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"Quite frankly , Lady Bianca is the artist most suited to carry on the vocal and piano legacy of Ms. Aretha Franklin!"                 

Andre Jonson, Warner Bros Recording Artist & Producer

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Lady Bianca is a Gospel and R&B vocalist/pianist, artist, and producer with roots in Kansas City, MO.  Raised by a father who taught her Texas Blues piano as a child, Bianca's formal training began at age nine with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  Her exceptional talent garnered her a full four year scholarship and she went on to study music theory, composition, and received her operatic vocal and piano training.  Bianca's first paying gig was at the age of seventeen with Quinn Harris & The Masterminds and it was Harris who bestowed the title of Lady on Bianca as she was “so pure and conservative”.  Since then, Lady Bianca has evolved into an icon in the San Francisco Bay Area and is widely known as the “Queen of the Blues and Gospel”.  With her partner, Stanley Lippitt, she has amassed a catalog of over 300 songs, and has produced, arranged and recorded 9 albums, including her recent release, “Lady Bianca Sings: Hold on a Little While Longer and Gonna Have A Mighty Good Time (2020), via her own label, Magic-O Records  - Home of the Mighty Oakland Sound.

Lady Bianca has toured the country with her trio and was a featured solo vocalist and pianist in the International Boogie-Woogie Festival in Lugano, Switzerland.  In 2015, Lady Bianca represented the Golden Gate Blues Society in Memphis as a contestant in the International Blues Challenge, competing in the solo/duo category.  In 2017, Lady Bianca sang Oh, Freedom in the Roots Award-winning documentary Gina’s Journey: The Search for William Grimes and was the featured narrative voice in the Oakland-based documentary Evolution of the Blues.   Lady Bianca has also sailed the Caribbean seas on the legendary Blues Cruise as a featured performer in the Mitch Woods Billboard Lounge aboard ship.   

She has performed, recorded and toured the world with Frank Zappa, Sly Stone, Van Morrison, John Lee Hooker and Hall of Fame legends Bobby Bland, Willie Dixon, Etta James, Curtis Mayfield, Koko Taylor, Joe Louis Walker and dozens more as a featured opening act, vocal arranger and record producer.  Lady Bianca continues to record, produce and release amazing music. Her music can be heard on Spotify, Pandora and iHeartRadio, as well as on local radio stations such as KPFA, KPOO and KCSM.  

Follow Lady Bianca at ladybiancabandzoogle.com for more music and upcoming shows.

Film

2017 Evolutionary Blues…West Oakland's Music Legacy

2017 Gina’s Journey: The Search for William Grimes

1988 Classic Rhythm and Blues Vol.2 

1984 Survivors: The Blues Today 

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Press 

2022 Lady Bianca Interview with Byrd of Paradise, Radio KZSU - Stanford University 

2020 Rock and Blues International, Lady Bianca Releases New Gospel EP, September 2020  

2019 Blues Blast Magazine, Issue 13 Cover Feature - Lady Bianca: A Steady Climb, 23 August 2019 

2015 Blues Blast Magazine, Hyde and Seek Album Review, 5 June 2015 

2015 Blues Blast Magazine,  Real People Music Album Review, 20 February 2015 

2012 Blues Blast Magazine, Featured Blues Interview - Lady Bianca, 31 May 2012  

1989 Gap, Inc. and San Francisco Black & White Ball, Print. Annie Leibovitz

2025  Luccas Bar and Grill, Tribute to  Guitarist Freddy Stone ( Brother of Sly Stone)

2026 Sweet Relief Musicians Fund  at the Masonic Temple for Taj Mahal

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Awards & Recognition 

2023 The 1st Annual Ovation Award Recipient, The Golden Gate Blues Society 

2009 Queen of The Blues, KPOO 89.5 FM 

2002 Daddy Blues Was a Witness, Grammy Nomination, Blues  

2002 Little Drop of Water, Grammy Nomination, R&B  

2002 Key To The City, Oakland, CA  

2002 Best R&B Female Vocalist of the Year, Oakland Blues Society Awards 

2002 Best Dressed Female Vocalist, Oakland Blues Society Awards 

1989, 1990 & 1991 Female Vocalist of the Year, Jay Payton Show