Kristin Berardi, who originates from Koumala, Queensland, is an Australian jazz singer.[1][2] Her album with the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, Kristin Berardi Meets the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2011.[3]

Kristin Berardi
Born1981
Koumala, Queensland, Australia
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Singer

She won the International Vocal Competition of the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2006.

Berardi's version of "Strangers in the Night" was used as background music in a television advertisement for Audi automobiles in 2020.[4]

Discography edit

Studio albums edit

Title Details
Kristin Berardi & James Sherlock
(with James Sherlock)
The Kristin Berardi Band
(as The Kristin Berardi Band)
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD093)
  • Format: CD, digital download
If You Were There
(with James Sherlock)
  • Released: 2009[5]
  • Label:
  • Format: CD, digital download
Kristin Berardi Meets the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra
(with the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra)
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD 141)
  • Format: CD, digital download
Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out
(with James Sherlock)
  • Released: February 2014[6]
  • Label:
  • Format: CD, digital download
Where or When
  • Released: 2 October 2015[7]
  • Label: ABC Jazz (475 9263)
  • Format: CD, digital download
Hope in My Pocket
(with Sean Foran & Rafael Karlen)
  • Released: 2 October 2015[8]
  • Label:
  • Format: CD, digital download
Just As You Are
(as The Kristin Berardi Band)
  • Released: March 2016[9]
  • Label:
  • Format: CD, digital download
Our Songs, Not Songs
(with Sam Anning)
  • Released: September 2019[10]
  • Label: Earshift Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
Haven
(with Sean Foran & Rafael Karlen featuring Pascal Schumacher)
  • Released: November 2020[11]
  • Label: Earshift Music (EAR029)
  • Format: CD, digital download

Albums (as featured artist) edit

Title Details
Swallows & Swans
(As Florian Ross Quintet featuring Kristin Berardi)
  • Released: 2018
  • Label: Toy Piano Records (TPR 201801)
  • Format: CD, digital download

Awards edit

ARIA Music Awards edit

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.[12]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2011 Kristin Berardi Meets the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album Nominated

Queensland Music Awards edit

The Queensland Music Awards (previously known as Q Song Awards) are annual awards celebrating Queensland, Australia's brightest emerging artists and established legends. They commenced in 2006.[13]

Year Nominee / work Award Result (wins only)
2016[14][15] "Hope in My Pocket" (with Sean Foran & Rafael Karlen) Jazz Award Won
2021[16] "Falling" (with Danny Widdicombe and Trichotomy) Jazz Award Won

References edit

  1. ^ McBeath, John (28 November 2015), "Reviews: Adele, Sam Lee, Jeff Lynne's ELO, Kristin Berardi, Pete Josef", The Australian
  2. ^ Ford, Andrew (21 May 2016), "DJazz singer Kristin Berardi", The Music Show. Radio National
  3. ^ Lesnie, Melissa (12 October 2011), "ARIA Award for Best Classical Album revealed", Limelight
  4. ^ Audi Australia Launches 'Irresistibly Advanced' Campaign, The Monkeys (Part of Accenture), 14 August 2020
  5. ^ "If You Were There (2009) by Kristin Berardi & James Sherlock". James Sherlock. 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out". Apple Music. February 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Where or When". Apple Music. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Hope in My Pocket". Apple Music. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Just As You Are". Apple Music. March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Our Songs, Not Songs". Apple Music. September 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Haven". Apple Music. November 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  12. ^ "ARIA Awards Best Jazz Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  13. ^ "About the Queensland Music Awards". Queensland Music Awards. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  14. ^ "2016 Queensland Music Award Winners". Scenestr. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Past Winners 2016". Queensland Music Awards. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  16. ^ "2021 Queensland Music Awards Winners". Scenestr. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

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