New Album

Eve CorneliOus

“… sassy Eve Cornelious awaits the ears.”

~NEA Jazz Master Willard Jenkins, Downbeat

Something… about..

One of Eve’s ALL-TIME favorite performances was touring all over the world with Roy Hargrove and Chucho Valdez on the Crisol Tour with an array of top musicians…particularly in France at Jazz in Marciac performing as a trio with Roy and Chucho in the Town square.
"Eve Cornelious voice was haunting and quite effective on You're Blase.” ~ Jazz Times
She has enjoyed a remarkable career [playing regularly in New York City at Smoke Jazz Club, The Brownstone, Blue Note, Vanguard and throughout the USA]; abroad in Europe Eastern Europe, Canada, Japan, Cuba performing Concerts and at Symphony halls [Winston-Salem and Charlotte Symphonies]; clubs, festivals, Spoleto, Playboy, North Sea, Monterey, Montreal, Montreaux, Jazz à Vienne, JVC@Lincoln Center, Newport, Jazz Province, Nida Jazz Festival, Jazz@Philharmonic, Lionel Hampton and more.
"Worthy of at least a Grammy nomination for best 'Jazz Solo Performance" ~ Larry Thomas, WNCU-FM
Award winning vocalist, Eve Cornelious, was the 1st Jazz Vocal teacher in North Carolina at East Carolina University [alongside Carroll Dashiell]; won the Jazz Composers Fellowship; was a ‘BET Jazz Vocal Discovery’ [served as a host of BET's Jazzy Vocals' TV show]; The Lionel Hampton Award; The Indie Award and The Russian Jazz Performance Award. Her vocalese rendition of Flamenco Sketches [Kinda Blue] is featured in the prestigious radio archives of the Smithsonian Institute.
"Miles would have dug it” ~Teo Macero/producer
Eve has been featured on recordings with Ramsey Lewis, Norman Connors, Javon Jackson; also performed with Jon Hendricks, Dianne Reeves, Mulgrew Miller, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Gary Bartz, Ray Bryant, Chip Crawford, Jeremy Pelt, Anthony Wonsey, Cyrus Chestnut, Gerald Cannon, Willie Jones, Clark Gayton, Frank Lacy, Sherman Irby, Larry Willis, Leonid & Nick Vintskevich, David Goloshukin, Lembit Saursalu, Ed Cherry, John Hicks, Ronnie Mathews, Walter Booker, Calvin Jones, Alvin Atkinson, Jr., Winard Harper, Carl Allen, Mark Whitfield, Tim Warfield, Brian Charette, Stanley Baird, Gregg Gelb, Jason Brown and a host of others.
"...her swinging style makes one wonder why she is not a lot more famous." ~ All Music Guide

New Album · 2026

Again... Naturally

"Eve Cornelious offers something increasingly rare: a beautifully crafted album that remains faithful to the traditions of straight-ahead jazz while delivering every song with grace, warmth, and quiet sophistication."

~ Acacia Grace, All About Jazz

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