Press Quotes
“Nice to see Music LA student Brianna Rancour-Ibarra get some love from Monterey Jazz Festival photogs. Brianna was part of our joint 2011 Youth Jazz Clinic in L.A. featuring the Hailey Niswanger Quartet and was the featured vocalist in the New Generation Jazz ensemble at the festival. Go Brianna!”- Janice Rhoshalle, But Can She Play (Oct 01, 2013)
“Brianna Rancour-Ibarra, the No. 1 teenage jazz singer in the U.S., sings a ballad at the recent 56th annual Monterey Jazz Festival. (photo)”- Imani Tate, Daily Bulletin (Sep 27, 2013)
“Brianna, an outstanding soloist winner at MJF’s Next Generation Jazz Festival spring competition and the judges’ pick as the NGJO vocalist, is a June 2013 LACHSA graduate. She sang in the school’s vocal jazz ensemble directed by Patricia Bass and now majors in commercial music/composition and arrangement at Azusa Pacific University. She was in the MJF award-winning LACHSA jazz choirs for four years and has sang, composed and played piano since she was 5. Academically gifted, she is in APU’s Honor College. She’ll be 18 on [Nov. ]19.”- Imani Tate, Daily Bulletin (Sep 27, 2013)
“Music LA student Brianna Rancour-Ibarra was part of our 2011 Youth Jazz Clinic in L.A. featuring the Hailey Niswanger Quartet. Ran into the young vocalist after her performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival with the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra. And she's offered to help pull together another clinic with #bcsp. LOVE her enthusiasm, and thrilled to be a part of a vibrant new generation of jazz!”- Janice Rhoshalle, But Can She Play (Sep 23, 2013)
“Vocalist Brianna Rancour-Ibarra sang “Out of Nowhere,” [with the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra] with polish and verve." -- Michael Katz, MJK Creative Arts (Sep 26, 2013)
" Another highlight [of the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival]: [James] Francies and vocalist Brianna Rancour-Ibarra set the mood with a lovely version of Jimmy Rowles‘s pointillist standard “The Peacocks”; the loving attention they lavished on the tune was decisively endorsed by Lovano’s marvelous solo statement."- J. Dayton, KUSP Radio (Sep 22, 2013)
"Brianna Rancour-Ibarra is a musician with an incredible voice."- Philipp Sander, Patch Eagle Rock (May 03, 2011)
"...the talent and musicianship is so high, it's still unbelievable to me. And our vocalist for this year [in the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra], Brianna, has just an incredible voice, like chocolate cake – has the whole band mesmerized."- Paul Contos, Monterey Jazz Festival (Jul 05, 2013)
“Her voice is like chocolate cake,” Paul Contos said, describing Brianna’s rich resonance, depth and range. “She’s amazing. She sounds like Ella without mimicking Ella.”
“Brianna Rancour-Ibarra, the No. 1 teenage jazz singer in the U.S., sings a ballad at the recent 56th annual Monterey Jazz Festival. (photo)”- Imani Tate, Daily Bulletin (Sep 27, 2013)
“Brianna, an outstanding soloist winner at MJF’s Next Generation Jazz Festival spring competition and the judges’ pick as the NGJO vocalist, is a June 2013 LACHSA graduate. She sang in the school’s vocal jazz ensemble directed by Patricia Bass and now majors in commercial music/composition and arrangement at Azusa Pacific University. She was in the MJF award-winning LACHSA jazz choirs for four years and has sang, composed and played piano since she was 5. Academically gifted, she is in APU’s Honor College. She’ll be 18 on [Nov. ]19.”- Imani Tate, Daily Bulletin (Sep 27, 2013)
“Music LA student Brianna Rancour-Ibarra was part of our 2011 Youth Jazz Clinic in L.A. featuring the Hailey Niswanger Quartet. Ran into the young vocalist after her performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival with the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra. And she's offered to help pull together another clinic with #bcsp. LOVE her enthusiasm, and thrilled to be a part of a vibrant new generation of jazz!”- Janice Rhoshalle, But Can She Play (Sep 23, 2013)
“Vocalist Brianna Rancour-Ibarra sang “Out of Nowhere,” [with the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra] with polish and verve." -- Michael Katz, MJK Creative Arts (Sep 26, 2013)
" Another highlight [of the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival]: [James] Francies and vocalist Brianna Rancour-Ibarra set the mood with a lovely version of Jimmy Rowles‘s pointillist standard “The Peacocks”; the loving attention they lavished on the tune was decisively endorsed by Lovano’s marvelous solo statement."- J. Dayton, KUSP Radio (Sep 22, 2013)
"Brianna Rancour-Ibarra is a musician with an incredible voice."- Philipp Sander, Patch Eagle Rock (May 03, 2011)
"...the talent and musicianship is so high, it's still unbelievable to me. And our vocalist for this year [in the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra], Brianna, has just an incredible voice, like chocolate cake – has the whole band mesmerized."- Paul Contos, Monterey Jazz Festival (Jul 05, 2013)
“Her voice is like chocolate cake,” Paul Contos said, describing Brianna’s rich resonance, depth and range. “She’s amazing. She sounds like Ella without mimicking Ella.”