Introduction
Lucy Kalantari is an American singer, composer and producer. She is the frontwoman and bandleader for Lucy Kalantari and The Jazz Cats.
Early life
Born in the United States to a Dominican mother and a Puerto Rican father, Kalantari grew up in a Spanish-speaking household. She graduated from the Purchase Conservatory of Music (commonly known as State University of New York at Purchase) in 1998, where she studied studio composition and production.
Career
In 2014, Kalantari released her first children's music album, Pockets Full of Joy, after having her first child.
In 2016, she released her second album, Big Things. The opening track of that album, "Fantastic", won the "Children's Music" category at the 15th Independent Music Awards. The song "It's Halloween" was nominated in the "Holiday Song" category, and the album Big Things for the "Children's Album" category. The album also won Fall 2016 Parents' Choice Awards.
Kalantari released her third album, It's the Holidays!, in 2017, which was included in the 2017 Christmas album roundup on Los Angeles Times.
Her fourth album, All The Sounds, released in 2018, won the Grammy Award for Best Children's Album at the 61st Grammy Awards, and earned a Top 10 Music spot on School Library Journal.
Kalantari has appeared on TV shows including Snug's House (formerly Sprout House) on Universal Kids, and has performed at The Levitt Pavilion, Wolf Trap, and Lollapalooza's Kidzapalooza.
Discography
Studio albums
- Pockets Full of Joy (2014)
- Big Things (2016)
- It's the Holidays! (2017)
- All the Sounds (2018)
Singles
- "Balloon" (2016)
- "Fantástica" (2017)
- "My Mommy is a Mummy" (2017)
- "Sounds of Summer" (2018)