"The first thing that grabs you about Shaynee Rainbolt is her voice – a warm, rich, multi-hued sound that can range from the intimacy of a sensuous whisper in your ear to a sexy strut down Fifth Avenue. It’s a voice that one can imagine caressing a ballad, or scatting briskly through the changes of “I Got Rhythm” backed by a bop-driven jazz quintet. And that’s just for starters. She is, in other words, a singer for all seasons, underscoring her constant musical eclecticism with the subtleties of jazz-inflected phrasing and a sumptuous tone." Don Heckman

Don Heckman writes about jazz and world music for the Los Angeles Times,
Jazz Times and elswhere.

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This sophisticated singer and consummate entertainer always brings to the stage honest interpretations and fresh arrangements that make you hear your favorite's from the Great American Songbook in a new way. From jazz to blues, pop to Broadway, Shaynee swings her eclectic musical sensibility into a night of entertainment that never fails to delight her growing legion of fans.

In New York City SHAYNEE RAINBOLT has played venues such as the Jazz Standard, the Iridium Jazz Club, The Metropolitan Room, Danny's Skylight Room, The Hideaway Room, The Encore and The River Room of Harlem. For two years the 'Shaynee Rainbolt Trio' took the spotlight weekly at Charley O's, in the heart of New York's Theater District. Before changing coasts, she was a staple on the San Francisco Bay Area music scene, performing at The Plush Room, Jazz at Pearl's, The Purple Onion, The Cosmipolitan and Club Jazz Nouveau and Kelly's. She also has taken the stage at The Catalina Jazz Club in L.A., the The Rrazz Room at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, the Chat Noir in New Orleans, and Pizza on the Park and Pizza Express Jazz Club in London.

Shaynee's second album, “AT HOME," released on UK based 33 Jazz Records hit the jazz charts and was nominated for the 2007 MAC Recording of The Year.

Shaynee’s current project is groundbreaking: Charmed Life: Shaynee Rainbolt SINGS Russell Garcia, with Russell Garcia and his Four Trombone Band. As one of Jazz's foremost composer, conductor, arrangers, Russell Garcia has worked with everyone: Mel Torme, Anita O'Day, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn and Stan Kenton - just to name a few. His list of credits is too much to include here - but suffice it to say that in his 92 years, it is thrilling to finally see a vocal project consisting solely of his originals. Composed, Conducted and Arranged by the legend himself, he chose to use for this project, his signature Four Trombone Band sound so popular in the 50's and 60's.

Here you will get 16 songs, most of which have never been recorded before (or not with a lyric) including I REMEMBER, that Russell wrote with Shaynee, and was honored with the 2008 MAC Award for Song of the Year!