Yvette Tollar

Yvette Tollar
Background information
BornToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Vocalist, Composer, Producer, Educator
Years active(2001 – present)
Canadian Vocalist, Composer, Producer, Educator
Yvette Tollar

Yvette Tollar is a Canadian jazz vocalist born in Toronto, Ontario.[1] She has released two full-length CDs, Cactus Flowers (2001) and Ima (2008).[2][3] Ima was a nominee for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the 2009 Juno Awards.[4]

Yvette Tollar comes from a musical family. Her brother is Ernie Tollar, who is a Juno and Dora Award-winning saxophonist and woodwind player who has played with jazz vocalist Holly Cole and big band NOJO and composed music for film, theatre and dance. Yvette's sister-in-law is Maryem Hassan Tollar, a Juno and Dora Award-winning World Music vocalist who sang the theme song for the TV show Little Mosque On The Prairie and a featured track on the Bollywood film, Maya Maya. Yvette was married to electric bassist Rich Brown who has played with Steve Coleman, Rudresh Mahanthapa and James Blood Ulmer.[1]

Tollar studied jazz music with vocalist Sheila Jordan in New York and with Joe Lovano, Dave Holland, and Kenny Werner at the Banff Centre for The Arts.[1] She is the recipient of awards and scholarships from The Canada Council for The Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, The Toronto Arts Council, The Banff Centre for The Arts and FACTOR.

Tollar is a professor in The Faculty of Media and Creative Arts at Humber College where she teaches music, voice, songwriting, directed study, master classes and leads ensembles as part of the Bachelor of Music, Music Composition Graduate Certificate and the Introduction to Commercial Jazz programs. She has acted as adjudicator at both the University of Toronto and Humber College.[citation needed]

Discography

  • Cactus Flowers - 2001
  • Ima - 2008
Guest appearances
  • I Love You by Kevin Breit
  • The Universe of John Lennon by Michael Occhipinti and Shine On
  • The Signal by Elizabeth Shepherd
  • The Art of Breath Volume 1 by John MacMurchy
  • Simple Earnest Plea by Kevin Breit
  • Muorica by Sicilian Jazz Project
  • Sub Urban Gypsy by Dominic Mancuso
  • The Henry's with Larry Towel Live at The Drake Hotel 2011" by The Henry's and Larry Towel
  • Invented Reality by Jasna Jovicevic
  • Choose by The Merlin Factor
  • Weaving by The Toronto Tabla Ensemble
  • Flowers of Forgiveness by Mernie

References

  1. ^ a b c "Yvette Tollar on CBC Music". music.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  2. ^ "Vying for the prize". Ottawa Citizen. March 28, 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
  3. ^ "Vocal Jazz Album of the Year Nominees". Vancouver Sun. February 3, 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
  4. ^ "JUNO Awards 2010". www.ctv.ca. Archived from the original on March 24, 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-05.


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