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- Debbi Ebert
(Vocalist, Actress & Entertainer)
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Biography:
- Debbi Ebert is entertainment personified. Her repertoire is a wonderful blend of classic jazz standards:
a dash of blues, a sprinkle of pop - the perfect recipe for any musical
appetite. She is at home in a variety of musical environments from concert
hall Big Band sounds to a classic jazz combo. Debbi always makes her mark.
- "Debbi Ebert puts over a song not just with the rich sound of her
voice - a luscious and rangy instrument - but with every glance of her
eyes and every fiber of her body..." says Jan Herman of the Los Angeles
Times.
- She vocalizes, stylizes and essentializes even the simplest
melody and brings to it a rich and unique quality that titillates
any gathering. Her effervescent stage presence is classic and yet intimate.
- She has wowed audiences in Europe and at local nite-spots such as the
Ceder Creek Inn, Neiuport 17, Gustaf Anders, Cafe Lido and Mr. Stox.
- Debbi applies her unique style of scatting to her three-octave range
and is sometimes reminiscent of jazz legends Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McCrae
and Nancy Wilson. She gathered rave reviews for her theatrical portrayal
of Billie Holiday in an Orange County Black Actors' Theatre production of
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill at South Coast Repertory Theatre.
- She was a founding member of the Orange County Black Actors' Theatre
and has appeared in their touring productions of Ain't Misbehavin',
Eubie and Movin' On.
Debbi's most recent theatrical roles include Showboat,
1940's Radio Hour, Nunsense and Ain't Misbehavin' for Fullerton Civic Light
Opera. To add to her list of accomplishments, she wrote the original score
and served as musical director for ADP Productions all star cast creation of
Black Woman's Blues at The Regency West Theatre in Los Angeles.
- Debbi's medley of musical styles and sultry stage personality will dazzle and entertain
all who come to hear her. She is in a spotlight all her own.
(Fall 2003)
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