Solar Records Radio Guest DEBBIE JOYCE Host Wardell Potts Jr It’s Inde Wednesday

BIOGRAPHY     SYNONYMOUS WITH THE FAMOUS MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL, DEBBIE JOYCE IS A SEASONED JAZZ- ORIENTED VOCALIST.   BORN IN PROVIDENCE, R.I. TO VOCALIST AL JOYCE AND ELIZABETH DIAS, DEBBIE MOVED TO THE MONTEREY PENINSULA AT AN EARLY AGE.   HER GRANDFATHER, PROFESSOR B.L. JOYCE, WAS A WELL KNOWN MUSIC PROFESSOR WHO TAUGHT MANY OF THE JAZZ AND R & B GREATS OF TODAY.  HE IS IN THE BAND MASTERS HALL OF FAME.   TAUGHT AT SAMUEL HUSTON COLLEGE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS AND TAUGHT SUCH GREATS AS;  KENNY DORMAN; GIL ASKEY & MARTIN BANKS WHO PERFORMED WITH FAMOUS BANDS SUCH AS DUKE ELLINGTON.   SHE IS THE NIECE OF THE LEGENDARY, NANCY WILSON.   DEBBIE WAS ALSO A FEATURED SINGER WITH RENOWNED BASS PLAYER, THE LATE, LEROY VINNEGAR.   THE MUSIC  I  WAS DESTINED TO SING IS IN MY DNA.   SONGS ARE STORIES  -  SOMEONE’S STORY  - AND IT SHOULD BE SUNG THAT WAY.   THOSE ARE THE SONGS I CHOOSE TO SING – SONGS WITH MEANING – SOMEONE’S STORY.