GRETA MATASSA

Greta Matassa is an American jazz vocalist who has been a mainstay on Seattle's jazz stages for many years. With her recent tours of Russia, Singapore, Hawaii, and Japan, Greta's sound is now reaching new audiences. Greta has released seven CD's with jazz label Origin Records and a DVD live concert with guitarist Mimi Fox .

In the Pacific Northwest, where she built her career, Greta Matassa wins wide acclaim; four times, the readers of Earshot, the Seattle jazz magazine, have voted her the best jazz vocalist in the Northwest. Jim Wilke, the Seattle jazz maven and host of the syndicated "Jazz After Hours" radio program, praises her versatility. "She has a fearlessness in approaching material,” Wilke says, "that makes her like an instrumentalist in a jam session.”