jazz singer

Olivia van Goor is an up-and-coming jazz singer we’ve been pleased to see around these parts.  A Hudson Ohio girl (home of Western Reserve Academy where my wife Kathy went to high school), her family moved to southeast Michigan in 2017 and she plunged into all things Dee-troit.   She loves the Great American Songbook and does it justice.  Her new album – “Don’t be mad at me” – will be officially released Friday August 4th.  Not a shy girl, her first cut on it is “Over the Rainbow”.  Take that Judy Garland!  Underneath those pipes is an impish sense of humor, which makes her performances especially delightful.  She knows how a chanteuse should look, and if that sexy dress over her womanly body doesn’t get you, she’ll seduce you with her voice.   She appears all over the place in this area, and her web site will tell you all about it (1).  Today she was outdoors at the Saline Jazz Fest, where she agreed to a pic with an elderly admirer.

Here’s a link to her “Over the Rainbow” (2). 

As of Friday after next, she’ll have 2 CDs, the first with only 4 tracks, but a novel Velcro closing mechanism.

But she has an ample recorded output to sample.  Here’s a half hour or so of her performing at the Blue Llama (3), and at a full show at Moriariy’s in Dee-troit (4).  Quite a bit of her repertoire is on YouTube and you can sample it here (5-32).  Yes, there are some Christmas numbers (33-37), and even an entire Christmas show (38), but who wouldn’t want Olivia in your lap, hopefully with some mistletoe nearby?   But that’s many months away.

Everyday is Christmas if Olivia is singing!

References

1. Olivia Van Goor https://www.oliviavangoor.c]

2. Over the Rainbow.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/pBrBqPJpAc8

3. Olivia Van Goor performing at the Blue Llama.   YouTube.  https://youtu.be/KBe4413ecuk

4. jazz Tuesdays with Olivia Van Goor, Will Bennett, Sam Harris, Jeff Shoup (3/29/22). YouTube. https://youtu.be/v6r-mL7GYak

5. ‘Round Midnight – Olivia Van Goor & William Marshall Bennett Jazz Duo Video #9 // Thelonious Monk.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/5GugSqjf-sY

6. “It Never Entered My Mind” with Antonio Croes at Con Alma Jazz Club.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/hpJqZjLeIUo

7. “Thou Swell” – Olivia Van Goor w/ Adam Mosley Live at London Chop House in Detroit, MI.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/wWSr76XY94E

8. “April Showers” – Olivia Van Goor with Paul Keller Live at the Steinway Gallery.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/aoPw2zPlAwo

9. “Stolen Moments” – Olivia Van Goor & Caity Gyorgy Live at Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church.   https://youtu.be/QtWRimany8s

10. “Thou Swell” – Olivia Van Goor w/Adam Mosley Live at London Chop House in Detroit, MI.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/wWSr76XY94E

11. Agua De Beber- Olivia Van Goor & William Marshall Bennett Jazz Duo Video #4.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/UfVOwOPtKos

12. Fly By Night (Rush Cover).  YouTube. https://youtu.be/FUUYyqvW_E0

13. Hershey Bar – Olivia Van Goor (MUSIC VIDEO).  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/00GYqfDCMUg

14. I’m Old Fashioned – Olivia Van Goor w/ Eli Bucheit & Matt Ryan.   YouTube.  https://youtu.be/HEfsal9q92Y

15. My Heart Belongs To Daddy – Olivia Van Goor & Trevor Lamb Vocal/Bass Jazz Duo // Julie London.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/luevux-EL6g

16. Olivia Van Goor & Reuben Stump – Silly Habits.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/l2806710_-Y

17. Olivia Van Goor & William Bennett – My Lonely Heart (OFFICIAL VIDEO).  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/JHX1JWmNHxM

18. Olivia Van Goor Live at Con Alma Pittsburgh – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love. YouTube. https://youtu.be/ADMsmTaECTY

19. Olivia Van Goor sings “God Bless the Child” Live at Shield’s Pizza.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/1qc8Q7Mwy3A

20. Olivia Van Goor sings Cole Porter with Ellen Rowe’s Trio Live At Kerrytown Concert House.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/tS2LjL_PLfw

21. Olivia Van Goor w/ Zakk Jones – This Nearly Was Mine – Live in Columbus, Ohio.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/wBibGaBIGgo

22. Olivia Van Goor-Come Sunday.  YouTube  https://youtu.be/9Rd89SUjhjY

23. Olivia Van Goor-Wayfaring Stranger.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/pZLHEjZPArU

24. Olivian Van Goor – Have You Met Miss Jones?  You Tube.  https://youtube.com/shorts/iWtQB558sO0?feature=share

25. Postage Due-t (Caity Gyorgy) Cover by Olivia Van Goor and Dina Marie DiMarco.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/aOAgB5N3SsY

26. Shadow Waltz.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/gU2qmtltZos

27. Shulie A Bop.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/NqTiah73K84

28. Silver and Gold with Matt Ryan.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/nhUtbXXRy9s

29. Sweetness.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/9-epK-RN_Jc\

30. Waiter, Make Mine Blue – Olivia Van Goor & William Marshall Bennett JazDuo Video #12.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/8b28YcQHPxU

31. Willow Weep For Me.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/IQDD7w2bnrY

32. You’ve Changed- Olivia Van Goor & William Marshall Bennett Jazz Duo Video #2.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/nhVUqUUuf8Y

33. Olivia Van Goor’s Solo on “White Christmas” at Moriarty’s Pub in Lansing, MI.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/heJWU0io4ow

34. Silver and Gold with Matt Ryan.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/nhUtbXXRy9s

35. I’ll Be Home For Christmas.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/S-OtpdYlzf4

36. There’s No Place Like Home For The Holidays.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/KVqSa7AbvoQ

37. Santa, Bring My Baby To Town.  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/tI2-VFd2zNM

38. Jazz Tuesdays Holiday Show with Olivia Van Goor, Matt LoRusso, Reuben Stump, Jeff Shoup (12/20/2022).  YouTube.  https://youtu.be/MqyqR9NKHdE