Joan Merrill
RecentJazz Employment
Artist Management: Rebecca Parris 2003-2009
Artist Booking: Denise Perrier, Nancy Kelly, Patti Wicks
Publicist
and road manager for vocalist Ernestine Anderson, 1998-2002
Record Producer, Saying It With Jazz, 2006
Executive
producer for “You Don’t Know Me” by Rebecca Parris, (Saying It With Jazz,
2007) and “Well, Alright!” by Nancy Kelly (Saying It With Jazz, 2009).
Independent
radio producer 1992-2001
Produced
14 shows for NPR’s Jazz Profiles (hosted by Nancy Wilson):
Carmen McRae, Anita O’Day, Ray Brown, Ernestine Anderson, Freddy Cole,
Etta Jones, Al Hibbler, Johnny Hartman, Norman Simmons, Sarah Vaughan,
Rosemary Clooney, Jazz in Song: The Words, Singing Instrumentalists, and
The Standards. The Words was one of five sample programs
presented to the Peabody Committee, which selected Jazz Profiles for
an award in 2001.
Produced
four shows for PRI’s Smithsonian Productions Jazz Singers: What Is
Jazz Singing, You Are What You Sing (Material), Straight out of the Church,
and Ballads.
Independent video producer (Merrill Video Productions) 1984-2000
Produced
video documentary Saying It With Jazz, featuring Carmen
McRae, Etta Jones, Lorez Alexandria, Carol Sloane, Madeline Eastman, and
Rebecca Parris. Favorable reviews in Down Beat, JazzTimes, and
Jazz Now.www.sayingitwithjazz.com
Education and
Publications
MLA,
Stanford University, 2000, thesis topic: “Jazz or Ersatz: the Criteria of
Authentic Jazz Singing.”
Liner Notes:
How
About Me? Ernie
Andrews (High Note 2005)
To Etta With Love, Houston Person (High Note 2004)
Sentimental Journey, Houston Person (High Note 2003)
Let It Happen, Janis Mann, Pancake Records (2003)
Website
Production:
www.carmenmcrae.com tribute website
www.ernestineanderson.com
www.sayingitwithjazz.com
www.deniseperrier.com
www.kristiking.com
www.joanjmerrill.cpm
Contact Joan at
joan@sayingitwithjazz.com
