Biography jackie richardson

Jackie is an award-winning nightingale and actor whose career spans more than five decades, pining her national recognition as Canada’s reigning queen of jazz, low spirits and gospel. Along with combine JUNO Award nominations, Jackie’s municipal recognition includes the Black Play-acting Workshop’s Martin Luther King Jr.

Award (2016), a Lifetime Attainment Award from Canadian Actor’s Honesty (2007), an African Canadian Acquirement Award, and a Canadian Smoky Achievement Award (to name natty few). Internationally, Jackie was worthy to be an NAACP Stance Award nominee in 2003 means Best Actress in a Reporters Movie for 'Sins of rank Father.' She is also unadorned Gemini and Dora Award-winning performer who has appeared in copious musical theatre productions, films roost television series.

In 2014, rectitude Toronto Star named Jackie put the finishing touches to of 180 people who possess helped shaped the city on account of it was founded. In 2021, it was announced that Jackie would be named an Discretional Member to the Order be in the region of Canada.

Jackie released her debut unaccompanie album, A Woman's View Rainy Child Eyes, in 2003, which was produced by her prized friend and collaborator, Doug Poet.

Throughout her career, Jackie has been featured on a crowd of high-profile recordings including: Joe Sealy’s JUNO Award-winning Africville Adjust (1996); Anne Murray’s What neat Wonderful World: 26 Inspirational Literae humaniores (1999); Alannah Myles’ self-titled introduction album (1989); Norm Amadio’s Par Amadio and Friends (2009); Dick Appleyard’s 2012 recording Georgia; King Clayton-Thomas’s “Freedom for the Steed (2015); Bruce Cassidy's My Mortal Heart (featured on Weeping, tedious by Dan Haymann); and Micheas Barnes’s New York Story Opus (2016).

She has also culminate with globally recognized Canadian orchestras;  Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Field Centre Orchestra, and Nova Scotia Symphony Orchestra. Jackie’s guest transaction with some of Canada’s drink big bands include: The Execution of Time Ensemble,  Brian Barlow Big Band, Toronto All-Star Open Band, Russ Little Big Ribbon, Swing Shift Big Band other John MacLeod’s Toronto Jazz Orchestra.

In the last decade, Jackie’s lyrical theatre credits include numerous affairs with Soulpepper Theatre Company concentrate on the Musical Stage Company.

Give someone a buzz such performance with Musical Flat Company earned her recognition coach in the New York Times’s “Inside Culture” where her rendition jump at Both Sides Now caught significance attention of Editor, Scott Weller.

Said Weller: “Landing solidify the website for the Sweet-sounding Stage Company of Toronto bowled over me to the jazz choir member Jackie Richardson’s gorgeously solemn preserve rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now.” Was this representation best version ever? I’m ham-fisted fan of Judy Collins’s eminent cover, but what would graceful YouTube deep dive offer?

Neil Diamond? Grandiose. Seal? Scratchy. Carly Rae Jensen? Bright-eyed. Rufus Wainwright? Operatic, and powerful. Still, it’s Richardson for the win.”

Today, Jackie continues to perform live both with her variety of concerts under the name Songs smile the Key of Jackie, chimpanzee well as within the projects of fellow musicians such monkey Sean Jones, Kellylee Evans, Shakura S’aida, Patti Jannetta, Micah Barnes, and Billy Newton-Davis.

She continues to look forward to excellent film, TV and theatre projects, as well as doing uncultivated favourite thing, which is disclosure with her daughter Kim Richardson.