Joëlle Léandre | ms

There are multiple artists that go by the name Joelle: 1) A 5-piece group from Calgary, Alberta, Canada fronted by a female singer-songwriter and actress named Joelle. Their style is self described as "edgy pop / rock sound combined with killer vocals". 2) Joelle Marie Manuella Kouandi, a female soul and r&b singer born in the Ivory Coast who is currently based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. 3) Joelle Strother, a Japanese-American singer best known for her work on various video game soundtracks, including Final Fantasy XIII-2, LAST RANKER, and the Luxendarc series. 4) A female hip-hop and rap artist...

Joëlle Ursull is a French singer of Guadeloupean origins. She performed "White and Black Blues", composed by Serge Gainsbourg, in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 of May 5, 1990. She won 132 points and was second, behind "Insieme: 1992" by Toto Cutugno. The single was a hit in France, where it peaked at #2 and remained charted for 26 weeks. Previously, Ursull was a member of the trio Zouk Machine. Alone, she released the albums Miyel and Black French. Joëlle Ursull was born on November 9, 1960 in Pointe-à-Pitre. She was elected Miss Morne-l'eau before becoming Miss Guadeloupe in 1979....

Joëlle Léandre (born 12 September 1951 in Aix-en-Provence, France) is a double bassist, vocalist, and composer active in new music and free improvisation. In the field of contemporary music, she has performed with Pierre Boulez's Ensemble InterContemporain, and worked with Merce Cunningham and John Cage. Both Cage and Giacinto Scelsi have composed works specifically for her. She gave an historic solo concert in "Jazz em Agosto" in 2007 (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisboa, Portugal). In this same top jazz festival, Joëlle performed also in the "Quartet Noir", a superior quartet with quite rare live performances, with Marilyn Crispell, Urs Leimgruber and...

Florence Joelle (b. Paris, France), is leader of Florence Joelle's Kiss Of Fire (London, UK). Bred on jazz at home, and on the music of the Paris streets,the Gypsy art of Django Reinhardt, bal musette, and North African rai, singer, songwriter, blues harmonica player Florence Joelle started collecting rock’n’roll, doo-wop, Latin jazz, and early blues as a girl. Her music draws from all these influences, carving out a unique sound that, although deeply rooted in the past, vibrates in the present A twee retro singer she is not, though. Ever socially conscious, her songs depict what happens around her. The...