Sophisticated, soulful and fun, Nicole Henry has won praise from both critics and audiences worldwide for her powerful ability to truly touch and inspire people with her beautiful voice and stunning presence. She has released three international TOP 10-selling jazz CDs within the past six years and has toured in over fourteen countries. Jazz Improv writes, “…beautiful, emotionally evocative…a terrific voice and a sensitive way with a lyric.”

It’s with that same sensitivity that Nicole Henry mesmerizes audiences wherever she goes. Uplifting and captivating, her voice embraces jazz, pop and soulful nuances with a spirited ‘joie de vivre.”

In 2004, after falling in love with the melodies, lyrics and freedom of jazz, Nicole released her solo debut CD The Nearness of You to critical acclaim. HMV Japan named Nicole “Best New Jazz Artist of 2004”. The CD climbed to #2 on HMV Japan Jazz Charts, and stayed in the TOP 10 for three months, second only to Norah Jones. In the U.S., Nicole received rave reviews and was featured on national jazz radio, including XM and Sirius Satellite Radio. Her follow-up CD, Teach Me Tonight with the Eddie Higgins Trio reached #1 at HMV Japan, and earned her their honor of “Best Vocal Jazz Album of 2005.”

Nicole’s latest CD release, The Very Thought of You reached #7 on the U.S. Billboard Jazz Chart in 2008, positioned between Diana Krall and Tony Bennett. This romantic CD features love songs, originals and gems from the great American Songbook. After international touring to support the CD release, in May 2009, Nicole debuted her talents at NYC’s Metropolitan Room. This lead to a monthly feature and by April 2010, after rave reviews by Stephen Holden of the NY Times and Chuck Taylor, former senior editor of Billboard magazine, Nicole was honored by NYC’s cabaret scene with the “2010 BISTRO Award for Outstanding Jazz Vocalist.“

Other career highlights include performing 14 concerts in Japan with the Duke Ellington Orchestra; sharing the headline with Michael Feinstein in Dallas for a Larry Rosen JAZZ ROOTS concert; being honored by Miami-Dade County’s In the Company of Women “Arts & Entertainment Award; singing the National Anthem on FOX’s 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl for over 15 million viewers and the average 150 annual performances she is involved in throughout the world.

Nicole’s impressive voice and ever increasing international popularity are also recognized by Delta Airlines. Among a select group of jazz greats like Miles Davis and Cassandra Wilson, Delta featured Nicole’s The Nearness of You CD and The Very Thought of You for almost three years on all transcontinental and international flights. In the world of fashion, Nicole’s performance wardrobes have been sponsored by Nicole Miller out of their South Beach-Miami boutique. Billboard wrote that “Henry is a jazz vocalist on the cusp of bigger things,” and indeed she continues to be. Once you hear her there is one thing upon which everyone seems to agree, Nicole Henry is simply one of the finest vocalists to emerge this decade.

Professionally, with eight national commercials to her credit, Nicole is also a member of Screen Actors Guild; and a voting member of The Recording Academy/N.A.R.A.S.

Career Performance Highlights:
Jazz a Juan les Pins, French Riviera
Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival
Lincoln Center w/ the Juilliard Jazz Octet, NYC
Five National Tours of Japan, including Nango & Tendo Jazz Festivals
Four Tours of Central Mexico including Tribute to Billie Holiday
Madrid International Jazz Festival, Spain
Tomsk Philharmonic Hall, Russia
Blues Alley, Washington, D.C.
The Dakota, Minneapolis
Duc des Lombards, Paris
The Rainbow Room & The Cotton Club, NYC w/ the Cab Calloway Orchestra
Prishtina Jazz Festival, Kosovo
Iridium, NYC
Anthology, San Diego
COEX Theater, Seoul
Jazziz Bistro, Fort Lauderdale
100 Century Avenue, Shanghai
Catalina Jazz Club, Los Angeles
Jazz in Jeans Festival w/ the Novosibirsk Jazz Orchestra, Russia
The Metropolitan Room, NYC
Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh
Carnival Center for the Performing Arts (Arscht Center), Miami
Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale

Additional Background Information- Nicole Henry

Born in Philadelphia, Nicole was raised in the arts haven of Bucks County with a mom who played classical piano and made sure Nicole and her sister played at least one instrument. Along with taking ballet and singing in the school and church choirs, she studied cello for six years and sang the national anthem at virtually every high school basketball and football game. She earned a full academic scholarship to University of Miami, where she studied architecture for two years before changing majors to advertising and theater. While in college, she recorded songs for a dance music DJ/producer named Noel Sanger and went on the road performing at night clubs. Then in 1998, one of their songs “Miracle,” was on Billboard's Dance Music Charts for eight weeks, reaching #8. It was then she realized a far reaching music career was possible. "I knew I wanted to use art to affect people's lives. And that's what I can accomplish through my singing…help people relate to their feelings, and then celebrate those feelings."

Committing to a full-time entertainment career in 2000, the singer/songwriter began producing original material and took the opportunity to tour the U.S. as a background vocalist with RCA band, Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise. By 2002 Miami New Times had named her "Best Local Solo Musician." In addition to her singing gigs, Nicole began booking lead acting roles in national television commercial campaigns for Verizon Wireless, Amtrak, McDonald's (with Venus and Serena Williams), Air Jamaica, Rite Aid Pharmacies, Hershey's Swoops, Sears Optical and others. She was also the lead actress in the feature-length, independent films, In Plain Sight and Chapter and Verse, and starred in a four-part pilot of a children's television series, The Lemonade Stand, aired on select US stations. She also starred in the independent short film Miami Chronicles sponsored by the Independent Film Channel. All three of these films feature original songs by Nicole.