Biography
Like most good New Orleans bands, their songlist spans 3 centuries and much of the American Songbook.
What is different about The Pfister Sisters is that they do it in rhythm and harmony.
They are a female jazz vocal trio, pitched low, presenting the best of New Orleans' music, past and present, to the world along with their own original tunes.
The Pfister Sisters are Holley Bendtsen, Yvette Voelker, and Debbie Davis, along with Amasa Miller on piano. In 2009, they celebrate their 30th year presenting New Orleans’ indigenous jazz vocal harmony to the world!
They've shared stages with Vet Boswell (of the Boswell Sisters), Maxene Andrews (of the Andrews Sisters), The Neville Brothers, Charmaine Neville, Kermit Ruffins, Ernie-K-Doe, Frankie Ford, Dr. John, Banu Gibson, Leigh "Lil’ Queenie" Harris, Marcia Ball, Henry Butler, Linda Rondstadt, Jimmy Buffet, Judith Owen, Harry Shearer, The Dukes of Dixieland, Luther Kent, and most recently, the renowned classical a capella mens' choir from San Francisco, Chanticleer.
Summer of 2008, The Pfister Sisters performed at the Ascona Jazz Festival in Switzerland and Italy from June 27th to July 6th, followed by a month long engagement from July 18 to August 17, at the Bar-jeder Vernunft Cabaret Theater, foremost musical cabaret venue in Berlin, Germany. December 9, 2008, they played at the ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards at Jazz at Lincoln Center. They played a 12 concert tour of Germany in January, 2009.
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