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“An eight-time Grammy nominee, Sutton has received a Best Jazz Vocal Album Grammy nomination for every project she has released in the last decade.”

With each successive album what was already a precocious and prodigious vocal talent in the late 90’s has matured to what many have called one of the greatest living jazz singers. Along the way a partnership of over two decades has also congealed a group that now performs with unique musical intuition only established through many years of performing, writing and arranging together. The result is a deep discography – not just in numbers but in quality.

2022

Paris Sessions 2

Tierney Sutton Featuring Hubert Laws, Serge Merlaud and Kevin Axt

On 2014’s Grammy-nominated Paris Sessions, called “a bare-bones journey into the depths of musical intimacy” by AllMusic.com, vocalist Tierney Sutton forged an indelible chemistry with classically-trained Parisian guitarist-arranger Serge Merlaud. Now husband and wife, the two take their musical connection to even deeper levels on Paris Sessions 2, released May 6, 2022.

Paris Sessions 2 was recorded at L.A.’s Tritone Studios. Acoustic bass guitarist Kevin Axt, a member of the Tierney Sutton Band since 2005 and a key component of the first Paris Sessions, is back on board for Paris Sessions 2, providing resounding bass lines and all-important chordal work behind Merlaud’s lyrical guitar solos. Legendary flutist Hubert Laws, who recorded remotely from his home studio, blends beautifully with Sutton’s crystalline voice on five songs. The results are as entrancing as they are invigorating.

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2019

ScreenPlay

Tierney Sutton Band

ScreenPlay is a unique recording project released in five “acts.” After 20-plus years, 8 Grammy nominations and countless performances in some of the finest venues in the world, L.A.-based Tierney Sutton Band has set their sights on the wide-ranging panorama of film music by releasing an ambitious 19-track collection of songs in five parts — “ScreenPlay.”

ScreenPlay” spans the first century of American film music. The band gained firsthand experience in this idiom in 2016 when they were tapped by legendary director Clint Eastwood to score his box office hit “Sully”.

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2017

The Sting Variations

Tierney Sutton Band

The Tierney Sutton Band’s interpretive reworking of the music of Gordon Sumner, aka Sting transcends the notion of covering another artist’s material. In keeping with their artistic philosophy these versions are tribute, but far from imitation.

Grammy Nominee: Best Jazz Vocal Album

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2016

Sully Motion Picture Soundtrack

Clint Eastwood, Christian Jacob & The Tierney Sutton Band

What started as Clint Eastwood attending a few concerts and even booking the band for a couple private gigs turned into a collaboration with Tierney, Christian Jacob and The Tierney Sutton Band with the legendary film director.

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2014

The Paris Sessions

Tierney Sutton featuring Serge Merlaud & Kevin Axt

Described as “Devastatingly Intimate,” by Mark Summer, cellist and founder of the Turtle Island Quartet, The Paris Sessions takes on a wide range of material reminiscent of musical conversations. Many tunes feature just guitar and vocals, while others add bass.

Grammy Nominee: Best Jazz Vocal Album

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2013

After Blue

Tierney Sutton

Tierney performs a beautiful vocal alchemy with Joni Mitchell’s material. She steps far enough out of her jazz roots to transform not only the songs, but her voice into a new force of nature.

Grammy Nominee: Best Jazz Vocal Album

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2011

American Road

Tierney Sutton Band

The Tierney Sutton Band takes the listener on a virtual exploration America through folk songs, classic musicals – even pulling the heartstrings with “America The Beautiful.”

Two Grammy Nominations: Best Jazz Vocal Album and Collaborative Arrangement for the song “On Broadway”.

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2009

Desire

Tierney Sutton Band

A musical meditation on materialism, the album is a collection of songs about what we want and the battle between our higher and lower natures.

Grammy Nominee: Best Jazz Vocal Album

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2007

On The Other Side

Tierney Sutton Band

Oft described in reviews as “a masterpiece,” The Tierney Sutton Band examines the concept of happiness and the pursuit thereof. The band bookends the album with disparate versions of both “Happy Days Are Here Again” and “Get Happy.” Other titles include “Glad To Be Unhappy,” “Great Day,” and “Haunted Heart.”

Grammy Nominee: Best Jazz Vocal Album

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2006

I’m With The Band

Tierney Sutton Band

A live recording of the band at New York’s famed Birdland Jazz Club, features favorite Tierney Sutton Band arrangements as they can only be heard live including “I Get A Kick Out Of You” and “Lady Is A Tramp.”

Grammy Nominee: Best Jazz Vocal Album

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2004

Dancing In The Dark

Tierney Sutton

Tierney’s best-selling album pays tribute to the great ballads of Frank Sinatra and features a full, lush string orchestra with the band on many of the tracks.

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2002

Something Cool

Tierney Sutton

A Breakout project for the band, “Something Cool” was named “Best of the Year” by New York’s respected disc jockey Jonathan Schwartz. The album has a diverse array of jazz classics like “Route 66” and “Comes Love.”

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2001

Blue In Green

Tierney Sutton

Tierney Sutton Band’s highly-praised take on the work of the great piano genius Bill Evans. Tracks include Evans compositions such as “Waltz For Debby” and “Very Early,” as well as standards recorded by Evans like “Never Let Me Go” and “Some Time Ago.”

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2000

Unsung Heroes

Tierney Sutton

Tierney’s vocal take on compositions usually considered instrumental. Tracks includes bebop classics like “Donna Lee” and “Joy Spring” as well as compositions by Wayne Shorter, Benny Carter and other classic jazz composers. Jimmy Rowles’ “The Peacocks” has been a signature song for Sutton and the band since the album’s release almost two decades ago.

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1999

Introducing Tierney Sutton

Tierney Sutton

The one that started it all and sent critics searching for superlatives, was also the formative of the musical relationships that became The Tierney Sutton Band by including Christian Jacob (Piano), Trey Henry (Bass) and Ray Brinker (Drums).

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