Are you a musician who has performed at Smalls or Mezzrow in the past and doesn’t have an artist account then please contact us directly at musician@smallslive.com.
The SmallsLIVE Foundation for Jazz Art & Education is a not-for-profit arts organization.
Our mission is to subsidize the operation of our venues, recording projects, tours and educational initiatives.
During this Covid-19 pandemic our mission is to keep the clubs floating until business can be restored.
We will also sponsor live-streamed concerts from the club that will keep the musicians working during this period.
We will also be offering emergency aid for Jazz musicians in need due to this calamity.
Archive
The SmallsLIVE Archive is an audio/video library of all the shows at Smalls & Mezzrow.
Royalties are paid directly to the musicians by The SmallsLIVE Foundation.
Members sponsor their favorite musicians by listening to their music.
Live Stream
Smalls Jazz Club has been a pioneer in live streaming and began streaming shows live from the venue in 2007.
There is no cost to watch our live streams. During normal operating times the entire evening is streamed.
During this Covid-19 pandemic period there will be special live concerts scheduled in advance.
SmallsLIVE Catalog
The SmallsLIVE Catalog is a collection of individually produced artist projects.
SmallsLIVE Members may sponsor artists of their choice and receive their music as downloads or CDs.
Sponsorships directly support the artist.
Ellen Weiss
Vocalist
Recently Added
05/19/2012
Smalls
The Joel Fass Sextet
Upcoming Shows
Ellen Weiss is an entertainer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and teacher with a passion for emotional authenticity in the many forms that it can be manifested. Her strong lyrical voice is at home with many styles of music from the great jazz standards to musical theatre to folk, pop and blues.Whether composed on piano or guitar, her music is deeply personal and expressive always originating from a drive to discover personal truths that can have universal recognition. But Ellen would never want to put aside the need to have pure pleasure and fun in the musical experience. Musical theatre was the first great artistic/musical inspiration in Ellen’s life. Her style of performance reflects this, and many of her songs teasingly or directly hint at it.A song like “Baby I Came to Play” has a sexy flirty bossanova rhythm, while “I’m A Dancer” is a straight ahead jazz progression with a theatrical flair. She can write a blues swing tune that seems to come straight out of the 1920’s, or a straight blues that definitely has the Delta in mind. Many people think the blues is her voice’s most close fit. But Ellen likes to sing a sexy low tone and go right on to a sweet strong high note right on it’s heels.“The human voice has the potential to dynamically express the myriad aspects of human emotion and experience” that is her goal in her vocal performance. Ellen’s passion is to create a palpable energy shift in the room, to create a space that can stir the sometimes untapped ocean, of emotions that many people have vague, beckoning dreams of swimming in.Her first cd is now in the works and will feature the highly anticipated song “Beautiful Trees” a soaring hypnotic folk/pop ballad that will take you on a blissful spiritual journey. “Her music will take you down many roads and whichever one you choose it will be a path that leads to the heart.”