Bassist

Melanie Scholtz is a South African-born, multi-award-winning jazz singer and composer. She started playing the piano from the age of 5 and went on to study opera at The University of Cape Town Opera School. Since then, she has released five successful solo albums and was named the Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz and won all three prizes at the prestigious Jazz Revelations competition as part of the Jazz a Juan Festival in Nice, France in 2012. Scholtz has performed all over the world including her native country, South Africa, plus the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. Her Jazz Underground concert will be a mixture of jazz standards celebrating Nancy Wilson and also celebrating her seven years in New York City with my original compositions. A meeting of North and South, they will also play some South African jazz.

Melanie Scholtz

The Underground at Jaffe Drive

The ensemble is comprised of members of the Setnor School of Music jazz and commercial music faculty. This dynamic group comes from many areas of the jazz and commercial music world, and the performers have worked with international artists, including Christian McBride, Lewis Nash, Maynard Ferguson, Michael Brecker, Ryanito, Joe Lovano, and Jimmy Heath.

Bassist

Tim Norton

Events

Past events

Jul 7, 2024

Melanie Scholtz · Jazz at Lincoln Center

Jun 29, 2024

JCM Faculty Ensemble Performs at Syracuse Jazz Fest · Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

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