Shirley Nanette has appeared as guest soloist in concert
throughout the United States and Canada. She has performed at many of Oregon’s
musical events including: the Mt. Hood Festival of Jazz, Cascade Music
Festival, Sunriver Music Festival, and each year at Oregon Art Museum’s “Museum
After Hours” Gospel Meets Jazz concert.
In 1983, competing against several thousand contestants
throughout the United States, she won the First “Star Search” aka “Fantasy”
national talent competition on NBC Television. Shirley was recognized as “Best
Female Vocalist in Portland” from 1981 to 1991.
Shirley was chosen twice as the only jazz vocalist to be
represented by the Oregon Arts Commission. In May of the following year, she
began the task of making her first recording entitled “See You Later”. It was
released in 1992. The album includes compositions of Cole Porter, Rogers and
Hart, Irving Berlin, Michel LeGrand and George and Ira Gershwin.
Shirley has been inducted in the Oregon Music Hall of Fame
for her dedication to jazz and her long career.
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