Elisabeth's musical travels began in the Netherlands, where she was born and raised. As a child, she was surrounded by art and music: her father played the accordion, and her mother had a passion for the arts. At twelve, Elisabeth received her first guitar and began writing songs inspired by the great American songwriters of the seventies. 
        The enticing songs by bands such as The Eagles, The Doors, and Crosby, Stills, and Nash, provided the spark that unbridled her fantasies about traveling to America with a guitar slung over her shoulder. At eighteen, her dream came true when her parents bought her an airplane ticket to the US as a high school graduation gift. She went back and forth between Europe and the US for two years and traveled from Alaska to the Southwest, ultimately spending almost a year and a half in Prescott, AZ, where she developed her art and songwriting. 
       

          Elisabeth has always been divided between her two great passions: visual art and music. Upon her return to Europe, she initially made a living as a freelance illustrator for book publishers and advertising agencies in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Italy. In 1982, she moved to Italy, and in 1992, she made a radical career change and began performing internationally as a vocalist at luxury resorts. In 2002, after ten years of touring Europe and the Middle East, she took a sabbatical year to dedicate herself to visual art and to compose new music. During that year, she wrote the songs for her debut album, So Cool, and formed a band to bring her own compositions and jazz standards. 
     

        After quickly making a name for herself on the Italian live jazz scene, she performed at music clubs, concert halls, and festivals across the country, backed by some of the most prominent Italian jazz musicians (Fabrizio Bosso, Lino Brotto, Federico Malaman, Stefano Paolini, Paolo Ghetti, Bruno Cesselli, Mattia Martorano, Massimo Manzi, Mauro Beggio, Edu Hebling, etc.). In 2004, she participated in the finals of the Dutch Jazz Competition with virtuoso jazz guitarist Lino Brotto.           

        In 2006 her album, So Cool, was released under the Italian label MpRecords and was widely acclaimed by critics. During that same year, she was asked by Brotto to perform as a guest vocalist on his live album, Zooga Jazz 2, on which she sang “The Nearness of You” and two of her originals, “Montezuma Street” and “If It’s True (What They Say About Me),” with Fabrizio Bosso on trumpet and Robert Bonisolo on tenor sax. 
She also collaborated with the Nu-Jazz formation “Aaron Tesser and the New Jazz Affair” on two of their albums, Children and Lookin’ Ahead, as a composer/lyricist and a vocalist. Bass player and composer Federico Malaman featured her song “You’ll Do Alright” on his album  Enjoy with Me, and she wrote the lyrics for his singles “Erratic” and “Don’t Call It a Miracle.”             

        In 2008, the Vicenza  Accademia Musicale proposed a recording of Elisabeth’s new compositions to be arranged for string orchestra and jazz quartet. The City of Schio (Vicenza, Italy) sponsored the project. The album Preface to a Dream was recorded live at a music hall and released by the Accademia Musicale in 2009. In 2012 it was re-released under the Roman label Terresommerse.  
In 2016 Elisabeth released her third solo album of originals, Lookin' in from the Outside, in December 2016. The album was recorded at the Imputlevel Studio in Treviso, Italy, and mixed and mastered at Mighty Fine Productions, Denver, CO. Lineup: Elisabeth Geel: vocals, guitar, Mattia Martorano: violin, Bruno Cesselli: piano, Alessandro Turchet: bass.
        

        Her fourth solo album, A Monument to Madness, was released on December 3rd, 2021. Vocals, guitars, and digital instruments were recorded at her home studio, “Bird in Yard with Eye.” All songs were arranged by Elisabeth. Federico Malaman joined on bass, and Fred Hayes joined on drums. 
 

Elisabeth Geel plays Alhambra and Roberto Canova guitars. 
 

Elisabeth currently lives and works in Tucson, AZ.