April Varner
Official Youtube Channel of Award-Winning NYC Vocalist, April Varner
At the age of 28, April has immersed herself deeply into the jazz tradition and has performed/studied with a multitude of legendary artists and jazz luminaries such as Tierney Sutton, Russell Malone, Sachal Vasandani, Jane Monheit, Kurt Elling, and others. She was awarded the 2023 Winner of the International Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition and most recently received a 2024 Honorable Mention Award in the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Competition. The release of her debut full-length album, entitled “April by April Varner” (Cellar Live Record Label) , is AVAILABLE NOW on all streaming platforms. This genre-busting collection of all April-titled songs was produced by Grammy-Award winning drummer, producer and educator, Ulysses Owens Jr.
"Love You Madly"- Duke Ellington
April Varner (Winter Songs Vol. 1) Collaborators
Work Song- Cannonball Adderley Solo Transcription
Dat Dere- Cannonball Adderley Solo Transcription
If This Isn't Love- Cannonball Adderley Transcription
Improvised Blues- April Varner Live at the Django
Somewhere Over The Rainbow- April Varner Live at the Django
April Varner ft. the Emmet Cohen Trio- White Christmas (Official Music Video)
"Lover, Come Back to Me"- Stan Getz Solo Transcription
"On A Clear Day"- George Coleman Solo Transcription
"This I Dig of You"- Hank Mobley Solo Transcription
"April in Paris"- April Varner and Caelan Cardello
"April by April Varner"- Debut Album, Mentors
"April Come She Will" (Simon & Garfunkel)- April Varner & Russell Malone
April Varner-Improvised Blues (Mezzrow Jazz Club Debut)
April Varner- PIX11 News
"I'll Remember April"- April Varner & Benny Benack III
"Airmail Special" - Ella Fitzgerald Solo Transcription
"Danny Boy"- Bill Evans
"After You've Gone"- Bruce Harris Solo Transcription
Debut Album Documentary: April in New York (Part 1)
"I Know You Know"- Sonny Rollins Solo Transcription
"April Joy"-Pat Metheny Solo Transcription
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered- Rodgers and Hart
Collabs of Christmas- "The Man with the Bag"
The A-Capella Series- "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen)
The A-Capella Series- "Who Let April Back Into My Dreams?" (Original Composition)