CHRIS McNULTY

Chris McNulty (born 1953) is Australian-born jazz vocalist. She began her professional career singing in pop bands in hotels and clubs in and around Melbourne. She toured Australia and SE Asia as a member of all the girl band Daughters of Zeus and several pop, funk, & R&B bands. She arrived in the United States in 1988, having been awarded an international study grant from the Music Board of the Australia Council. Two years later, her first U.S. album, 'Waltz for Debbie', was released. McNulty's original vocalisations for Miles Davis's "Blue in Green" became the song's official, published lyric (Warner Chapell, 1990). She has worked with Paul Bollenback, Gary Bartz, Igor Butman, Tim Garland, Billy Hart, John Hicks, Ingrid Jensen, Peter Leitch, Mulgrew Miller, Ugonna Okegwo, Tony Reedus, Gary Thomas, Anita Wardell, and Matt Wilson.

She has performed at Smoke Jazz Club (2002), Jazz Standard (2006, 2007), Sweet Rhythm (2005, 2006, 2007), The Blue Note (2006), Jazz at Lincoln Centre, Dizzy's Coca Cola Club (2007), Kitano (February 2008, June 9, 2010, August 2013), The Bar Next Door (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), and 54 Below (2015). In 2006, she co-produced the first Belize Jazz Festival. From 2003–2010, she performed at venues in Russia and Ukraine with Paul Bollenback and Andrei Kondokov's trio.

As an educator, McNulty has been invited to present clinics and workshops at Monash University (Melb), Griffith University (Bris), West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA- Perth), Australian Institute of Music (AIM-Syd) and University of SA (Adelaide). McNulty's repertoire includes the great jazz standards, modern jazz classics and original compositions. In 2013 she won Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album, 'The Song That Sings You Here'.

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