BIO  JUNE BISANTZ   

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Vocalist and visual artist JUNE BISANTZ has co-written and produced several collections of original vocal jazz, all of which have received national recognition. 

 

She has toured internationally, and performed and recorded with distinguished jazz musicians including Steve Swallow, Bob Moses, Paul Brown, Lew Soloff, Jerry Neiwood, Mike Stern, Jon Burr, Steve Davis & Will Lee. Reviews and articles about her work have appeared in publications including People Magazine, USA Today, Downbeat, JazzQuad.Ru, Jazziz Magazine, Jazz Podium Magazine, Jazz USA, the New York Times, New York Newsday & the Boston Globe.  Her work has been released on the Pausa and Nova labels, Los Angeles, Alpha Records,  Japan, Track Records and Arabesque Records, NY. 

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Following a two-volume tribute to the vocal work of the legendary Chet Baker (Let's Fall in Love and It's Always You), Bisantz released Love’s Tango, co-written with pianist & composer Alex Nakhimovsky. This project signaled her return to original music with a collection of Latin inspired songs about love in its many forms. Love'sTango received a Global Music Award for lyrics and songwriting in 2019. Since then, her 2022 and 2023 releases, 7 Shades of Snow and It's Been A Long, Long Time have also received Global Music Awards in the Female Vocalist and Americana categories. In 2024, A Wish That Came True from Love's Tango won a World Songwriting Award for Best Jazz Song.

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Ms. Bisantz is Professor Emeritus of Art & Design at Eastern Connecticut State University who has exhibited her visual art work in galleries, museums and public spaces throughout the United States. She designs and produces publicity and album artwork for her own projects and those of many other musicians.

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Discography

It's Been A Long, Long Time, Fun Devils -  2023 Global Music Award,  Americana

7 Shades of Snow, 2021 Arabesque Records, NY   2022 Global Music Award,  female vocalist

Love’s Tango, EH2U, Hartford CT  2018/19,  2019 Global Music Award lyrics/songwriting 

2024, World Songwriting Award, A Wish That Came True/Best Jazz Song

It’s Always You, Manor Recording Middletown, CT  2015

Let’s Fall in Love, Manor Recording Middletown, CT  2005

That Was Then, Off the Record Studio, East Hampton CT 1997

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Off the Record Studio, East Hampton, CT 1993

Dream Patrol, Nova Records, Los Angeles, CA | Alpha Records, Tokyo, Japan 1988

Love Speaks, Pausa Records, Los Angeles, CA 1986

Mister Spats, Track Records, NYC 1984