The Ballad of Hannah Gill

I first noticed Hannah Gill in a fundraising video she made with Glenn Crytzer in support of his double disc release of originals and swing classics "Ain't It Grand". Her classic voice is dramatic enough to captivate even accompanying only Glenn's guitar in a small room. Always on the look out for young artists to highlight I sought out more. It proves how out of the loop I am that by that time in 2018 she was already known to millions for a viral performance with Postmodern Jukebox singing Gnarles Barkley's pop single "Crazy". The trajectory of her career is a glimpse at the new world working artists find themselves in. At 21 her rise has been both meteoric and diligent. She might be found one night sitting in with a quartet before a small trad jazz loving crowd at The Ear Inn, the next night with Vince Giordano or Glenn Crytzer's full bands and a couple of days later at the Sydney Opera House with PMJ, a star of their theatrical productions of Billboard hits given jazz arrangements. After graduating from high school in 2015 Hannah Gill moved to New York to spend a year trying to make it as a musician before committing to college. She told me all the "responsible people" in her life kept telling her "why don't you just go to school and become a music teacher?" She left that door open, but never needed to go through it, her career took off almost immediately. In New York she