Jazz Singer Judy Chamberlain Dallas. Los Angeles.

A fascinating journey through a century of song…..

Judy Chamberlain is an eloquent interpreter of The Great American Songbook, music often first heard on Broadway and in the movies during the Golden Age of American popular music. She also loves early rock ‘n roll, mid-century pop, the Beatles and saloon songs.

A native New Yorker who started singing professionally at the age of 13, Judy doesn’t use set lists, preferring to stay in the moment.

It helps that, as former Los Angeles Times jazz critic Don Heckman has said, “she knows more songs than anyone who has ever lived.”

Her repertoire includes the music of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill, Rogers & Hart, Rogers & Hammerstein, Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, Harold Rome, Dietz & Schwartz, Alec Wilder, Sammy Cahn, Jules Stein, Gordon Jenkins, Cy Coleman, Michel Legrand, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Duke Ellington, Papa John Phillips, Paul Anka and many other Twentieth Century composers.

Judy Chamberlain with
President Reagan

During a three-decade career in Los Angeles, Chamberlain worked with, performed for and collaborated with some of the musical icons who wrote, arranged and/or recorded the definitive versions of the songs she sings.

She also wrote restaurant reviews, op-ed pieces and society columns for several daily newspapers and numerous magazines, was regularly heard and seen on FM radio and a regional TV news network and was the off-site concert producer for a well-known Los Angeles jazz station.

In 2011, Chamberlain relocated to Texas, where she performs in a variety of settings with top Dallas and touring musicians.

Kodak Theater Marquee
A Jazz Salute to Frank Sinatra

“I LOVE YOU JUDY CHAMBERLAIN!” Jonne-Marie Switzler, Manager/Playboy Jazz Festivals

“Judy Chamberlain is a walking encyclopedia of The Great American Songbook.” Chuck Niles, Pacific Public Radio, Los Angeles

“You’re just like ‘the Old Man,’ cookie,” guitarist Al Viola

Guitarist Al Viola, a first call Los Angeles studio player (that’s his mandolin in The Godfather soundtrack) who toured and recorded with Frank Sinatra for more than twenty-five years was fond of comparing Judy to to Mr. Sinatra, whom he affectionately called “the old man.”

“Judy takes care of business and sings the hell out of a tune the way Sinatra did,” said Viola. “She can come out of nowhere and take the pickup on the song and the band is instantly with her because she gives great signals. Like Sinatra, she’s always in the moment and never does anything the same way twice. Her timing and phrasing are impeccable. I love working with her, because I’m never bored.”

“Look at all these people, having the time of their lives,” Viola said to Judy one night from their perch on the bandstand.

“And you were here, cookie.”

“Jazz singer Judy Chamberlain solidly affirms the music’s far-reaching, continuing vitality.” Don Heckman, L.A. Times

“Judy Chamberlain is a singer who’s always a pleasure to hear. In part, because her astonishing repertoire makes every performance a fascinating journey through a century of song. But even more so because she brings such care, authenticity and musicality to everything she touches.” The International Review of Music

“Name a song, and she’ll sing it.” The Dallas Morning News

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