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Suze Krebs - Vocalist |
The L. A.
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Born and raised in
Baltimore, Suze grew up in a home filled with the
sounds of Bach, Beethoven, Gilbert & Sullivan,
Broadway musicals and the blues of Bessie, Billie
and Ella. Graduating from Hollins College with a BA
in Drama & Dance, Susan went on to spend her
twenties in New York City – studying acting with the
extraordinary Uta Hagen, appearing in various
Off-Broadway plays and musicals, TV commercials and
performing with the improvisational theater company,
War Babies. The New York clubs offered her a
jazz education, presenting the likes of Duke
Ellington, Sheila Jordan, Jackie & Roy, Alberta
Hunter, the Mel Lewis/Thad Jones Big Band, Carmen
McRae, Dizzie et al.
In 1976, Suze and her fellow War Babies flew to Los Angeles
for a TV series. She chose to remain in L.A. and
make it her new home – delighted that she could
garden and hike – and that there were greater work
opportunities. Over the years, Suze has appeared in
dozens of TV shows (Numbers, The West Wing, ER),
Films (Million Dollar Baby, 28 Days),
Animation, TV & Radio commercials, and Theater,
including her own solo musical revue, Lunar,
the all-women’s improvisational company, The Wims,
and the contemporary opera, A String of Pearls,
both in L.A. and at Carnegie Hall. |
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Throughout Suze’s career as an
actor and improviser, she was
also performing occasionally as
a vocalist , and studied for
several years with the great
jazz singer and teacher, Sue
Raney. – Then, in 1995, seeking
clarity and artistic direction
during a four month “middle
years” retreat in Jackson Hole,
Wyoming, Suze’s sense of herself
as a “jazz gardener” came into
being - which she explains is
"about the art of becoming -
whether working with plants or
music or with oneself - to dig
down, to cultivate, to encourage
growth, to thrive and flourish,
and eventually to let go and
begin the cycle anew." And so,
she returned to L.A. with the
intent of devoting herself to
the art of jazz singing both as
a student and as a performer in
order to tell her tale through
song. |
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