{{Short description|Dutch jazz singer (born 1955)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Laura Fygi | image = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|8|27}} | birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands | genre = Vocal jazz, pop | occupation = Singer | instrument = Vocals | years_active = 1980–present | label = Mercury, Verve | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|www.laurafygi.com}} }}
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'''Laura Fygi''' (born 27 August 1955) is a Dutch jazz singer.
Fygi's father was a Dutch businessman, a director of Philips, and her mother was a belly dancer of Egyptian descent on her father’s side and of Serbian descent on her mother’s side. She was raised in Uruguay, until her father's death in the late 1960s, when she moved back to the Netherlands with her mother. She was then under the care of a French-speaking governess before being adopted by the principal of her school. During the 1980s, she was a member of Centerfold, an all-female Dutch disco band which was popular in Europe and Japan.<ref name="Yanow">{{cite book |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |title=The Jazz Singers |date=2008 |publisher=Backbeat |location=Milwaukee, WI |isbn=978-0-87930-825-4 |page=82}}</ref>
In the early 1990s, she began a solo career and recorded her debut album with Toots Thielemans.<ref name="Salterio">{{cite web|last1=Salterio|first1=Leah C.|title=Laura Fygi: Strictly Dutch treat|url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/30/947953/laura-fygi-strictly-dutch-treat|website=The Philippine Star|accessdate=31 March 2017|date=30 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Ankeny">{{cite web|last1=Ankeny|first1=Jason|title=Laura Fygi|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/laura-fygi-mn0000115333/biography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=31 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://users.rcn.com/jazzinfo/0105/LaurFygi.html|title=Laura Fygi: an abundantly gifted singer worthy of much wider recognition|work=Jazz Now|date=January 2005|first=Mike|last=Hennessey|authorlink=Mike Hennessey|accessdate=23 September 2018}}</ref> During her career, she has worked with Johnny Griffin, Michel Legrand, Clark Terry<ref name="Ankeny" /> and the Pasadena Roof Orchestra and considers Julie London one of her influences.<ref name="Loudon">{{cite web|last1=Loudon|first1=Christopher|title=Laura Fygi: The Best Is Yet to Come - JazzTimes|url=https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/laura-fygi-the-best-is-yet-to-come/|website=JazzTimes|accessdate=31 March 2017|date=9 June 2011}}</ref> She has sung in English, Chinese, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.<ref name="Salterio" />
== Discography == * ''Introducing'' (Mercury, 1991) * ''Bewitched'' (Verve Forecast, 1992) * ''The Lady Wants to Know'' (Verve Forecast, 1994) * ''Turn Out the Lamplight'' (Mercury, 1995) * ''Watch What Happens When Laura Fygi Meets Michel Legrand'' (Philips, 1997) * ''Live'' (Mercury, 1998) * ''Dream Your Dream'' (Mercury, 1998) * ''Laura Fygi's Tunes of Passion'' (Z Music, 1999) * ''The Latin Touch'' (Mercury, 2000) * ''Change'' (Mercury, 2001) * ''Laura Fygi at Ronnie Scott's'' (Verve, 2003) * ''The Christmas Album: The Very Best Time of Year'' (Verve, 2004) * ''Rendez-Vous'' (Universal/Verve, 2007) * ''The Best Is Yet to Come'' (T2/Out of the Blue, 2011) * ''Flower'' (Starsing/Gold Typhoon, 2012) * ''Jazz Love'' (Universal, 2016) * ''Laura Goes East'' (2021)
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.laurafygi.com/ Official site]
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