Diana Panton
Diana Panton | |
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Birth name | Diana Ariadne Panton |
Born | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Vocalist |
Website |
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Diana Panton is a Canadian jazz vocalist. She won a Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year in 2017 for I Believe in Little Things and a 2015 Juno award for Vocal Jazz Album for RED.[1][2][3] She received three nominations in the same category for her albums If the Moon Turns Green... in 2009,[3] To Brazil with Love in 2012, and Christmas Kiss in 2013. I Believe in Little Things debuted at #8 on Billboard. Her first album, ...Yesterday Perhaps, and her third album, Pink, were awarded Silver Disc Awards by Japan's Jazz Critique Magazine.
Panton started her music career as a member of the Hamilton All Star Jazz Bands.[4] After hearing her perform with this band, veteran multi-instrumentalist Don Thompson invited her to attend the Banff Centre, where he was a faculty member. This led to Thompson's collaboration on Panton's albums a decade later.[3]
Panton holds a Master's degree in French literature from McMaster University and studied art at the Parsons School in Paris. She teaches French, art, and drama at Westdale Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario.[5][3]
Discography
Year | Album |
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2005 | ...Yesterday Perhaps |
2007 | If the Moon Turns Green... |
2009 | Pink |
2011 | To Brazil with Love |
2012 | Christmas Kiss |
2013 | Little Gems and Other Keepsakes |
2013 | RED |
2014 | My Heart Sings (Live in Taipei, Asia only release) |
2015 | I Believe in Little Things |
2017 | Solstice / Equinox |
References
- ↑ "Red is the winning colour for Hamilton's Diana Panton". Hamilton Spectator. 15 March 2015.
- ↑ Friend, David (29 March 2017). "Five-time Juno nominee Diana Panton moonlights as a school teacher". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 Collar, Matt. "Diana Panton". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ↑ "Hamilton All Star Jazz Bands Alumni". Hamilton All Star Jazz Bands. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
- ↑ "Diana Panton juggles schoolroom and mainstage". Northern Life. 8 September 2015.