All sorts of talented peeps - but on the debut album: 3BPM (Martin Pickett (piano), Paul Jefferies (bass) and Ben Twyford (drums)); plus Nigel Price (guitar) and Barry Green (piano).
Etkilendikleri
Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley Horn, Frank Sinatra, Blossom Dearie, Astrud Gilberto, Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett, Chet Baker, Doris Day, Julie London, Dean Martin, MGM musicals, Glenn Miller, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Joao Gilberto, Stan Getz, Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau, Herbie Hancock, Harry Connick Jr, Liane Carroll, Norma Winstone, Kate McGarry, Diana Krall, Eliane Elias, Kurt Elling, Cassandra Wilson, Rigmor Gustafsson, Lizz Wright, Madeleine Peyroux, Norah Jones, Bebel Gilberto, Luciana Souza, Elis Regina, Nouvelle Vague, Astrud Gilberto, Melody Gardot, Tracy Thorn, Karen Carpenter, Bonnie Raitt, Eddi Reader, Shawn Colvin, John Mayer, Paul Simon, James Taylor and Larry Klein. Among others ;-).
Neye Benziyor?
Hopefully myself. But if you like the vibe created by the likes of Larry Klein, Melody Gardot, Madeleine Peyroux, Cassandra Wilson, Bebel Gilberto and Diana Krall, then you might just like mine, too.
Andrea Mann's self-produced debut album Photograph - for which she arranged all the music, and wrote one track - was released in April 2009 and within weeks had reached number two in HMV Japan's jazz chart, charting alongside the new releases from Diana Krall and Melody Gardot. It also entered Rhapsody.com's jazz charts at number 11; while its original track Yosemite was chosen as Download Of The Day by Allaboutjazz.com.
Andrea's relaxed, smoky vocal style has been compared to that of Diana Krall and Cassandra Wilson. But her repertoire of original songs, material from the Great American Songbook, Brazilian bossa novas, and arrangements of pop songs by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and Coldplay – as heard on Photograph – makes her approach to jazz singing unique as well as accessible and easy on the ears. Based in London, she has been singing professionally for just five years, and performs at jazz venues, private parties and corporate functions all over the country. The places she has played include the Oxford Jazz Festival, 606 Club, Kensington Palace and the Royal Society of Arts; and the five-star G Hotel in Penang, Malaysia.
She also plays piano, and currently has a weekly solo residency in south London, performing pop songs, jazz standards and originals.
Less official bio
Born, educated, moved to London. Decided relatively late in life to give it a go with this here singing malarkey. Realised even later that she should set up a MySpace page.
When not singing or playing, writes and blogs (often in the third person), takes lots of photographs, mainly of the sky (see 'Pics'), and watches The Daily Show. She updates her own news at the 'blog' section of www.andreamann.com, and was recently trying to save the world before breakfast at www.englandforobama.com (here's an explanation why).
Debut album Photograph - featuring the tracks here - released in spring '09 (as they call it in the fashion business). It's packed full of bossa novas and arrangements of ye olde jazze standardes, plus tunes by Coldplay, Macca and Stevie Wonder, and one self-penned number. And it's very mellow, very late-night, and very smoochy. Aural Bailey's, if you will. Only without the hangover-inducing properties.
Hello Andrea, thanks for the add! Your music is absolutely beautiful! You sing and play from the heart and soul, keep it up Best wishes from Germany, Karl
love yr such an amazing photographer. Its a treat to flick through yr 'places' album, what an eye u have 4 accidental banal beauty. U should exhibit in 1 of East dul bars! Toads Mouth in Brockley host photog exhibits aswell xxxxx
