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Poli Singer & Pianist


Poli is an award-winning Jazz-Pop-Funk singer, pianist, songwriter with extensive performing experience in the US and abroad.

Born in Russia, Poli began singing, playing piano and performing at an early age. After early studies at Classical School in Russia, she continued her training in jazz and composition at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, in Israel, where she was blessed to study with legendary jazz musician Slava Ganelin.

After relocating to New York in October 2001, Poli studied acting and screenwriting at the Lee Strasberg Institute with Chad Burton and performed in Indie movies and New York theaters.

Poli formed her band "The Desires", and played many shows in top NY clubs and at festivals around the US. Poli was also a producer for "The Desires" first album in 2004 with Beauty Rock Records.

In Spring 2007, Poli relocated to Los Angeles, to further her solo career. Her new solo album "Brand-New Way" presents her talents as singer, pianist, songwriter and arranger.

Poli is fluent in four languages, and is an experienced dancer in hip-hop, latin, modern, and belly-dance forms.

Poli is currently performing in the Los Angeles, San Diego and Las Vegas areas, promoting her new solo album.

Awards and Publications

CD release - January 2009. A Jazz-Pop Solo Album - voice & piano - produced by legendary Mark S. Berry. (Mark has been awarded 36 gold and platinum records.) CD in stores in USA and Canada (Universal Music distribution), Korea, China and Japan.

Music from "Brand-New Way" album will be on MTV in 2009 & in Film & TV in Greece and Cyprus. Poli starts promoting her new solo album: shows in USA and international.

January 2009, Poli became the First Place Winner in the Avant-Garde Category (Jazz Singing) in the USA International Competition in Las Vegas, USA.

2008-2009 Poli received an invitation to become a member of WHO IS WHO.

Poli's song is a FINALIST in the monthly international contest "Song of the year" (TOP 5, 3rd place) - November 10th, 2007

You (Blues) - TOP 20 FINALIST, Blues Category, UNISONG: 11th Annual International Songwriting Contest. Additionally, The Letter without Words (Funk) and You'll Never Know (Jazz) were awarded honorable mentions in the Jazz category.

Thinking of You at Sunset and Imagination (Film/TV instrumental) - Runners Up, January 2007 Song of the Year.

Dreaming (Instrumental) and I Have the Blues (Blues) - Suggested Artist, December 2006 Song of the Year.

Just for You (soundtrack) is heard in the movie Titillating Steven (Gemelli Productions, Hollywood).

Poli's lyrics were featured in Downtown LA magazine, April 2007.

TITLES OF SONGS:

VOICE-PIANO 2 HOURS JAZZ-POP PROGRAM. (cover songs, jazz standards & original tunes + scat!) Promoting my new album. CD will be in stores in USA, Canada, China, Korea & Japan shortly, on MTV in 2009, in film & TV in Greece & Cyprus (Universal Music distribution).
First place winner in January 2009 in USA Competition in Las Vegas - Jazz Singing.

1 St. Louis Blues (blues)
2 When you miss somebody (pop)
3 Someone's imagination (funk)
4 Please let me run away (pop)
5 Love me just the way I am (jazz)
6 Thinking of you (pop)
7 You (jazz)
8 Cry me a river (jazz ballad)
9 Was born in jazz (pop)
10 Dream (funk)
11 A Prayer (pop ballad)
12 A Spanish tune (latin-pop)
13 You don't believe (pop)
14 Do I move you (funk)
15 You don't know what love is (jazz ballad)
16 Broken hearts (pop)
17 January 7th (jazz-rock)
18 All of me (swing)
19 The way home (pop)
20 Together with you (bossa nova)
21 Sorry seems to be the hardest word (pop)
22 Nobody to me (pop)
23 Well you needn't (bebop)
24 Lovers (pop)
25 If you've got to say something (pop)
26 Mental friends (jazz)
27 Georgia on my mind (pop-jazz)
28 Sketch (jazz)
29 Brand new way (pop)

30 Just for you (bossa nova-pop)
31 A stranger in black (jazz)
32 Just friends (jazz-pop)
33 The look of love (jazz ballad)
34 Bridge (scat)
35 It's all in a state of mind (jazz-rock)

TITLES OF SONGS: SOLO PIANO

Jazz standards (swing, jazz ballads, blues, bebop, funk, latin, bossa nova + improvisation), cover songs (pop,
rock, broadway), easy classical - 300 titles.

