Biography
SPIDER SALOFF
www.spiderjazz.com
“One of the finest jazz singers working in this or any other city,” The Chicago Tribune stated emphatically.
“A wicked way with a lyric!” exclaimed The New York Times.
Heard world wide as the co-star and co-creator of the internationally syndicated Public Radio series Words and Music , Spider Saloff has received critical acclaim nationally and internationally. Her CD release Like Glass not only received praise as a recording, but Saloff’s original songs have charmed the critics.
Recently, Saloff was featured with the prestigious Chicago Jazz Orchestra in a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. She received the honor of performing the American Premiere of a newly discovered song by the great Billy Strayhorn, “So This Is Love”. And as one of the rare officially sanctioned acts of the Gershwin Centennial, her concert, Spider Saloff Sings Gershwin, toured the U.S. and headlined the St. Petersburg Gershwin Festival in Russia.
Ms. Saloff has played such renowned jazz and night club venues as New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center, Iridium, Joe’s Pub, Birdland ,The Russian Tea Room, Michael’s Pub, and The Algonquin, as well as San Francisco’s Jazz at Pearl’s, and Plush Room and Seattle’s Triple Door. And Chicago’s famed Gold Star Sardine Bar, The Green Mill, and the Fairmont Hotel.
Other leading venues include symphony orchestras and concert spaces such as; The Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, Wilmington Grand Opera, Wallingford Symphony, The Castro Theater is San Francisco, and Town Hall and Dick Hyman’s Jazz in July in New York.
Spider Saloff has recorded and performed with such jazz luminaries as Les Paul, Tom Harrell, Nick Brignola, Ray Drummond, Harry Allen, Mark Murphy and Dick Hyman. She has worked frequently with Larry Novak, Tony Monte, Steve LaSpina, Ken Peplowski and Bill Charlap.
A five-time winner of the prestigious MAC Award, including one for Best Female Jazz Vocalist, presented by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets, she also received a special citation for her musical contributions from NARAS (presenter of the Grammy Awards).
Spider Saloff has 7 CDs released nationally on Kopaesthetics Records: 1938, Sextet, The Memory of All That, Cool Yule and A New Set of Standards, Like Glass.. Her Christmas CD entitled Cool Yule was a finalist for the Indie Awards. Her newest recording, Cole Porter Live at Maxim’s was released summer of 2008.
Television and radio credits include: The Bonnie Hunt Show (CBS), The Steve Baskerville Show (CBS), Centerstage (PBS), Artbeat (PBS), Words & Music (syndicated series, 57 episodes), a one-hour feature on the Noteworthy Women series (Public Radio), and Studs Terkel (WFMT).
Instrumentation
Saloff performs with a variety of instumentalist that she has worked with world wide. From as small as guitar and vocals or piano and vocals to full symphony.
Discography
Spider Saloff Discography
On Kopaesthetics Records
Title: 1938
Label: Kopaesthetics
Year: (1990)
Tracks:
This Joint is Jumpin
You Go To My Head
When McGregor Sings Off Key
Two Sleepy People
Medley: Love Walked In/ Most Gentlemen Don’t Like Love/This Can’t Be Love
The Weekend of a Private Secretary
A Tisket A Tasket
September Song
My Heart Belongs To Daddy
Tomorrow
You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
The Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish
Spring Is Here
Music Maestro Please
Thanks for the Memory
Personnel:
Spider Saloff – vocals
Ricky Ritzel – piano, vocals
Bob Drake - producer
Title: Sextet
Label: Kopaesthetics
Year: (1995)
Tracks:
Miss Brown to You
Out To Sea (Sail Away)
I Want To Be Happy
Alone In the Dark
No Moon at All
Easy Street
Out of This World
I Keep Going Back To Joe’s
Serenity
Everytime We Say Goodbye
Personnel:
Spider Saloff – vocals
John Colianni – piano and organ
Ray Drummond – bass
Tom Harrell – trumpet and flugelhorn
Nick Brignola - saxes
Klaus Suonsaari – drums
Bobby Sanabria – percussion
Bob Drake - producer
Title: The Memory of All That: A Celebration of Gershwin
Label: Kopaesthetics
Year: (1997)
Tracks:
Slap That Bass
How Long Has This Been Going On?
Fascinating Rhythm
Do Do Do/ Do It Again
Nashville Nightingale
Isn’t It A Pity?
Love Walked In
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Ask Me Again
S’Wonderful
Lonely Boy
Vodka
Personnel:
Spider Saloff – vocals
Bradley Williams – piano
John Whitfield – bass
Harry Allen – tenor sax
Bob Drake - producer
Title: A New Set of Standards
Label: Kopaesthetics
Year: (1998)
Tracks:
Come Into My Heart
Once In A Blue Moon
Love Is Not a Plaything
Take A Little Time
If I Had To Do It All Over Again
I’d Love to Fall in Love with You
It’s A Good Time to Be in Love
When Love Walks In
Can You Tell?
Personnel:
Spider Saloff – vocals
Larry Novak –piano
John Whitfield – bass
Bobby Lewis –trumpet
Pat Ferreri – guitar
Tom Radke – Drums
Richard Yeo – cello
James Mack - producer
Title: Cool Yule
Label: Kopaesthetics
Year: (2000)
Tracks:
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
The Christmas Song
Christmas Waltz
Cool Yule
Santa Baby
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Let It Snow
We Three Kings
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Christmastime Is Here
Winter Wonderland
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
A Child Is Born
White Christmas
Personnel:
Spider Saloff – vocals
Jeremy Kahn – piano
Steve Rodby – bass
Jerry Steinhilber – drums
Randy Ashton
Bob Drake - producer
Title: Like Glass
Label: Kopaesthetics
Year: (2005)
Tracks:
You Better Watch Yourself with That One
Street of Dreams
Right as the Rain
Like Glass
Gravy Waltz
The Turn Around (Smada)
I’ll Never Be the Same
Satan’s L’il Lamb
Nature Boy
Detour Ahead
Deep in a Dream
Personnel:
Spider Saloff – vocals
Steve Ramsdell – guitars
Kelly Sill – bass
Zach Brock – violin
Geraldo De Oliveira – percussion
Producers – Spider Saloff, Steve Ramsdell
Title: Cole Porter Live at Maxim’s
Label: Kopaesthetics
Year: (2008)
Tracks:
Night and Day
I Concentrate on You
Let’s Misbehave
Get Out of Town
Tale of the Oyster
Dream Dancing
Weren’t We Fools
Laziest Gal in Town
Easy To Love
What Is This Thing Called Love
I Love You
So in Love
Love for Sale
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Everytime We Say Goodbye
Just One of Those Things
You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
Personnel:
Spider Saloff – vocals
Jeremy Kahn – piano
Producers – Bob Drake, Spider Saloff
Compilations
Title: Women Who Swing Chicago(compilation)
Label: Big Chicago Records
Year: (1998)
Tracks:
Love Walked In
From: The Memory of All That: A Celebration of Gershwin
Personnel:
Spider Saloff – vocals
Bradley Williams – piano
John Whitfield – bass
Harry Allen – tenor sax
Title: Chicago Jazz Magazine Sampler: 2006 (compilation)
Label: Chicago Jazz Magazine
Year: (2006)
Tracks:
You Better Watch Yourself with That One
From Like Glass
Personnel:
Spider Saloff – vocals
Steve Ramsdell – guitars
Kelly Sill – bass
Geraldo De Oliveira – percussion
Links
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