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A classically trained vocalist, Sunny Ozell found her voice performing in New York City clubs in front of the most discerning of audiences. There she honed her sound with elements of jazz, blues, and American roots as part of the city's tight-knit musical community. After over a decade of performing live shows around New York, Ozell has mastered the art of interpreting works by other songwriters, with the ability to dig deep to find the true meaning of a song, perhaps even discovering qualities in them the composer never suspected. Her experience singing blues and jazz, musical forms that demand powerful doses of character and insight from their performers, led to the release of her debut album, 'Take It With Me.' The album is a showcase of her unique vocal talents across a spectrum of pieces by songwriters both legendary and little-known.

Ozell hails from Reno, Nevada, where she spent most of her childhood and grew up living a robust, and rather "western" outdoor life. At the age of four she began studying classical violin and, at 10, classical voice, becoming the only child member of the adult chorus in the Reno Opera Company at the time. By university, other interests surfaced. Studying in Boulder, Colorado, she majored in English literature and sang in blues bands in her spare time throughout college.

During her college days, she also became the singer with what she describes as "a 10-piece Afro-Cuban funk mess," a band modeled somewhat on the jazz-Latin-pop fusions of Groove Collective. They built up a strong live following and made some records, which they sold at gigs, before Ozell decided to break away and eventually made the move to the Big Apple. At first she found the scale and intensity of New York daunting. But it was there that her distinct voice emerged in the blues scene as she performed alongside players she greatly respected.

In New York in 2008, she serendipitously met her now-husband, Sir Patrick Stewart.

Met her husband, actor <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001772/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Patrick Stewart</a>, through a mutual friend in 2008. She wanted to see a show in Brooklyn that Patrick was performing in, but no tickets were available. The show was moving to Broadway, so Patrick gave her his phone number (the only time he&#39;s ever done that) and told her to give him a call. In 2012, they began living together when Patrick purchased a property in Brooklyn&#39;s Park Slope. They married later in 2013.

Married <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001772/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Patrick Stewart</a> in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA, on September 7, 2013.

Studied in Boulder, Colorado, majored in English literature, and sang in blues bands in her spare time throughout college.

Her debut album, &#39;Take It With Me,&#39; to be released on July 31, 2015. The album is a showcase of her unique vocal talents across a spectrum of pieces by songwriters both legendary and little-known. [July 2015].

Sunny Ozell has had two stepchildren, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0829294/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Daniel Stewart</a> and Sophia Stewart, since Sept. 7, 2013.

Moved to New York City in 2004 from Boulder, Colorado.

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