A Fine Romance (jazz ballad) A Foggy Day (swing) Afternoon in Paris (jazz ballad) Agua De Beber (latin)
Ain't Misbehavin' (swing) Airegin (bebop)
All Blues (blues)
All You Need is Love (pop)
Alice In Wonderland (jazz waltz) All In Love Is Fair (pop)
All of Me (swing)
All I Ask Of You (from 'Phantom of the Opera' broadway show) All My Tomorrows (jazz ballad)
All of You (jazz ballad)
All the Things you are (jazz ballad) Alone Together (jazz ballad)
A Night in Tunisia (latin jazz) Afro Blue (jazz waltz)
Angel Eyes (jazz ballad)
Angel Of Music (from 'Phantom of the Opera' broadway show) Anthropology (bebop)
All My Tomorrows (jazz ballad)
All The Things You Are (jazz ballad) Alone Together (jazz ballad)
April in Paris (jazz ballad)
As Time Goes By (jazz ballad) A Toi (pop)
Au Privave (blues)
Autumn In New York (jazz ballad) Autumn Leaves (jazz ballad)
Back Home Blues (blues) Back in the USSR (pop)

Beautiful Love (jazz ballad) Bernie's Tune (swing) Bessie's Blues (blues) Bewitched (swing)
Billie's bounce (blues) Black Nile (bossa nova) Black Orpheus (bossa nova) Blues For Alice (blues)
Blue Bossa (bossa nova) Blue in Green (jazz ballad) Blue Monk (blues) Bluesette (jazz waltz)
Body And Soul (jazz ballad) But Beautiful (jazz ballad) Bye Bye Blackbird (swing)
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (swing) Cantaloupe Island (funk)
A Child Is Born (jazz-pop)
Chega De Saudade (No More Blues) (bossa nova) Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (pop) Chippie (jazz)
Chitlins Con Carne (latin blues) Come Sunday (jazz ballad)
Come Rain or Come Shine (jazz) Come Together (pop) Confirmation (bebop) Contemplation (pop-jazz) Corcovado (bossa nova)
Cry me a river (jazz ballad) Crystal Silence (jazz ballad) Daahoud (jazz ballad) Desafinado (bossa nova) Dindi (bossa nova)
Django (jazz ballad)
Dolphin Dance (jazz ballad) Don't Explain (jazz ballad)
Don't Get Around Much Anymore (swing) Don't Stand So Close to Me (pop)
Doxy (bebop)
Dream a Little Dream of Me (pop) Easy Living (jazz ballad) Embraceable You (jazz ballad)
Et si tu n'existais pas (pop) Every Breath You Take (pop)
Days Of Wine And Roses (jazz ballad)

Falling In Love With Love (jazz ballad) A Fine Romance (jazz ballad)
Fiddler On The Roof (from broadway show "Fiddler on the roof") Fields of Gold (pop)
A Foggy Day (swing) Footprints (jazz waltz)
For Heaven's Sake (jazz ballad) Four (bebop)
Freddie the Freeloader (blues) Fur Elise, Beethoven (classical)
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (swing) Gentle Rain (bossa nova)
Georgia On My Mind (jazz-pop)
The Girl From Ipanema (bossa nova) God Bless The Child (jazz ballad) Golden Lady (pop)
Green Dolphin Street (swing/ latin) Groovin' High (bebop)
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (blues) Guilty (jazz ballad)
A Hard Day's Night (pop)
Have You Met Miss Jones? (jazz-pop) Here's That Rainy Day (jazz ballad) Hey Jude (pop)
Honesty (pop)
How High The Moon (swing) How Insensitive (bossa nova)
I Can't Get Started With You (jazz ballad)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love (jazz ballad) I Could Write a Book (jazz ballad)
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (jazz ballad) I Got Rhythm (swing)
If I Were a Rich Man (from "Fiddler on the Roof" broadway show) I'll Remember April (swing)
I love Paris (jazz ballad) I love you (jazz ballad)
I'm Beginning To See The Light (jazz ballad) In A Mellow Tone (swing)
In A Sentimental Mood (jazz ballad) Imagine (pop)
Israel (jazz)
It's Not Unusual (pop) Invitation (bossa nova)
I Remember Clifford (jazz ballad)
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (swing)

I Shot the Sheriff (pop)
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (jazz-pop) Jordu (jazz)
Just Friends (swing) Lady Bird (swing)
Lady Is a Tramp(swing) Lady Madonna (pop) Lament (jazz ballad) Lambada (latin pop) Layla (pop)
Lazy Bird (bebop)
Let's Fall in Love (swing-pop)
Like Someone in Love (jazz ballad) Lover Man (jazz ballad)
Little Boat (bossa nova)
Little Prelude no1 -J.S.Bach (classical) Little Prelude no2- J.S.Bach (classical) Little Prelude no3 -J.S.Bach (classical) Little Prelude no 5 -J.S.Bach (classical) Livin' on a Prayer (pop)
La Vie En Rose (pop) Le te indien (pop)
Long Ago and Far Away (jazz ballad) The Look of Love (jazz ballad)
Look To the Sky (bossa nova) Love is Here to Stay (jazz ballad) Lullaby Of Birdland (swing) Lucky Southern (bossa nova)
The Man I Love (jazz ballad) Make The Knife (swing)
Mamma Mia (from broadway show "Mamma Mia", ABBA songs) Meditation (bossa nova)
Memories of Tomorrow (jazz-rock) Michelle (pop)
Misty (jazz ballad)
This Masquerade (pop) Moment's Notice (jazz)
Money, Money, Money (from "Mamma Mia" broadway show, ABBA songs) Mon Mec a Moi (pop)
Mood Indigo (jazz ballad)
Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven (classical)
The Music of The Night (from "Phantom of the Opera" broadway show) My Foolish Heart (jazz ballad)
Moondance (pop)
My Funny Valentine (jazz ballad)

