Sara Lazarus

Sara?Lazarus?was?born?in?Wilmington,?Delaware,?which?is?also?the?hometown?of?Clifford?Brown.?She?began?her?career?in?musical?theatre,
?and?learned?jazz?standards?early?on?in?life.?At?8?years?old,?she?began?to?take?piano?lessons.?She?then?learned?tenor?saxophone?and?played?
in?an?orchestra?in?her?elementary?school.?At?16?years?old,?she?became?a?member?of?the?American?Youth?Jazz?Band?as?a?tenor?saxophonist?
and?singer.?It?was?with?this?group?that?she?completed?her?first?European?tour?which?ended?at?the?Montreux?Jazz?Festival.
She?began?her?college?studies?in?English?literature?at?Harvard?and?played?in?the?university's?orchestra.?Illinois?Jacquet,?who?she?met?while?
a?student,?encouraged?her?to?further?develop?her?voice?by?performing?as?a?singer.?Down?Beat,?one?of?the?principal?American?magazines
?regarding?jazz,?called?her,?"the?best?jazz?soloist?at?the?University?level."
After?her?studies,?Sara?Lazarus?took?up?residence?in?France?and?participated?in?a?number?of?European?festivals:?Jazz?in?Marciac,?Crest?Jazz
?Vocal,?the?festival?of?Montlouis-sur-Loire,?Braga?Jazz,?and?the?JVC?Jazz?Festival?Paris.?She?worked?with?such?musicians?as?Alain?Jean-Marie,?Jacky?Terrasson,?Manuel?Rocheman,?Franck?Amsallem,?Dominique?Lemerle,?Riccardo?Del?Fra,?Gilles?Naturel,?Steve?Williams?and?
Andrea?Michelutti.
In?19,she?was?able?to?carry?the?first?prize?at?the?International?Festival?of?Thelonious?Monk,?where?the?jury?included?Jon?Hendricks,?Shirley?Horn,?
Cleo?Laine,?Abbey?Lincoln,?Dianne?Reeves?and?Jimmy?Scott.[1]?At?the?awards?ceremony,?Sara?had?the?opportunity?to?participate?in?a?jam?
session?with?Herbie?Hancock,?Ron?Carter,?Grady?Tate,?Kenny?Burrell,?Jimmy?Heath?and?Clark?Terry.
In?November?2000?she?participated?in?a?project?of?Patrice?Caratini?and?his?Jazz?Ensemble,?which?focused?on?the?music?of?Cole?Porter?and?
specifically?to?his?album?Anything?Goes.
In?March?2005,?her?second?album?"Give?me?a?Simple?Life"?was?released?and?she?gained?notoriety?following?tours?in?France?and?throughout?
the?European?continent,?notably?participating?in?various?jazz?festivals.
Sara?Lazarus?is?said?to?have?a?"sober?and?delicate"?voice,?noted?for?its?"spontaneity,?its?tenderness,?and?sense?of?communication."