What' So Funny About Jazz??!!!!

Best Vocal CDs of 2004” - "The Right Time"
- All About Jazz New York Annual Top 5 Critics' Poll

Melody Breyer-Grell -Vocalist Extraordinaire

What' So Funny About Jazz??!!!!

Melody Breyer-Grell may not have a right to sing the Blues, but she certainly knows how to whine about them!

In a business, where an emerging vocalist feels fortunate if she has just broken even, "What's so Funny About Jazz??!!!” relentlessly parodies all aspects of the "business" in this hilarious, ego deflating satire. (At NYC’s Triad Theatre April 8th & 22nd @ 9:15PM, April 18th @ 5:00PM.)

Ms. Breyer-Grell knows of what she whines. Impulsively choosing to pursue a career as a vocalist upon her first exposure to Ella Fitzgerald's Song Books, she has spent the last few years attempting to scratch out a place in the highly competitive world of "JAZZ/STANDARD's VOCALISTS."

"I was definitely on too much caffeine when I decided to throw my hat into the ring of this field."


Melody's Debut CD "The Right Time" had a favorable response from the critics, and also won the highly coveted Best of 2004, In NYC Jazz Bible "All About Jazz"

So what has prompted her to take the satirical road?

"I was in the world of Classical Music when I was young...the most competitive conservatories and such. I naively figured the jazz world would be loose, swinging and very and free."

Little did she know what she was getting into.......

Come see "What's so Funny About Jazz??!!!" and find out.


HEAR--- for the first time in public, the instant classics……

"CD's for Sale"

"Still Can't Sing the Midnight Sun"

"The Night is Cold, and My Bus is so Late"

Just to name a few.........

In the past two years Melody has taken her act out on the road singing in Key West, California, New Jersey and her home turf, New York City. The venues include Trumpets Jazz Club, Sweet Rhythm (formerly Sweet Basil), Triad, Push Room, Danny's Skylight Room, and the Grand Havana Club. Melody was most recently heard During IAJE at Birdland in a JAZZCORNER sponsored event.


"highly imaginative vocalist brings a fresh & innovative experience to each song…her voice lingers with you like a haunting refrain because of her sweet, swinging, sophistication…Melody Breyer-Grell's use of several harmonic complexities & her unique approach is both modern & nostalgic.” -Paula Edelstein---All Music Guide

“Sophisticated, progressive ballad presentations....very groovy arranging & production!"
-Dick Crockett” STILL ANOTHER JAZZ SHOW" 88.7 FM, Sacramento, CA

voice that is perfectly suited to deliver the traditional jazz ballad....... she is able to use pitch, tone and phrasing in a controlled way to induce deep moods.... rich vocals ..... Enchanting... “Out of This World.” -Elliott Simon -All about Jazz

understand's how to shape a song, is assured and sings at her own pace, as if floating........values melody and words for affecting outreach to the listener.... singing with determination and delicacy .
Bill Donaldson -- Jazz improv

"…full of pleasures…Melody communicates words with clarity & warmth, while letting the composer's intentions shine through! ”- James Gavin, critic & author.


"An astounding transfer of vocal sound to the world of Jazz-Cabaret…lovely & sexy too!”
-Mark Murphy


When surfing the World Wide Web check out www.melodybreyergrell.com or www.jazzcorner.com

April 8th & 22nd @ 9:15PM, April 18th @ 5:00PM
At Triad Theatre - 158 w. 72nd street
10$ music charge 2 drink min. & Yummy Snacks on the House.

Reservations 212-362-2511