"Bluesy mastery of 3 1/2 octaves...not to be missed."
- San Diego Citybeat Magazine
"Diana Krall step aside!"
- Radio 887 Santa Rosa
"A world class voice."
- JazzReview.com
"Captures [the tune] in a really beautiful way."
- Dirk Sutro, LA times, NPR the Lounge host
Critics pick
- San Diego Union Tribune
- San Francisco Guardian
- San Francisco Weekly
- San Diego Citybeat
"Terrific Singer", "Creme de la Creme...
[one of the] "USA and world best."
- Maximillien de Lafayette in his book "Entertainment Divas, Cabaret, Jazz Then and Now: Including World's Who's Who of the Greatest Female Singers of All Time."
Eleonor was born in California but lived alternately in Washington State where her family was
involved in agriculture and San Diego CA. She learned singing technique from a French Horn player
at first, Dr. Rosemary Knudsen, who later sent her to study the Henderson Technique with Lynne Henderson
and vocal technique with renown soprano Pauline Tweed.
She now performs jazz throughout California and trains singers which is and has always been
one of her preferred areas of study. Eleonor has studied vocal jazz with Michele Weir (author of
Jazz Singer's Handbook and Vocal Improvisation) and piano with Shep Meyers (Ella Fitzgerald,
Anita O'Day, Johnny Carson, Julie London, and other notable singers). She resides in San Diego
and San Francisco where she maintains a teaching studio in addition to her studio in LA. Eleonor
performs throughout the state with some of Claifornia's best jazz players. She was recently named
one of the world's best jazz voices by French Jazz writer and publisher Maximillien de Lafayette in
his encylcopedic new book "Entertainment Divas, Cabaret, Jazz Then and Now: Including World's Who's Who of the Greatest Female Singers of All Time."
For information on Eleonor's teaching style, please visit the
TECHNIQUE section.