Diana Panton

Canada's 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. A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Panton grew up listening to classical music and was first introduced to jazz when her father played her an Ella Fitzgerald album. Along with singing, she studied clarinet and violin in high school. It w...