Angela Verbrugge

about

Writing original Canadian lyrics and music that combines the sensibilities of bebop, vintage movie musicals, and the Great American songbook, jazz vocalist Angela Verbrugge has emerged as one of Western Canada’s busiest performers. In 2024, she was nominated for Jazz Artist of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards. Since winning the JazzTimes’ Magazine poll for Best Female Vocalist in 2020, the charismatic musician has toured her romantic, humorous and inventive songwriting to top venues for jazz in Japan, the UK, Germany, Luxembourg and Turkey. Verbrugge released her debut album, recorded in NYC in 2019, and followed it up proving her skills as a lyricist and composer with an all-original project in 2022. Positive reviews from top international publications in jazz singled out her projects as “head and shoulders above the usual barrage of vocal jazz albums” (JazzLives). Angela’s first two albums were included in LA Jazz Journal/Downbeat critic Scott Yanow’s top albums of the year list, and he predicts that her songs may become standards in the future. Angela's third album, Somewhere, is now out on renowned US-jazz label, Origin Records (May 17, 2024). Angela is primarily influenced by the swing era, vintage musicals, and bebop. WSJ-writer Will Friedwald describes her unique instrument as “a vocal sound that's full of depth and nuance - welcoming the light without denying the darkness”. She has appeared at the festivals and jazz clubs in Canada, and top jazz club

top songs

albums

Love for Connoisseurs

The Night We Couldn't Say Good Night (feat. Ray Gallon, Cameron Brown & Anthony Pinciotti)

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Somewhere

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In The Wonder Of The Night

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For You, For Me, Forevermore

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Reaching for the Moon

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I'm a Cliché

The Night We Couldn't Say Good Night

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Je Ne Veux Pas Te Dire Bonsoir

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Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)

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S'Posin

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Enough's Enough

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