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Diana Jacobs will hit you with a powerful punch of funk... and soothe you with a sweet soul groove. This 2018 AND 2020 SAMMY (Syracuse Area Music) Award winner, is a versatile vocalist, pianist, percussionist, songwriter, and producer. Diana explores her love of many genres through a variety of collaborations. Along with her husband, Mettis Jacobs (bassist/guitarist), Diana founded the Diana Jacobs Band, a high-energy funk, soul, R&B horn band comprised of stellar players from all over CNY. Their all-original album, Good Metticine, earned them the 2018 SAMMY Award for Best R&B Recording. Diana's blues collaboration brings together some of Syracuse's finest blues players to present a unique mix of blues and jazz. She released an album with this project that received the 2020 SAMMY award for Best Blues Recording. This all-original album, What She Needs, also features a performance by Grammy-winning trumpeter/flugelhornist, Randy Brecker! And Diana brings it all down to a low simmer when in more intimate settings with her duo or her jazz trio.