Since then she has performed in most of the major clubs in N.Y.C., including The Blue Note, Sweet Basil, Fat Tuesday’s, The Village Gate, Visiones and The Rainbow Room. She has toured the U.S.A. in concerts and festivals with several major jazz orchestras, including those led by Larry Elgart and Peter Duchin with whom she performed at the White House. She has given concerts celebrating the songs of George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin. Internationally, Ms. Niemack began by singing in Italy at the PISA Jazz Festival in 1982 and has since appeared in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, the Philippines, Rumania, Spain and Poland. Judy is currently performing in jazz clubs, concerts and festivals in Europe and the United States. She now lives in New York City and Berlin, heading the Pop/Jazz vocal department at the Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory as Germany’s first Professor of Vocal Jazz. Some of the musicians she has performed with are: Toots Thielemans, David Byrne, George Benson, James Moody, Lee Konitz, Clark Terry, Dave Brubeck, Lew Tabackin, Warne Marsh, Gary Bartz, Kenny Barron, Billy Higgins, Cedar Walton, Ray Drummond, Joey Baron, Fred Hersch, Billy Hart, Victor Lewis, Kenny Werner, Hein van de Geyn, Jim Mc Neely, Joe Lovano, Adam Nussbaum, Jeanfrançois Prins, Kirk Nurock, Michel Herr, Steve Kuhn, Mark Feldman, Eddie Gomez, Harvie Swartz, Kirk Lightsey and the New York Voices.

Recent performances include: “Jazzkaar” Festival (Estonia), “Jazz sous les Pommiers”, Avignon Jazz Festival, ALBI Jazz, Le Mans, Calvi Jazz Festival, Jazz A Cluny (France); Middleheim Jazz Festival, Concert with Toots Thielemans at the “Botanique” Brussels Jazz Rallye (Belgium); “Save Venice Ball” (Italy); W.D.R. Big Band with Jim Mc Neely, Hessicher Rundfunk Big Band, and RIAS Big Band (Germany); Tour in Japan with Ronnie Mathews, Albert “Tootie” Heath, and Ray Drummond; New York’s Blue Note Jazz Club; Stanford Jazz Festival (USA). Ms. Niemack has written and recorded several of her own compositions (You’ve Taken Things too Far, Wondering, Ice White Blues…), and has written original lyrics to many other musicians’ compositions, becoming an official lyricist for: Pat Metheny (It’s Just Talk), Thelonious Monk (Misterioso), Lee Konitz (Round & Round & Round, Chick Came Around), Bill Evans (Interplay), Clifford Brown (Daahoud), Don Grolnick (Talking To Myself), Mike Stern (Choices), Larry Schneider (Tomato Kiss), Kirk Nurock (Rain, Silence of My Soul, Moving On, Love Finds A Way), Jean-François Prins (New York Stories, Love Will Grow), Steve Slagle (Tudo Muda, Just For Now), Richie Beirach (Leaving), Richie Powell (Time). Judy Niemack is very active in the world of jazz education, and has given master classes around the world in conjunction with her tours. In the U.S.A., she has given workshops and lessons at the New School for Jazz, (N.Y.C.) William Patterson University (N.J.), University of NewYork at Purchase (N.Y.), Long Island University and NewYork City College. She also has taught in Finland : Sibelius Academy of Music, Poland: Summer Vocal Jazz Camp, Belgium: Dworp Summer Jazz Workshop, Royal Conservatory Antwerpen, Germany : Berlin Hochschule Der Kunste, Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Bujazz-O Big Band Workshop, Munich PrinzregentenTheater, Inzighoven Vocal Jazz, Holland: Conservatories in Den Haag, Rotterdam, Hilversum and Arnhem, Denmark: Copenhagen Rhythmic Conservatory, AARHUS Jazz Program, Italy: Pisa Jazz Vocal Workshop, Spain: ESMUC Music Conservatory-Barcelona, Musikene Music Conservatory-San Sebastian. From September 1993 until June 1995, she was on the Jazz Faculty at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, Belgium, and a Guest Professor at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Holland. From September 1994 until June 1996, she was Professor of Vocal Jazz at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Belgium. In Oct. 1995, she became the first Vocal Jazz Professor in Germany, leading the Vocal Dept. of the Jazz and Popular Dept. of the Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory in Berlin. Every summer since 1990, she has been on the faculty of the Janice Borla Vocal Jazz Camp in Chicago, Illinois. Sept. 2003-present: Professor of Vocal Jazz, Musikene Conservatory, San Sebastian, Spain. Press quotes: “A jazz singer with a perfectly glorious voice!” Bob Harrington, New York Post. “She combines the best of both worlds; a cabaret singer’s respect for the melody as written and a jazz singer’s eagerness to have a go at it.” Francis Davis, Village Voice. “...she is a most accomplished singer, displaying a relaxed, assured delivery; impeccable diction; dead-sure pitch; an inviting, slightly moist timbre; skill at scatting and melodic improvisation; and ability to communicate the message of the lyric.” Tex Wyndham, West Coast Rag. “...a musician’s musician. Her creative odyssey provides a fascinating illustration of the high road to mastery that transcends the limitation of genre...” K. Leander Williams, Down Beat. “This lady can really sing!” Norman Simmons, pianist for Joe Williams. “Good jazz singers bring their own special construction to each tune they sing. To this they add the skill of improvisation without destroying the meaning of the lyrics and, above all else, they sing in tune; OK, meet Judy Niemack – jazz singer!” Barry McRae, Jazz Journal. “Vocalist Judy Niemack never veers from her path as she leads you through an ethereal labyrinth, exploring dark harmonies, classically-tinged jazz melodies and shifting rhythms...Her dynamically delivered three –octave vocals soar above superb accompaniment...” Nancy Ann Lee, JazzTimes “…one of the most versatile and provocative singers...with a keen jazz sensitivity.”

Source: Text from the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment.