Diana Panton
Diana Panton is a Canadian jazz vocalist. She won a Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year in 2017 for I Believe in Little Things and a 2015 Juno award for Vocal Jazz Album for RED.[1][2][3] She has also received five JUNO nominations for her albums Cheerful Little Earful (2020), Solstice/Equinox (2019), Christmas Kiss (2013), To Brazil with Love (2012) and If the Moon Turns Green...(2009). I Believe in Little Things debuted at #8 on the Billboard Jazz Chart while simultaneously debuting at #11 on the Billboard Children's Music Chart. Her first album, ...Yesterday Perhaps, and her third album, Pink, were awarded Silver Disc Awards by Japan's Jazz Critique Magazine.
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Background information | |
Birth name | Diana Ariadne Panton |
Born | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Vocalist |
Labels | 0 |
Website | www |
Panton started her music career as a member of the Hamilton All Star Jazz Bands.[4] After hearing her perform with this band, veteran multi-instrumentalist Don Thompson (Order of Canada) invited her to attend the Banff Centre, where he was a faculty member. This led to Thompson's collaboration on Panton's albums a decade later.[3]
Panton holds a Master's degree in French literature from McMaster University and studied art at the Parsons School in Paris. She teaches French, art, and drama at Westdale Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario.[5][3]
Discography
Year | Album |
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2005 | ...Yesterday Perhaps |
2007 | If the Moon Turns Green... |
2009 | Pink |
2011 | To Brazil with Love |
2012 | Christmas Kiss |
2013 | Little Gems and Other Keepsakes |
2013 | RED |
2014 | My Heart Sings (Live in Taipei, Asia only release) |
2015 | I Believe in Little Things |
2017 | Solstice / Equinox |
2018 | Yes, Please! (Compilation disc, Asia only release) |
2019 | A Cheerful Little Earful |
References
- "Red is the winning colour for Hamilton's Diana Panton". Hamilton Spectator. 15 March 2015.
- Friend, David (29 March 2017). "Five-time Juno nominee Diana Panton moonlights as a school teacher". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- Collar, Matt. "Diana Panton". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- "Hamilton All Star Jazz Bands Alumni". Hamilton All Star Jazz Bands. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
- "Diana Panton juggles schoolroom and mainstage". Northern Life. 8 September 2015.