Tracy Stark
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States | INDIE
Music
Press
“…a captivating artist with goosebump-raising skill…one of our country’s best musicians.”
Songwriter’s Monthly
“…perceptive and poignant, cool and hip, sassy and funny.”
Backstage
“…gifted…masterpieces…beautiful…sensual…passionate…it seems like Stark can write almost anything…You’re going to be impressed.”
Electronic Link Journey
“…creative genius…”
Applause! Applause!
“She proves why seemingly everyone in town wants to work with her....”
Kevin Scott Hall, Edge NY
“…somewhere between Ray Charles and Joni Mitchell.”
HX Magazine
“…elastic, silky sweet vocals…impeccable vocal sense of timing..”
Les Reynolds, Indie-Music.com
“… magical way of pulling the audience into her world…”
in-nyc.com
“...she immediately set a standard for quality music…charm and grace…intelligence and warmth…”
Barbara and Scott Siegel, Theatermania
“amazing arrangements”
John Hoglund, Backstage
"...supremely creative.."
David Finkle, Backstage
“zest and humor, funny and sexy”
Michael Dale, Broadwayworld.com
“….a mistress of the creamy jazz ballad”
Mark Kirby, Music Dish
“…she has a great voice, an extensive repertoire, and is funny to boot!”
William T McEvoy, Premature Extrapolations
"It’d be hard to find a vocalist with better control of nuance.
When she purrs, it goes right down through your toes.”
Allen Foster, Songwriter's Monthly - Various publications
"A captivating artist with goosebump-raising skill...one of our country's best musician's." - Allen Foster
"...perceptive and poignant, cool and hip, sassy and funny." - Roy Sander
"This gifted lady's masterpieces consist of beautiful ballads, sensual music, passionate words, inspiration... It seems like Stark can write almost anything....You're going to be impressed." - Laurie Lawson
"Tracy's a classic, like a modern Bette Midler. It'd be hard to find a vocalist with better control of nuance. When she purrs, it goes right down through your toes." - Allen Foster
"Dazzling!"
Bay Area Guardian
"Artful"
San Francisco Chronicle
"...creative genius"
Applause
"intensely creative"
"inventive"
"wonderful"
"multi-talented"
Backstage
- Various
"A simply magical evening...there aren't too many places you can spend a better hour in New York City....Tracy has a magical way of pulling the audience into her world, and for that hour, we see the beauty of the world through her eyes." - Marsha Beger
For debut album, Canvas of Dreams:
"A masterpiece in museum quality presentation...Hang this one on your musical wall and kick up the volume...You'll love it!" - Nicki Ehrlich
"...somewhere between Ray Charles and Joni Mitchell." - HX Magazine
Discography
Feast for the Heart (2005)
Canvas of Dreams (2000)
Songwriter (1998)
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Bio
Pianist/Arranger/Conductor/SingerSongwriter, Tracy Stark is a 4-time MAC Award winner (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs), a Bistro Award winner for Outstanding Musical Direction, and winner of the Dottie Burman Songwriter of the Year Award. Tracy has worked with Lesley Gore, Phoebe Snow, Karen Black, Randy Jones (Village People), Jimmy Osmond, Tovah Feldshuh, Eric Millegan, Tonya Pinkins, Ann Crumb, Marni Nixon, and hundreds of other rock, jazz, and broadway vocalists. She has conducted, played, and sung at all the finest and the sleaziest venues all over the world. She has played/conducted on numerous television shows, including The Today Show. Her songs are included on at least 20 different compilations, and have been winning accolades in songwriting competitions for the past 15 years.
Her most recent CD, ‘Feast for the Heart’ is exquisitely produced by Richard Barone, and includes a duet with the inimitable Phoebe Snow.
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