My Man (jazz ballad)
The Man I Love (jazz ballad) My Little Suede Shoes (latin)
My Favorite Things (pop-jazz waltz) Make Someone Happy (pop)
My Life (pop)
My Little Boat (bossa nova) My Romance (jazz ballad) My Way (pop)
The New Doll of Tchaikovsky (classical) New York New York (pop)
New York State of Mind (pop) Night And Day (jazz-pop) Nica's Dream (latin)
Night Train (blues)
Nostalgia in Times Square (swing) Nuages (jazz-pop ballad)
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (latin) Nice Work If You Can Get It (swing) Now's the time (blues)
Oh, Lady Be Good! (swing) Oleo (bebop)
One Note Samba (latin) Once I Loved (bossa nova)
Only Trust Your Heart (bossa nova) Ornithology (bebop)
Out of Nowhere (bossa nova) Over The Rainbow (pop)
'Pathetique' symphony no 6 of Tchaikovsky (classical) Peace (jazz ballad)
Peggy's Blue Skylight (jazz ballad) Peri's Scope (jazz ballad)
Pfrancing (No Blues) (blues) Piano Man (pop)
The Point Of No Return (from "Phantom of the Opera" broadway show) Prelude To A Kiss (jazz ballad)
P.S. I Love You (jazz-pop ballad) Pure imagination (pop)
Puttin' on the ritz (pop)
Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) (bossa nova) Recorda-me (latin)
Reflections (jazz ballad) Ring dem bells (swing)
'Round Midnight (jazz ballad)
Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers (jazz-pop waltz)

Salut (pop)
Seven Come Eleven (swing)
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (pop) Since I Fell for You (jazz ballad)
The Show Must Go On (pop) Smoke gets in your eyes (pop) Strangers in the night (pop) Satin Doll (swing)
Scrapple From The Apple (bebop) Softly as a Morning Sunrise (swing) Solar (jazz)
Solitude (jazz ballad)
Somebody Loves Me (jazz ballad) Somebody to Love (pop)
Someday My Prince Will Come (jazz-pop waltz) So Nice (Summer samba) (latin)
Song for My Father (latin)
The Song Is You (jazz ballad) Sophisticated Lady (jazz ballad) So What (jazz)
Stella By Starlight (jazz ballad) Stormy Weather (blues) Strawberry Fields Forever (pop) Streight, No Chaser (blues)
The Shadow of Your Smile (latin) Sugar (swing)
Sunny (pop)
A Sunday Kind Of Love (jazz ballad) Summertime (jazz ballad)
Swedish Pastry (blues)
Take a Chance on Me (from "Mamma Mia' broadway show) Take The “A” Train (swing)
Tears in Heaven (pop)
They Can't Take That Away From Me (swing) They Didn't Believe Me (jazz ballad)
Thou Swell (jazz ballad)
There Is No Greater Love (jazz ballad)
There Will Never Be Another You (jazz ballad) These Foolish Things (jazz ballad)
The Lion sleeps tonight (pop) Time Remembered (jazz ballad)
Think Of Me (from "Phantom of the Opera" broadway show) To Life (from "Fiddler of the Roof" broadway show)
Topsy (swing)
Tour De Force (pop)

Tradition (from "Fiddler on the Roof" broadway show) Triste (bossa nova)
Tune Up (jazz)
Unchain My Heart (pop) Wave (bossa nova)
Well You Needn't (jazz) What's new? (jazz ballad) Watermelon Man (funk) We Are Family (pop)
We are the Champions (pop) When I Fall I Love (jazz ballad) When Sunny Gets Blue (jazz ballad) Whispering (pop)
The Winner Takes It All (from "Mamma Mia" broadway show, ABBA songs) Wonderful Tonight (pop)
Yardbird Suite (bebop) Yesterday (pop) Yesterdays (jazz ballad)
You Are The Sunshine of My Life (pop)
You Don't Know What Love Is (jazz ballad) You are Too Beautiful (jazz ballad)
You Took Advantage of Me (swing) Young at Heart (pop ballad)
You're Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You (pop ballad)







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