Victor Cager
"Music has been the thing that I keep coming back to - a constant in my life," says Victor Cager, Dallas jazz vocalist. Jazz fans that have heard Victor's rich baritone voice would agree that he is indeed back.
Victor's life gives true meaning to the words of the spiritual that says: "I wouldn't give anything for my journey now". The emotion you glimpse in his singing hints at the many life experiences, both joyful and sorrowful, that have brought him to this point and time.
"My dad was a master barber and an amatuer saxophonist who played stock arrangements in his barbershop on Sunday afternoons. I remember him playing Stardust like it was yesterday," says the singer. Red King, a legendary Dallas pianist who is Victor's uncle, also was an early influence. Victor continued the family musical tradition by taking up the tenor saxophone and becoming a saxophone prodigy during his school years. Cager continued to perform in various venues as a saxophonist throughout his school and Navy career.
The death of the singer's beloved parents in the mid eighties marked the end of Victor's career as a saxophonist and the beginning of a dark period that included periods of homelessness. "I lost all hope," says the singer, but even in this dark time, I had a song in my heart. Singing became the new vehicle for Victor's talents. The singer took the live recordings of Billy Eckstine as the basis for his singing style. The artist's repertoire is firmly rooted in jazz, standards, and the blues.
Now the sounds of everyday life provide the inspiration for Victor's singing. "I ride the train and I love the sounds of everyday life; the architecture - the traffic - the people - they all speak to you and provide a vibe - if you listen," says Cager. "My music is practical music that reflects everyday life and doesn't require a degree to understand."
Victor cager has been the subject of articles in the newspaper, Endless Choices, and has been a featured guest on KNTU "In Focus" and the Roger Boykin radio program, Just Jazz, on KKDA. Public performances include appearences on the Dallas Museum of Art's "Jazz in the Atrium" series and club appearences at Sambuca's, The Crescent Hotel as well as other Dallas area venues.
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