
Valerie Swift Bird
Singer Actress
Dancer Writer
Featured Music
BIOGRAPHY
Valerie Swift Bird Is A Singer, Actress, Dancer And Writer. She Has Performed With Aretha Franklin And Opened For The Pointer Sisters, Al Green, Bill Withers And Sister Sledge To Name A Few. Her First Broadway Show Was At The Roseland Ballroom With The Duke Ellington Band Conducted By Mercer Ellington.
Born In Boston Valerie Was A Member Of The Marla Blakey Dance Company Which Launched Her Career. While In New York She Was Cast On The Popular Soap Opera The Guiding Light, Played Curley's Wife In Of Mice And Men And Elaine In Last Of The Red Hot Lovers. She Played Cassie In A Chorus Line, Anybodies & Anita In The International Tour Of West Side Story.
In Las Vegas She Headlined At The Sands Hotel In The Show Top Secret. For The Opening Of The Renowned Crystal Room Theater In Tokyo, Valerie Had A NightClub Act Developed Around Her. Upon Moving To L.A. She Was Immediately Cast In Sam Shepherd's 'action' At The Court Theater, John Ford Noonan's 'my Daddy's American Gift' At A The Tiffany Theater, And Woody Allen's 'central Park West' At The St. Genesius Theatre, Just To Name A Few.
Reviewing The Independent Feature Hollywood The La Times Kevin Thomas Said " The Prestigious, Imperious Violet Boudreaux Is Played By A Vivid, Shrewd Valerie Swift Bird." Director Rick Rose Said "The Scene-Stealing Part Of Larger Than Life Acting Guru, Violet Boudreaux Was Written With Valerie In Mind. I Knew What She Was Capable Of And She Was Definitely My Muse For The Character Of Violet." Hollywood Premiered At Laemmle's Sunset 5 And Was Accepted Into The Palm Beach International Film Festival.
Valerie Attended The Cabaret Conference At Yale University Which Inspired The Writing Of Her First Cabaret Act. Sister Moon Debuted At The Gardenia Room Supper Club And Then Moved To Sheila E's 'e Spot Lounge' To Sold Out Audiences And Rave Reviews. Cabaret Scenes Magazine Said "A Dancer Dances, But If The Dancer Is Valerie Swift Bird, She Also Sings And Bubbles And Keeps And Audience Thoroughly Entertained."
With Broadway, Pop, Rock And Blues Solidly In Her Wheelhouse, She's Been Moving More Into Jazz For The Past Few Years, With Multiple Performances At The Catalina Jazz Club, Edgemar Theater Jazz Series, Julie Kelly's Jazz Concerts And The Gardenia Supper Club. Currently In The Works Is A New Show, One Thing Leads To Another And An Ep, 'my Eclectic Heart'.
VIDEOS
The E Spot Lounge, Studio City, CA
Talk to Me Baby
Lush Life
The E Spot Lounge, Studio City, CA
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
Vitello’s Studio City, CA
No Moon at All
Jazz on the Hill, Studio City, CA

PERFORMANCES:
Catalina Jazz Club - Claude Hall 'Friends Jazz & Blues Carousel'
Edge At Center For The Arts - The Edgemar Follies
Catalina Jazz Club - The Jazz Jam
Concert Series - Julie Kelly's "Jazz On The Hill'
Miles Theatre - Fireside Concert Series
G Spot Lounge - Julie Kelly's Jazz Brunch
The Espot Lounge - The Corner Of Jazz & Cabaret
The Espot Lounge - Sister Moon
The Gardenia - Sister Moon
360 Rodeo Jazz Club - Jazz Set
Arthur Newman Theater - Sister Moon
G Spot Lounge - Jazz In The Afternoon
Vitello's - Jazz Brunch
Yale - Iseman Theatre Summer Series
Yale - International Cabaret Conference
Perry Mansfield Performing Arts Center - Art Of Cabaret Concert
Jazz On The Hill - Julie Kelly's Jazz Series
Kulak’s - Holiday Show
Noho London Music Hall - The Story Of Florie Forde
Century City Playhouse - The Music Biz
Gardenia Room - Perfecting Your Performance
Jazz Bakery - Judy Wolman's Tribute To Ray Evans
Jazz Bakery - Judy Wolman's Afternoon Of Cole Porter Duets
The Gardenia - Cabaret Workshop Performance
Pacific Palisades Theater - Variety And Song
Theater 40 - An Evening Of Cabaret
Crystal Room Theater - Tokyo Review
Booking Information
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