Jazz singer Dot Wilder has developed a unique style of jazz vocals. Her influences include Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Abbey Lincoln, but her innovative sound and style have taken jazz to a new level. She and the artists with whom she performs have developed a wide range of expressions which include an imaginative method of infusing fresh new ideas into traditional and contemporary styles. Occasionally she inserts her own original material.
Surprisingly, Dot’s performances appeal to a wide age range due to the timeless music performed, youth of the band members, and the universal appeal of jazz.
Dot Wilder has been receiving awards, acclaim, and recognition for her talent and performances.
• Dot,1995 & 1997, was winner of the DOWNBEAT Magazine Student Award, “Outstanding performance of a Jazz Vocalist”.
• Dot and her group performed at the internationally acclaimed, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, 2000 & 2004. GTMO Bay Jazz Fest, 9/03 & the GTMO Bay New Year’s Eve, 2003 (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba).
• Dot and her group performed at the New Year’s Eve Millennium Celebration ,Jazz Concert Series, 1999 ,2001, Jacksonville Landing & Summer Jazz Concert Series, Sea Walk Pavilion, 2002.
• Dot and her band also opened for the Rippington’s, Feb 1998, at the Florida Theatre.
• Performed at the “Jazz in the Park” series in St. Simons Island, Ga.
• Dot and her band did a concert in Pensacola sponsored by the
Jazz Society of Pensacola, April, 1998.
• Dot, in association with “Jazz in July, ‘98”, in Amherst, Mass, opened, along with three other selected jazz vocalists, for the
Billy Taylor Trio at the Fine Arts Center at UMASS.
• Dot and her quintet performed, May, 2005, at the Savannah Grande in Gainesville, sponsored by the Gainesville Friends of Jazz.
• She and her group have had extended bookings at such jazz-oriented clubs as The Brick, Simons, A Wine Bar, Gallery Eclectic Bistro, Café on the Square, Travinis, The Atlantic, Mackenzie’s,
Mossfire Grill, Stogie’s Jazz & Blues Club and Café Cortesse.
Dot Wilder’s distinct style has been heard at such venues as The Florida Theatre, Metropolitan Park, Sea Walk Pavilion, St. Simons Island Lighthouse, Ford Plantation, Epping Forest Country Club, Jacksonville Golf & Country Club, Jacksonville Landing, UNF Boathouse and UNF Theater. She has also been heard at the Adagio Jazz Club, Savannah, Ga.; Jazz Corner , Hilton Head, S.C.;King & Prince Hotel, St. Simons Island, Ga.; Jekyll Island Club Hotel, Jekyll Island, Ga.; Chef & Clef , Charleston, S.C.;Cranwell , Lee, Mass., the Winterbourne Club , Orange Park, Fl. ; Travinis in Ponte Vedra, Fla.;Café Cortesse` in St. Augustine, Fla and, the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida.
The Dot Wilder Jazz Quintet is available for bookings. It sometimes includes Kevin Bales on piano or keyboard, John Ricci on saxophone, Ricky Ravelo on upright bass, and Peter Miles on drums. For gigs open to the public, Dot has enthusiastic fans that support her whenever she has ample time to notify them through her emailing list.
Big Band
Dot also performed with the UNF Jazz Ensemble II (Big Band).
• In 1997, she and the big band opened for Maria Schneider, world-renowned jazz arranger and band leader.
• Dot and the big band opened for Arturo Sandoval, world-renowned jazz trumpet player.
• She sang with the big band at Disneyworld.
• She also sang with the big band at the 1998 Daytona Jazz Festival & the 1997 Mobile Jazz Festival, where she won an “Outstanding Performance of a Vocalist” award.
Addendum
• Dot Wilder released her debut album, “Dot Wilder, Live from the Warehouse”, signed by Shade Tree Records, June, 1999.
It’s now being heard around the world, esp. Adelaide, Australia.
• Dot was graduated summa cum laude from the Univ of North Florida Jazz School with a Bach of Music, Jazz Studies Degree, May 1998.
• Dot attended the prestigious, “Jazz in July” in Amherst, Mass, under the tutelage of Sheila Jordan, 1997-2001
• Other noteworthy gigs include the “Jacksonville Film Festival Gala”, “JMOMA’s Pajama Party “WJCT Jazz in the Village”, Mother’s Day, “Pops at the Beach, 2004 & 2005”, “ALLTEL Business After Hours”, “Monte Carlo Night” , the “AIA Awards Banquet”, “SkyWay Express Party”, along with many wonderful private parties, esp. weddings.
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