MEDIA
   CDs
 "You Don't Know Me"
   w. Rebecca Parris
 "Well, Alright!"
 w.Nancy Kelly
 
  VIDEO
  "Saying It With Jazz"

  WEBSITE
   carmenmcrae.com

 About Joan Merrill

 What Is Jazz  Singing?

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Joan Merrill
Joan Merrill Resume

Talent Management & Booking
Rebecca Parris, Denise Perrier, Nancy Kelly, and Patti Wicks 2003-09
Publicist and road manager for vocalist Ernestine Anderson, 1998-2002

Producer

“You Don’t Know Me”  Rebecca Parris
“Well, Alright!” Nancy Kelly

Fourteen 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.

Four PRI’s Smithsonian Productions Jazz Singers: What Is Jazz Singing, You Are What You Sing (Material), Straight out of the Church, and Ballads.

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.

Websites
www.carmenmcrae.com tribute website
www.ernestineanderson.com
www.sayingitwithjazz.com
www.deniseperrier.com
www.kristiking.com
www.joanjmerrill.cpm

Producer: "Que Sera! Celebrating the Music of Doris Day" starring renowned vocalist KRISTI KING*

Mystery Novels

 

"And All That Murder" & "And All That Sea"
are the first two novels in the Casey McKie mystery series. Casey is a San Francisco-based private investigator whose best friend is Dee Jefferson, a jazz singer and club owner.

In "And All That Murder" Casey, at Dee's requests investiates the supposed suicide of Dee's friend, Milton, who owns a small Oakland jazz club. After a second body is found, Casey decides Dee is right – someone may be targeting people from the jazz community. As more bodies turn up, Casey follows clues to an Oakland blues club, a Seattle record company, and a Palm Springs gay escort service, her quest ending in a deadly encounter with the killer.

In "And All That Sea"Casey’s relaxing Caribbean jazz cruise is interrupted when “The Countess” goes missing and the captain asks her to investigate … quietly.
All Casey wanted was to sit on the deck reading novels and possibly pursue her attraction to Aaron, an intriguing jazz magazine editor. But she can’t resist a mystery, especially when homicide might be involved. Ship authorities believe the countess simply overstayed an island stop, but Casey suspects something a bit more sinister.
Images of the countess flailing in the night sea haunt Casey as she uncovers several passengers with motives for murder.
Unsure whether the countess is alive or dead, the tenacious PI follows clues stretching from the seedy underbelly of Saigon to the luxurious ports of call of the Caribbean, the mystery’s final resolution stunning even the seasoned investigator.

Ms. Merrlll is currently writing a third book for the series.

Books may be purchased through this site or through www.joanmerrill.com at special reduced prices. See ORDERING.

OR you may go to Amazon, Barnes & Noble or iUniverse online book stores.

Also available on e-books: Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader, iPad or at iUniverse.

+IDEAL FOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS OR OTHER SMALL THEATHER VENUES AND CLUBS.  TO BOOK, CONTACT JOAN MERRILL AT SAYING IT WITH JAZZ, PHONE 425.653.3036 OR EMAIL joan@sayingitwithjazz.com