Sonia Johnson (Musician)
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Sonia Johnson | |
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| Native name | French Canadian |
| Born | April 7, 1974 Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, performer, musician |
| Website | https://soniajohnson.com/en/ |
Sonia Johnson is a Canadian singer-songwriter specializing in jazz and popular music. She is the recipient of Juno Award.
Biography[edit]
Born April 7, 1974, in Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Mauricie (Canada), Sonia Johnson was first formed in classical singing, in 1994 she obtained a DEC from École de musique Vincent-d'Indy in Montreal. She will learn the rudiments of jazz with doublebassist Michel Donato and then continue her journey as a self-taught learner, exploring as a soloist, backing vocalist or in musicals like Hair – Petite Boutique des horreurs (Little Shop of Horrors).[1].
Sonia Johnson produced her first CD, Don't explain, in 2005 with financial support from the Fondation du maire de Montréal pour la jeunesse the Montreal Mayor's Foundation for Youth and created Les Productions Sonia Johnson[2][3][4]. The artist garnered critical acclaim for her first release. The jazz singer gets recognized in her artistic sector and begins new collaborations including Con-tra-dic-tion project with Frédéric Alarie, who is a finalist at the Festival en chanson de Petite Vallée (2008)[5][6].
They were later joined by pianist Luc Beaugrand and drummer Camil Belisle, they record Le
Carré de nos amours that was rewarded with a Juno prize for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year 2012[1][7]. Then the album Triades, a collective with singers Annie Poulin and Charles Biddle Jr. got a nomination in 2014 in the same category[8]. She also obtained nominations for these two albums at the ADISQ, gala in Quebec.
In 2017, the singer presented with guitarist Stephen Johnson, a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald,
Dialogues Ella & Joe[9]. The following year, Sonia Johnson received a master's degree in jazz interpretation and composition from the Université de Montréal. She is a soloist appreciated by various musicians, including Lorraine Desmarais, Vincent Rehel or Joe Sullivan, who chose her to defend major musical projects[10]. The Orchestre national de jazz de Montréal highlighted her original arrangements for 18 musicians and put her in the highlights for a concert tribute to Michel Legrand at Festival de Lanaudière.
During her career, she shared the stage with famous Canadian artists such as Vic Vogel, Karen Young, Diane Tell, Jean-Pierre Ferland et Ray Anderson. She also collaborates as a composer or lyricist with Toronto jazz artists Laila Biali and Steven Taetz and the projects Les Malcommodes invitent (Félix Stüssi) and Jazz brésilien by Rodrigo Simoes (Bronze Medal – Global Music Awards and nomination for Best Jazz vocal album 18th Independent Music Awards)[11][12][13]. In youth musical creation, she collaborates in writing songs for Kalimba, Bill Bestiole and Daniel Coutu[14].
In 2019, Sonia Johnson revealed Chrysalis, an international critically acclaimed album[15][16][17]. She recorded Gilles Vigneault’s Le grand cerf-volant for an album by the klezmer music group, Oktopus. Next November she is launching Airs Givrés a miniature album on the theme of winter, and finishes writing a project entitled Family Portraits to be recorded in spring 2022[18]
Discographie[edit]
| 2005 : "Don't Explain" with Alexandre Grogg (piano) and Daniel Lessard (double bass) | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Don't Explain" | |
| 2010 : "Le Carré de nos amours" | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Embrase-moi" | |
| 2. | "La Tribu des rêveuses" | |
| 3. | "Cœurs solitaires" | |
| 4. | "Beau comme Basie" | |
| 5. | "Je suis aveugle" | |
| 6. | "Ma voix" | |
| 7. | "Le temps n'arrange rien" | |
| 8. | "Ma vie est une mer d'huile" | |
| 9. | "Quand même" | |
| 10. | "Deux points c'est tout" | |
| 11. | "Pawnshop Of Love" | |
| 12. | "J'te dis pas tout" | |
| 13. | "Tes joues" | |
| 2012 : "Triades" | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Miss Maya" | |
| 2. | "Dame (feat. Morgan Moore)" | |
| 3. | "Et si demain à l'aube (feat. Marianne Trudel)" | |
| 4. | "L'Écho des routes (feat. Morgan Moore)" | |
| 5. | "Conquistador (feat. Marianne Trudel)" | |
| 6. | "Old Fashioned Ways (feat. Marianne Trudel)" | |
| 7. | "Méduse (feat. Marianne Trudel)" | |
| 8. | "Le Jardins des orchidées (feat. Marianne Trudel)" | |
| 9. | "Too Early for Love (feat. Marianne Trudel)" | |
| 10. | "Lost in Paris (feat. Morgan Moore)" | |
| 11. | "Nectar et Venin" | |
| 12. | "Pour toi (feat. Marianne Trudel)" | |
| 2014 : "Le Cœur à l'endroit" | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Des diamants sur la ville" | |
| 2. | "Comme sur une toile de Lemieux" | |
| 3. | "Je rêve" | |
| 4. | "Mon cœur est..." | |
