ARMENIANS WERE FIRST TEACHERS OF JUDY BADY AMERICAN JAZZ SINGER

PanARMENIAN.Net
28.04.2006 00:10 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “My teacher was a famous Armenian pianist, composer
and arranger Armen Donelian. My first music teacher also was Armenian,
Gergoy Toroyan,” American jazz singer Judy Bady stated at a news
conference in Yerevan today. In her words, national melodies form the
basis for jazz and Armenian music is strongly present in Armenian jazz.

“I started singing in a church, I sang gospels, then studied in
New York, which is considered a jazz center. I will perform my own
compositions and classical jazz in Yerevan,” she remarked. As of the
acquaintance with composition of Armenian jazzmen, Bady said she has
listened records of Chiko & Friends of Armen Tutunjyan and looks
forward to a joint concert. Jazz Parade will be held at the Opera
Theater on April 29.

Misha Piatigorsky and Hans Glavishnik, who had performed with famous
Armenian jazz singer Tatevik Hovhannisyan in their time, also play
with Bady.

Judy Bady Quartet is in Yerevan owing to a recurrentJazz Appreciation
Month, held by the US Embassy in Yerevan.