Stacey Knights - saxophonist, flutist, vocalist and Songwriter Massachusetts born and currently a resident of the Tampa Bay area. Her musical style reflects pop influenced vocals fused with instrumental contemporary jazz. Stacey has written doze [+]Stacey Knights - saxophonist, flutist, vocalist and Songwriter Massachusetts born and currently a resident of the Tampa Bay area. Her musical style reflects pop influenced vocals fused with instrumental contemporary jazz. Stacey has written dozens of tunes and co-written at least as many. She has recorded 5 on her debut CD and 7 more on her second project, While You Dream,released Oct, 2004. Stacey started her professional career in the late 90’s working mainly as a solo musician in the Tampa Bay market. Within three years she decided to take a crack at the NAC market with the release of her debut CD Through the Window. This project caught the attention of a promotions company in LA who then marketed it nationally. She gained airplay and interviews nationally and internationally in over 150 markets. In 2002, Stacey was listed one of the top 50 most requested artists on Washington, DC’s WJZW 105.9FM. Smooth Jazz.com lauded her CD as “Smooth Jazz with attitude!...Knights plays a mean saxophone...She also plays flute AND she sings...Stacey’s debut solo effort is a fun blending of pop and contemporary jazz. We find the project to be a great listen...You want to hit 'Play’ again as soon as the last track finishes”. She has been spotlighted in publication such as Florida Women News magazine and Boss magazine. She has been interviewed on FOX and NBC TV networks in Tampa, Florida, Austin, Texas and Columbus, Ohio. Knights has been interviewed by college and mainstream radio stations across the country. She is pleased to note that 8 of the 10 songs on her first effort have made radio airplay. Three cuts were regularly rotated on the nationally broadcast Music Choice digital radio network. Her music is heard regularly as bumper music in Naples FL on 1610AM and she has given numerous station ID promos for commercial FM stations across the country. Public performances include opening for Richard Elliot, Spyro Gyra, Peter White, Chieli Minucci of Special FX, Down to the Bone, Warren Hill, Nestor Torres, Steve Oliver and new age duos Willie and Lobo and Tingstad and Rumble. She has headlined concerts of her own in Florida, Ohio and Texas. She maintains a monthly newsletter to hundreds of fans and finds the local audiences to be loyal and ex
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