| 5. | "Toi, mon amour" | |
| 6. | "Rue Liverpool" | |
| 7. | "Elle court" | |
| 8. | "Le Cœur à l'endroit" | |
| 9. | "Si j'avais" | |
| 10. | "Nomades" | |
| 11. | "Combien d'automnes ?" | |
| 12. | "Le Miroir de Zapata" | |
| 13. | "L'Infini droit devant" | |
| 2021: "Airs givrés" | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Les peaux de lièvres" | |
| 2. | "Jardin d'hiver" | |
| 3. | "Winter" | |
| 4. | "C'est l'hiver de Vivaldi" | |
| 5. | "Des diamants sur la ville" | |
| 6. | "Soir d'hiver" | |
| 7. | "Snowbird" | |
| 8. | "Jamais l'hiver" | |
| 2019 : "Chrysalis" | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Storm" | |
| 2. | "Everywhere" | |
| 3. | "Lay Myself Down in the Garden" | |
| 4. | "Prelude to Danger" | |
| 5. | "Sleeping" | |
| 6. | "Hidden Places" | |
| 7. | "They Stole Your Song" | |
| 8. | "Darkness and Light" | |
| 9. | "Monsters" | |
| 10. | "Changing my Ways" | |
| 11. | "We Need to Know" | |
| 12. | "Kaladja (Pour Normand)" | |
| 13. | "Chrysalis (Epilogue)" | |
Other audio recordings[edit]
| Le Capitaine ivre (2018) : Soloist and vocalists for experimental project by composer Vincent Rehel, with Vincent Rehel, Jean-Francois Lemieux and Max Sansalone. |
| Rodrigo Simoes - Brazilian Jazz (2018): Songwriter. Interpretation. With Rodrigo Simoes, Andre Galamba, Papacho Sirdey, Fabrice Laurent, Aquiles Melo, Jean-Pierre Zanella. |
| Steven Taetz - Drink you In (2018): Writing collaboration and guest soloist on the piece Meet In Montreal |
| Les Malcommodes invite (2017): Songwriting. Interpretation. With Félix Stüssi, Ray Anderson, Pierre Tanguay, Daniel Lessard, Jacques Kuba Séguin, André Leroux and Jean Derome. |
| Bill Bestiole - Bill bestiole : Collaboration to the writing of songs (Manger des Sauterelles, Les rôles écolos, Bill Bestiole) show and youth album. |
| Kalimba au cœur du rythme (2014): Collaboration in song writing, show and youth album. Various musical styles. Arrangements. Production of the album. With Véronique Boucher, Luc Beaugrand, Rémi-Jean Leblanc, Eric Shaw, Camil Bélisle, Ron Ledoux, Rachel Therrien and Dany Roy.[14] |
Prizes and distinctions[edit]
| Winner of the JUNO Vocal Jazz Album of the Year 2012 - Le Carré de nos amours[19] |
| Winner Chansonneur - Festival en chanson de Petite-Vallée, 2008[20] |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "BAnQ numérique". numerique.banq.qc.ca (in français). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ Denys, Lelièvre. "Sonia Johnson: Don't Explain". Voir.ca (in français). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ Gendron-Martin, Raphaël. "Musique: les élus se penchent sur l'autoproduction". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ Les artistes méritent plus que des bonbons, retrieved 2021-11-18
- ↑ "Petite Vallee 2008". www.quebecpop.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ "BAnQ numérique". numerique.banq.qc.ca (in français). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ "Archives 2011 –". ADISQ. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ "Archives 2013 –". ADISQ. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ Poisson, Sophie (2017-06-30). "Hommage à Ella Fitzgerald à L'Île-des-Sœurs". Journal Métro (in français). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ "The 2019 Montreal Jazz Festival – 40 Years of Music! | Jazz Police". 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ "Winners-Aug-2019". www.globalmusicawards.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ "THE 18TH INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED". Independent Music Awards. 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ "Malcommodes comme ça..." La Presse (in français). 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Musique: Véronique Boucher devient Kalimba". Nord Info - Journal de la ville de Blainville, Ste-Thérèse et les environs sur la rive-nord (in français). 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ "Sonia Johnson: Chrysalis". IVAN ROD (in dansk). 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ Jazz, All About. "Women of Jazz, New Releases, and a look back at Azimuth article @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ "Montreal-based vocalist Sonia Johnson album release Chrysalis...jazz vocals at their finest". Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ "Sonia Johnson- Airs givrés - fête de lancement Montréal, Dièse Onze, Montreal, 3 December 2021". stayhappening.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ "2012 | Vocal Jazz Album of the Year | Sonia Johnson". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ "Chansonneurs de Petite Vallée". www.atuvu.ca (in français). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Sonia Johnson at AllMusic
- Sonia Johnson discography at Discogs
- Sonia JohnsonLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). discography at MusicBrainz
- Sonia Johnson at Last.fm
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