Debbie Joyce

Debbie Joyce

Biography

SYNONYMOUS WITH THE FAMOUS MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL, DEBBIE JOYCE IS A SEASONED JAZZ- ORIENTED VOCALIST.

BORN IN PROVIDENCE, R.I. TO VOCALIST AL JOYCE AND ELIZABETH DIAS, DEBBIE MOVED TO THE MONTEREY PENINSULA AT AN EARLY AGE.

HER GRANDFATHER, PROFESSOR B.L. JOYCE, WAS A WELL KNOWN MUSIC PROFESSOR WHO TAUGHT MANY OF THE JAZZ AND R & B GREATS OF TODAY. HE IS IN THE BAND MASTERS HALL OF FAME. TAUGHT AT SAMUEL HUSTON COLLEGE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS AND TAUGHT SUCH GREATS AS; KENNY DORMAN;