Elly Hoyt

Elly Hoyt is the 2008 Winner of the prestigious Generations in jazz vocal scholarship judged by James Morrison. Throughout her music career Elly has played alongside some of the nation’s best Jazz artists including Phil stack, James Morrison, James Muller, Sam Anning, Matt McMahon, Tim Firth, John Hoffman, James Sherlock, John Morrison, Don Burrows, Steve Newcomb and internationally acclaimed Jim Pugh and Chris McNulty to name a few. She has performed at the Magnetic Island Jazz Festival (QLD), Broadbeach Blends of Jazz Festival (QLD), Generations in Jazz (S.A), Rockhampton Big River Jazz Festival (QLD), Thredbo Jazz Festival (NSW), Shanghai World Expo (China) and Devonport Jazz Festival (TAS).

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James Morrison:  "From the moment I first heard Elly sing, I knew she had that classic, indefinable thing that makes one a jazz singer. It's not just a sound, or a choice of notes but a way of approaching a song that lets the listener know - this is the real thing".

John Hoffman:  “She is a brilliant young musician who is already singing like someone beyond her years... I feel that Elly has a very sensitive spirit - an artistic sensitivity that not everyone has. It’s rare.” 

The Australian: “Elly Hoyt has a standard issue Australian accent, except when she sings. Then she sounds as if she belongs in a jazz bar in Manhattan.”  Stephen Matchett

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