American baritone Jubilant Sykes handed away on December 8 on the age of 71. He was the sufferer of an obvious home murder.
A classically skilled, Grammy-nominated vocalist, Sykes drew on gospel, jazz and folks influences. He collaborated with a wide selection of artists together with: Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Josh Groban, and Brian Wilson, and appeared on “such numerous levels because the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Corridor, Kennedy Middle, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Enviornment di Verona in Italy, London’s Barbican Middle to the New Orleans Jazz Competition, the Apollo Theater and Hollywood Bowl. I’ve vivid reminiscences of performing with Sykes when he appeared with the Richmond Symphony many seasons in the past.
Listed below are excerpts from his discography:
Copland: Zion’s Partitions, On the River (Outdated American Songs)
Bernstein: Mass, Hymn and Psalm: “A Easy Tune”
Bruce Springsteen: If I Ought to Fall Behind
Recordings
Featured Picture: {photograph} by Matthew Gush
