Patti Shaffner

BASED IN NWI, PATTI SHAFFNER IS A HIGHLY PRAISED SINGER/SONGWRITER WHO DELIGHTS AUDIENCES WITH HER ECLECTIC MIX OF JAZZ, FOLK AND THEATRICAL TUNES.

PATTI HAS STUDIED IMPROVISATIONAL SINGING WITH MISTRESS OF IMPROV: RHIANNON AND CONTINUES WRITING SONGS AS SPIRIT MOVES HER WITH AN EAR TOWARD LYRICS THAT HAVE A UNIQUELY UNIVERSAL THEME. SHE PERFORMS SOLO, WITH SONGSISTERS, A FOLK TRIO ALONG WITH AMY DIXON-KOLAR AND SUE FINK. WHEN OPPORTUNITY ARISES SHE ALSO CAN FRONT A JAZZ TRIO.

SHE HAS OPENED FOR THE LEGENDARY MICHAEL SMITH, DAN NAVARRO AND WON NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR HER SONGWRITING, INCLUDING AS THE FIRST PLACE WINNER OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONG CONTEST FOR HER SONG 'BLESSINGS'

THIS YEAR, 2018, SHE WAS FIRST RUNNER UP IN THE ACORN THEATER (OF THREE OAKS, MICHIGAN) SONGWRITING CONTEST.

"Patti Shaffner, who was the first runner-up, shook up the entire theater with her jazz singing style and lyrics. One would only hope to see this type of talent at the Carlyle (or onstage in any venue). Shaffner sang and scatted in her second song, which really brought down the house. All were awed with her diverse artistry, not only in song, but in her grand, slick, professional, uninhibited and natural stage presence." ~ Lawrence Von Ebeler, New Buffalo Times

YOU CAN FIND MORE ABOUT PATTI AT jazzdakini.com AND ON Apple Music and https://www.PattiShaffner.Bandcamp.com