Kristin Berardi, who originates from Koumala, Queensland, is an Australian jazz singer. Her album with the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, Kristin Berardi Meets the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, was nominated for Best Jazz Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2011.

She won the International Vocal Competition of the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2006.

Berardi's version of "Strangers in the Night" was used as background music in a television advertisement for Audi automobiles in 2020.

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
Kristin Berardi & James Sherlock (with James Sherlock)Released: 2006 Label: Pinnacles Music (PM0306) Format: CD, digital download
The Kristin Berardi Band (as The Kristin Berardi Band)Released: 2008 Label: Jazzhead (HEAD093) Format: CD, digital download
If You Were There (with James Sherlock)Released: 2009 Label: Format: CD, digital download
Kristin Berardi Meets the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra (with the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra)Released: 2011 Label: Jazzhead (HEAD 141) Format: CD, digital download
Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out (with James Sherlock)Released: February 2014 Label: Format: CD, digital download
Where or WhenReleased: 2 October 2015 Label: ABC Jazz (475 9263) Format: CD, digital download
Hope in My Pocket (with Sean Foran & Rafael Karlen)Released: 2 October 2015 Label: Format: CD, digital download
Just As You Are (as The Kristin Berardi Band)Released: March 2016 Label: Format: CD, digital download
Our Songs, Not Songs (with Sam Anning)Released: September 2019 Label: Earshift Music Format: CD, digital download
Haven (with Sean Foran & Rafael Karlen featuring Pascal Schumacher)Released: November 2020 Label: Earshift Music (EAR029) Format: CD, digital download

Albums (as featured artist)

TitleDetails
Swallows & Swans (As Florian Ross Quintet featuring Kristin Berardi)Released: 2018 Label: Toy Piano Records (TPR 201801) Format: CD, digital download

Awards

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2011Kristin Berardi Meets the Jazzgroove Mothership OrchestraBest Jazz AlbumNominated

Queensland Music Awards

The Queensland Music Awards (previously known as Q Song Awards) are annual awards celebrating Queensland, Australia's brightest emerging artists and established legends. They commenced in 2006.

YearNominee / workAwardResult (wins only)
2016"Hope in My Pocket" (with Sean Foran & Rafael Karlen)Jazz AwardWon
2021"Falling" (with Danny Widdicombe and Trichotomy)Jazz AwardWon

External links

  • , entry on JazzHead
  • , entry with the Australian Jazz Agency