Diana Panton

Diana Panton is a lauded Jazz vocalist and educator with a bent toward delicate, heartfelt readings of standards.

Panton first drew accolades after emerging in Ontario in the early 2000s, and has issued a number of highly regarded albums including 2013’s Juno Award-winning RED and 2015’s children’s jazz album I Believe In Little Things.

Winner of three Juno Awards and three Silver Disc Awards, Diana is a rare talent—an artist whose voice is pure magic.

Panton made her debut in 2005 with the intimate trio album …yesterday perhaps, featuring Thompson and guitarist Reg Schwager. She followed up with 2007’s If the Moon Turns Green, which also included Thompson and earned Panton her first Juno Award nomination for Best Vocal Jazz Album.

She then repeated the feat, earning her second Juno Award nomination for 2009’s Pink, which also featured Thompson and Schwager, as well as trumpeter Guido Basso.

Panton’s 2011 album, To Brazil with Love, found her paying homage to the Brazilian bossa nova tradition and featured appearances from percussionists Maninho Costa and Silas Silva. The following year she delivered the holiday-themed Christmas Kiss.

In 2013 she released Red, a companion album to Pink. The album garnered Panton her first Juno Award win for Best Vocal Jazz Album.

Two years later she released her first-ever children’s album, I Believe in Little Things. Rather than change her sophisticated jazz style, Panton simply found songs with lyrics she deemed appropriate for children. The album debuted at number eight on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. Panton’s second album of children’s music, A Cheerful Little Earful, arrived in 2019.