Harms was born and raised in Minnesota. She has since moved to New York City. Harms made her debut at a jazz club in The Bar Next Door in the Village in 2010. She is a frequent performer at top venues such as Birdland and Kitano, Zinc Bars, Smalls Jazz Clubs, Cornelia St. Café, Rockwood Music Halls, Vivaldi’s, The Lamb’s Club, and others. She was a performer at the Sortland Jazz Festival 2010 in Norway. She has also toured Italy every year between 2011 and 2013. She performs in two duets on Wycliffe Gordon’s CD, “Hello Pops”, and has performed at the Sortland Jazz Festival in Norway in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Nancy was part of the Jeremy Siskiind trio, which she often tours with, and recorded “Finger-Songwriter” in 2012. Nancy was a regular contributor to the 65-part public radio series, “Certain Standards”, in 2010-11. www.dakotacooks.com
