SYDNEY ELLIS BIOGRAPHY
Sydney began her singing career in the Los Angeles area when, on the day after her 44th birthday, in 1991, she got her nerve up and climbed up onto a session stage. The dream comes true. Since then, her singing has blossomed into an obsession for what Sydney calls, her "Cultural Heritage" , or "African-American Folk Music" . The rest of the world calls it "Blues, Classic Jazz, Gospel, Spirituals, New Orleans Jazz & Blues, R & B, Chicago Blues, & Kansas City Blues". This obsession has taken her in 3 short years from the Los Angeles area to Europe.
	Since 1995, Sydney has been touring and performing in Europe now in its 11th year. Scheduled venues for 2005 include; Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Poland and for the first time Sydney is scheduled to perform in Finland. Past years have also given Sydney the opportunity to perform in France, Croatia, Slovakia, The Ukraine, Norway, Lithuania, The Czech Republic, Sweden, Italy, The Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark and Ireland. Sydney draws from a repertoire' of about 200 songs by about 50 different singers and artists. Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Sippie Wallace, Ann Rabson, Bessie Smith, Jeannie Cheatham, John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Big Joe Turner, ZZ Hill, Willie Dixon, Lou Rawls, Jay McShann, Earl Thomas, Louis Armstrong, Woody Herman, Delbert McClinton, Reverend Gary Davis, and a host of standards that could be attributed to people like Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr. or even Tony Bennett.
Sydney travels with 3 different concepts – “The Sydney Ellis Duo” (w/“Alvin Nicholson on piano), “The Sydney Ellis Gospel Quartet”,  and the exciting news for 2005 is the creation of the new American band, "Sydney Ellis & her Midnight Preachers". A new CD is also in the works. Check out:  www.sydneyellis.com
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