China Forbes, lead singer with the Portland-based band, Pink Martini, was recently honored with the Montreal Jazz Festival’s Ella Fitzgerald Award. Forbes is shown here performing with Pink Martini at the Montreal event. (Photo: Victor Diaz Lamich)
China Forbes, the lead singer for the internationally popular, Portland-based band, Pink Martini, has been honored by the Montreal Jazz Festival with the Ella Fitzgerald Award. Forbes was recognized with the award during a sold-out Pink Martini show at the Montreal festival on July 5.
As the festival website says, the Ella Fitzgerald Award, named after the famed American singer, was created in 1999, and is presented each year to “a jazz singer of significant talent who has had a major impact and influence on the international scene. Throughout her career, Forbes has sung in over 20 languages, on stages that range from the Sydney Opera House to the Olympia de Paris. A true star of the music world, China Forbes has released 8 albums with Pink Martini, with whom she has performed 20 sold-out concerts at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, as well as 3 solo albums.”
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