Maria Eva Jacobs
Photo Credit: Sylven Lamar
Maria Eva Jacobs...
is an American author, national Christian / Jazz recording and voice over artist, born of Syrian Lebanese and Armenian descent. She is a licensed music educator and the professor of vocal jazz at Kent State University. Her debut book, entitled "Tell Them About Me: A Journey Through Bipolar Disorder and the Faith Walk Into Remission," is a captivating, Christian testimony that reveals in detail her triumph over Bipolar Disorder, her life with Alopecia and what appeared for years to be insurmountable odds, odds she overcame through the Grace and Mercy of Jesus Christ. He is the "Me,"
and hers is a resurrection story of hope and faith.
"I guess you could say I've had it rougher than some, not as rough as others. What I know for certain however, is that God never left my side, and I am grateful for every hardship that drew me closer to Christ" --- Maria Jacobs
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BIG NEWS: The audio book will be released in just underTWO MONTHS! Look for it in May
"Whether making high notes sound effortless, displaying quiet passion, or cutting loose like the best Broadway singer, Maria Jacobs is quite impressive."
--Scott Yanow, Jazz Journalist, Historian and Author
"Maria Jacobs, a Jazz-driven singer, brings musicality, persuasive story-telling skills and a warm, supple voice to her intimate readings of the Great American Songbook and to the Metropolitan Room, NY."
--- Don Heckman, Columnist (iRom) International Review of Music
"...Throughout Perfect is your Will, Maria Jacobs engages in first class ballad singing, giving the lyrics the optimal amount of passion and restraint. Her sincerity, musicianship, and skill at writing songs (one could easily imagine “I Believe,” “Tell Them About Me,” and “Rejoice Always” catching on) along with her impressive singing (check out her beautiful final note on “My God Is Here”) surely makes this release one of the top contemporary Christian music collections of recent times."
----- Scott Yanow, Jazz Journalist, Historian and Author
(Full Review on Chrisian album page)
Street date, May 16th, 2025!!! Check back to listen
Maria's ninth album, "Back at the Bop Stop was accepted for Grammy review in the highly coveted Best Jazz Vocal Album Category for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards ® in 2024. Though not nominated, it was still great cause for celebration.
"Maria Jacobs is a powerful singer with a strong voice and a very expressive style.
While she has had a wide-ranging career that includes singing a wide-variety of genres, Back at the Bop Stop (the follow up to her previous Bootleggin' at the Bop Stop), has her back at her roots, singing swingin' Jazz."
--- Scott Yanow, Jazz Journalist, Historian and Author
"She soars. She swings. She scat-sings. Captured in live performance, Maria Jacobs showcases her jazz skills, zooms to the upper range of her supple voice with gymnastic flair, elongates and decorates the vocal lines, getting sultry and steamy as she manipulates the music.
She seems to luxuriate in it. Back at The Bop Stop, recorded live (with a couple of bonus tracks done in a studio to total a playing time of a full hour), impresses, ...But, when it comes to songs one has heard aplenty, there's plenty of focus that can bear the share as we enjoy the "wow" factor of technique."
--- Rob Lester, Talkin' Broadway
"Maria Jacobs has grown a great deal since her Los Angeles period, and Back at the Bop Stop (live), is arguably her most rewarding recording so far."
----- Scott Yanow, Jazz Journalist, Historian and Author
The Maria Jacobs Quartet was nominated in the Best Jazz Band Category for the third annual Cleveland Music Awards in 2024
This is a live video montage of a few performances at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, which became part of album eight and nine: "Bootleggin' at the Bop Stop" and
"Back at the Bop Stop." The Latter was accepted for Grammy review in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards ® in 2024
"The Shepherd, The Sheep and the Lamb"
This is the video Maria created for her original Christian Christmas composition, written in 2020
Piano and arrangement, Maria Jacobs
Recorded with John Guggenheim at C-Town Sound