Veronica Nunn
American jazz singer (born 1957) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Veronica Elaine Nunn (born October 7, 1957) is an American jazz singer who has been the featured vocalist with Michael Franks since 1992.
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Birth name | Veronica Elaine Nunn |
Born | (1957-10-07) October 7, 1957 (age 66) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Labels | Dead Horse |
Website | veronicanunn |
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In the late 1970s she moved to New York City to pursue a degree in theology at Lehmans College in the Bronx. Singing in the music clubs at night to support her college tuition, she met Big Nick Nicholas, who was a teacher of tenor saxophonist John Coltrane. She became a first-call jazz singer in Harlem and Greenwich Village. In 1997 she married jazz pianist Travis Shook and they started Dead Horse Records in Woodstock, New York.