Shaynee Rainbolt

"Talent, Charm, Sheer Magic ~ Rainbolt’s got it!"
Time Out New York Critics Pick

Jazz Times Magazine describes Shaynee Rainbolt as "...Sweet as jasmine & honeysuckle, bold as brass and yet as seductive as a candlelit boudoir." New Yorker’s agree. A regular on the NYC music scene since she relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area, the Siegle’s of Theatermania.com declared: “San Francisco’s loss is New York’s gain. The arrival here Shaynee Rainbolt is cause for celebration.” A unique and gifted storyteller with a sumptuous tone and instrumentally oriented jazz chops, she is an entertainer singing music from all eras. She swings, scats, croons and connects with every word. A two-time MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) Award Winner, and three-time MAC Award Nominee, Shaynee is also a seasoned recording artist with three critically acclaimed CD’s, the first two released on the UK Indie jazz label, 33Jazz (33jazz.com). Shaynee has performed at world-class venues in the U.S. & abroad, but when she’s not on the road, you can hear her monthly at Ashford and Simpson’s Sugar Bar on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Please visit www.ShayneeRainbolt.com for complete details.

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Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "The first thing that grabs you about Shaynee Rainbolt is her voice-a warm, rich, multi-hued sound that can range from the intimacy of a sensuous whisper in your ear to a sexy strut down Fifth Avenue. It's a voice that one can imagine caressing a ballad, or scatting briskly through the changes of 'I Got Rhythm' backed by a bop-driven jazz quintet. And that's just for starters. She is, in other words, a singer for all seasons, underscoring her constant musical eclecticism with the subtleties of jazz-inflected phrasing and a sumptuous tone."
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SHAYNEE RAINBOLT has performed at world-class NYC venues such as The Highline Ballroom, Jazz Standard, Iridium Jazz Club, The Metropolitan Room, Ashford & Simpson’s Sugar Bar, The Hideaway Room, Danny's Skylight Room & The River Room of Harlem. For almost two years the Shaynee Rainbolt Trio took the spotlight at Charley O's, in the heart of New York's Theater District. A transplant from the West Coast, she has performed in California at Yoshi's, The Rrazz Room, The Jazz Bakery, Catalina Jazz Club, The Empire Plush Room, Jazz at Pearl's, The Purple Onion, The Cosmopolitan, and Club Jazz Nouveau. She also has taken the stage at the Chat Noir in New Orleans, and Pizza on the Park and Pizza Express Jazz Club in London, and with the Bemus Bay Pops Orchestra in Chautauqua, New York.
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Shaynee Rainbolt NOMINATED for 2010 MAC AWARD for OUTSTANDING JAZZ VOCALIST

Shaynee Rainbolt - Charmed Life - Make the Top 50 on the Jazz Charts

WINNER 2009 MAC Award for Best Jazz Recording for Charmed Life

WINNER 2008 MAC Award for Best Original Song for 'I Remember' featured on 'Charmed Life' music Russ Garcia/Lyrics Shaynee Rainbolt & Russ Garcia

HONORABLE MENTION -2008 BILLBOARD WORLD SONG CONTEST for 'Charmed Life' - music, Russell Garcia, Lyrics, Russell Garcia & Shaynee Rainbolt

Charmed Life named Top 10 Vocal CD's 2008 (talkinbroadway.com)

'Charmed Life' TOP Selling Pop-Jazz Albums CDBaby.com

Shaynee Rainbolt featured in Downbeat Magazine, August 2009