Veronica Swift | |
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| Born | (1994-05-14)May 14, 1994 (age 31) |
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| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Mack Avenue |
| Website | www |
Veronica Swift (born May 14, 1994) is an Americanjazz andbebop singer.[1][2][3]
Swift was raised inCharlottesville, Virginia, as part of a family of musicians.[4] Her parents are late jazz pianistHod O'Brien and singerStephanie Nakasian.[1][4] At the age of nine, she recorded her debut album,Veronica's House of Jazz (2004), featuringRichie Cole playing with her father'srhythm section.[3] She began touring with her parents at this time as well.[4] At age eleven, she appeared in the seriesWomen in Jazz at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola; At the age of 13, she released her second album,It's Great to Be Alive (2007), on which saxophonistHarry Allen also played.[4]
Swift earned her bachelor's degree in jazz voice in 2016 from theUniversity of Miami'sFrost School of Music.[4][5] While there, she composed a goth-rock opera entitledVera Icon about a homicidal nun.[4] Swift says she "needed an outlet for the anger" she felt at her father's cancer, and needed a more dramatic genre to express the emotion.[4] Her 2015 album,Lonely Woman, includes two songs with her father at the piano and may represent the last recording by Hod O’Brien, who died in 2016. Swift placed second at the 2015 Thelonious Monk Competition.[4][6] Following graduation, she moved to New York City, where she played Saturday nights at theBirdland jazz club.[3][5][6]
She appeared withChris Botti,Benny Green, andMichael Feinstein.[6] She toured withWynton Marsalis and theJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.[4] She was involved in ten recording sessions between 2004 and 2019.[7] In 2019, she went on tour with theBenny Green Trio.[3][4]
She has also sung multiple songs with Postmodern Jukebox, including a cover ofAerosmith's "Rag Doll".[8] Her recent (2025) project is a hard rock band called DAME.[9]
Bill Milkowski said she has perfect pitch and phrasing.[2][3]
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