About Jacqui Sutton
Jacqui Sutton
Jacqui Sutton is a vocalist, librettist and composer who loves jazz and bluegrass and doesn’t want to choose between them. So, she created her own genre called Frontier Jazz (where jazz meets the American frontier). By blending the styles vocally and instrumentally, and sprinkling in other influences as she sees fit, Jacqui created a home base from which to produce her own brand of music.
Music Reviews
Notes from the Frontier marked Jacqui’s arrival as an arranger, garnering high praise.
What Is Frontier Jazz?
Frontier Jazz is where Jazz meets the American frontier. Jazz, bluegrass, some classical, some musical theater, some R&B. It's a sound that may be curious on paper, but makes complete sense once you hear it!
Musical Theater & Libretto Works
During her 2019 residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Jacqui dreamed of writing a musical with operatic sequences, which has only recently found its narrative and musical form. The working title is Turnstiles. Set in 1897 and 2008 Wilmington, North Carolina, Turnstiles became a time-traveling vehicle to re-envision the events leading to the 1898 Race Massacre and to ask: Can Americans escape the predictable cycles of whitelash that come with multiracial progress?