Jeanne Jolly | |
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Birth name | Jeanne Jolly |
Origin | Raleigh, North Carolina |
Genres | country, western, folk, americana |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, record producer, music producer |
Instruments | voice, guitar, baritone ukulele, piano |
Years active | 2007-present |
Labels | Ramblewood Records, +FE Music |
Associated acts | Jim Lauderdale Maura O'Connell Chris Botti The Foreign Exchange, Sy Smith |
Website | JeanneJolly.com |
Jeanne Jolly is a singer/songwriter from Raleigh, North Carolina, who first gained fame as a featured vocalist for Grammy Award winning jazz trumpeter Chris Botti. Jolly has performed with several symphonies, at Carnegie Hall in New York City, and at the Monterey Jazz Festival in California.
Jolly attended Saint Mary's School in Raleigh and then Western Carolina University. She graduated with a master's degree in classical voice from the New England Conservatory of Music.
Jolly was featured on the June 29, 2012, episode of WUNC's The State of Things with Frank Stasio discussing her upcoming album and her mother's death to cancer. On October 2, 2012, Jolly released her first full-length album, Angels, on Foreign Exchange Music. It was produced entirely by The Foreign Exchange collaborator Chris Boerner.
On October 11, 2014 Jeanne married her longtime love, Todd McLean, in a simple ceremony in Emerald Isle, North Carolina.