Gerard Hagen, Johnny Holiday (2), Diane Hubka, Christian Jacob, Leslie Lewis, Sam Most, Dick Noel, Frankie Randall, Sue Raney, Kurt Reichenbach, Dan Sawyer, Tierney Sutton, Pinky Winters, Chris Connor
From California With Love
2011, CD, Album, SSJ-USA,
Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra With Ann Hampton Callaway, Tony DeSare, King's Singers*, John Pizzarelli, Tierney Sutton
Christmastime Is Here
2006, CD, Album, Telarc, ,
Holiday
Tierney Sutton
I'm With The Band
2005
Tierney Sutton
Dancing In The Dark
2004, CD DigiPak, ,
Vocal/Ballad
Buddy Childers Big Band Featuring Tierney Sutton
It's Whats Happening Now
2003
Tierney Sutton
Something Cool
2002
Tierney Sutton
Blue In Green
2001, CD DigiPak, ,
Vocal/Cool Jazz/Bop/Latin Jazz/Swing
Tierney Sutton
Unsung Heroes
2000
Tierney Sutton
Introducing Tierney Sutton
1997, CD, Album, A-Records, ,
Vocal/Bop/Ballad
Gina Saputo
Swingin' On A Star
2003, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Natalie Dessay, Paris Mozart Orchestra, Claire Gibault
Pictures Of America
2016, CD,
The Tierney Sutton Band
Screen Play
2019, CD, Album, BFM Jazz
The Tierney Sutton Band
The Sting Variations
2016, CD, BFM Jazz
Chris Walden Big Band
Full-On!
2014, CD, Origin Records, ,
Big Band
The Tierney Sutton Band
American Road
2011, ,
Vocal/Ballad
The Tierney Sutton Band
On The Other Side
2007, ,
Vocal/Ballad/Swing
Chris Walden Big Band
Home of My Heart
2005, CD, Album, Origin Records, ,
Big Band
Buddy Childers Big Band
It's Whats Happening Now!
1998
Tierney Sutton
Something Cool
2002, ,
Smooth Jazz

APPEARANCES +


André Charlier, Benoît Sourisse, Louis Winsberg
Le Monde à L'envers
2022, 2xCD, Album, Dig, Gemini Records (32),
Igor Kogan
In a Big City
2020, CD, Album, Car, Not On Label
Kristin Chenoweth
For The Girls
2019, ,
Vocal/Ballad
Cheryl Bentyne / Stephen Sondheim
ReArrangements Of Shadows (The Music Of Stephen Sondheim)
2017, CD, Album, ArtistShare, ,
Smooth Jazz
Jean Chaumont
The Beauty Of Differences
2017, CD, Album, Re:Jazz
Gabriel Espinosa
Songs of Bacharach and Manzanero
2016, CD, Album, Zoho,
Clint Eastwood (2), Christian Jacob And The Tierney Sutton Band
Sully (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)
2016, ,
Soundtrack/Score
Frank Macchia
Folk Songs For Jazzers
2010, CD, Cacophony, Inc.,
Frank Macchia
Son Of Folk Songs For Jazzers
2010, CD, Cacophony, Inc.,
George Kahn
Secrets From The Jazz Ghetto
2010,
Tierney Sutton Band*
Desire
2009, ,
Vocal/Ballad/Swing/Bop
Lorraine Feather
Language
2008, CD, Album, Jazzed Media
Lovisa
That Girl From Ipanema
2008, CD, Album, Spice Of Life, Ladybird (5), ,
Bossa Nova
Gabriel Alegria
Nuevo Mundo
2008
The Chris Walden Big Band*
No Bounds
2006, CD, Album, Origin Records, ,
Big Band
Various
In A Jazzymental Mood Part Two
2006, 2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot., Dig, Edel Media & Entertainment GmbH, ,
Cool Jazz/Ballad/Smooth Jazz
Grant Geissman
Say That!
2006, CD, Album, Futurism Records
Damian*
Don't Look Back
2006, CD, Album, Promo, Not On Label
Mark Isham
Music From The Film The Cooler
2005
The Christian Jacob Trio
Styne & Mine
2004, CD, Album, Dig, WilderJazz,
George Kahn
Midnight Brew
2002, CD, Playing Records,
Thom Rotella
How My Heart Beats
1996, CD, Album, Positive Music, ,
Smooth Jazz
Thom Rotella
Spirit Of The Carols
1996, ,
Religious/Holiday
Graeme Revell
The Crow - City Of Angels (Original Score Album)
1996
Bahá'í World Congress Choir
Music Of The Bahá'í World Congress New York 1992
1994, 2x CD, ,
Classical/Gospel/Contemporary
Various
Street Fighter
1994, ,
Soundtrack
Ann Hampton Callaway
Finding Beauty: Originals, Volume 1
2023, CD, Shanachie
Various
Shine On! Songs Volume One
2011, CD, Album, Shine On! Songs, ,
Europop/Vocal
Various
Moreorless Jazz Seven
2010, CD, Comp, Wavemusic, ,
Latin Jazz/Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz
Various
JVC Jazz Festival 2008
2008, CD, Comp, Concord Music Group, Inc.,
Various
Smoothies (Best Of Pop Jazz)
2008, 2xCD, Comp, Edel Records,
Various
One For My Baby: Contemporary Standards
2006, CD, Comp, Compass Productions
Various
Jazz In The City 2
2006, CD, Comp, Petra (2), Jahreszeiten Verlag, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Soul-Jazz
Various
Sound & Vision SACD Sampler
2006, SACD,
Various
Jazz Vocalists Hear & Now
2006, 2x CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Various
Telarc Heads Up Sacd Sampler Volume 5
2005, SACD, Multichannel, Comp, Telarc Surround,
Various
Jazziz On Disc - September 2005 - Fall Into Jazz
2005, CD, Album, Comp, Ltd, Promo, Jazziz
Various
Superсборка (#5'04)
2004, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Sni, Play Magazine, ,
Hard Rock/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Pop Rock/Blues Rock/Chanson/Country Rock/Folk Rock/Art Rock/Ambient/Leftfield/Experimental/Modern Classical/Arena Rock/AOR/Post Rock/Electro/Deep House/Trip Hop/Downtempo/Abstract/Techno/Breaks/Electroclash/Synth-pop/EBM/Industrial/Goth Rock/Deathrock/Acoustic/Death Metal/Symphonic Rock/Heavy Metal/Pop Rap/Funk/Soul/Swing/Cool Jazz/Bop
Various
(Wonderland Love Stories Chapter Three) Something Warm Something Cool
2004, CD, Comp, Dig, Shout! Factory, ,
Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz/Vocal
Various
Jazz SACD Sampler 3
2004, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Smplr, Telarc Surround,
Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival 15th Annual presented by Southwest Airlines
2004 Commemorative Sampler CD
2004, CD, Comp, Smplr, San Jose Jazz Society
Various
A Taste Of Jazz
2003, CD, Comp, Telarc Jazz
Mark Isham
The Cooler - Music From The Motion Picture
2003, ,
Cool Jazz/Soundtrack
Various
Telarc Celebrating 25 Years: The Jazz Collection
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Telarc Jazz
Various
Telarc Jazz In-Store Sampler 2001
2001, CD, Album, Promo, Smplr, Telarc International Corporation,
Various
Tomorrow`s Jazz Classics - Vol. 1
1998, CD, Comp, A-Records, ,
Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz/Bop
George Kahn
Secrets From The Jazz Ghetto
2010, 2x CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz
Various
Sound & Vision SACD Sampler
2006, CD,