Mercedes Nicole Jazz & Blues Singer

I enjoy people and it shows. I will engage, playfully ask questions that make people smile, but never too personal and never offensive. I keep language clean so my shows are suitable for all audiences. I'll sing songs from the Great. American Songbook as well as tried Originals. Depending on the need, I can play songs from great R &B, Blues, and an entire repertoire of danceable music.
Usually the band and I will take a break every 45 minute set, or as specially agree upon.

People at every show come up and let me know how much they enjoyed themselves. I will take pictures and sign CD's or whatever special segment, "Like Singing Happy Birthday or Happy 'Anniversary" to a special couple or person I and the band will accommodate.

Soft –spoken Mercedes Nicole has an intimate and electric stage presence that reaches out beyond the limits of time and space. Blues is in her blood! Her roots are from Bigelow Arkansas, and music runs in her family. Her Uncle was the founding member of the Seattle Songbirds that sang gospel with Blues overtones for over 40 years in Seattle Washington. She has that kind of voice that demands attention, not because of volume, but because of resonance. Her voice wraps itself like a comforter around the human experience, encouraging uplift, seeking not only triumph but healing. Mercedes is that exquisite mix of a mezzo soprano and contralto that permeates and interrupts one's thoughts, often with uncanny control...she lingers.

She first débuted her talent for singing Blues at the Westport Blues Festival, where she got warm nod, and a bear hug from B.B. King’s daughter, Claudette King that afternoon. Mercedes has been in local Blues scenes all over Western Washington. Mercedes performance bio includes Demetrio’s Jazz Alley, The Triple Door, Seattle Art Museum, Shoreline, Earshot and Vashon Arts Festival, Seattle Center house, the Confluence Music Festival, and tons of music reviews.

Her 2020 CD “Constellation” earned her the cover of in August Blues Letter of the WA Blues Society and number 12 on the Roots Chart. Why haven’t you heard of her before you ask? It’s because Mercedes’s been focused on singing Jazz for the last ten years, trying to win the approval of her church going critics, but it’s come to the point that the love of blues was bubbling over in her veins, and she just couldn’t hold back any longer.

This year 2022, Mercedes’s music has been aired all over the world: France, Brazil, Hawaii, United Kingdom, South Africa, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, and of course nationally, including Hawaii, East and West Coasts.

Mercedes humanly connects to the message birthed in each song, transparently sharing her joy as well as her pain. She loves aligning with the message and deep meaning behind lyrics embracing the tension and rhythms of life that gives magic to each song. Come on out and enjoy her, you’ll be glad you did!

Depends on the venue:
Lighting
Monitors
Microphones
Plug in's for guitar and bass.