I love Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Bernadette Peters, Patti Lupone, and the incomparable Eva Cassidy. As much as I love and admire them, and many others, I must interpret music as myself, solely.
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"For people who connect with Weill, this new celebration of his work by cabaret singer Anne Kerry Ford should be bliss. Ford offers 15 Weill songs, mostly from his later years in America, and delivers them with warmth, depth and just a twinkle of humor that helps brighten Weill’s imposing intellectuality...Ford’s voice is perfect for the material, with a wide tonal and emotional range and just enough dramatic warble to push the songs, but enough restraint to keep them form falling overboard. Weill’s fans have cause to rejoice over this CD that packs some new punch into old songs... She delivers a heartfelt performance, so meticulous it’s easy to forget that this is a live album.
- Marty Clear, Sarasota Herald Tribune
*USA TODAY puts Anne's version of "Pirate Jenny" on it's ten-song playlist of "most intriguing tracks" 11/07/06.
A native Texan, Anne began her career attending The Academy of The Washington Ballet for high school before graduating from The Juilliard School of Drama when she was only twenty years old. She worked extensively in classical theatre (major roles in Shakespeare, Miller, Ionesco and the like...) before making her Broadway debut as Grace Farrell in Annie. This lead to an opportunity to sing at the White House Easter party for President Reagan, and later for Itzakh Shamir for the fortieth birthday of Israel. Film work includes playing Dudley Moore's wife in Marshall Brickman's Lovesick, as well as appearing in Clean and Sober, and in Peter Weir's Fearless. She also made numerous appearances on series television. One of her favorite musical appearances was starring with Amanda McBroom in Harry Chapin, Lies and Legends in Chicago (also recording the cast album of that show). Returning to Broadway to appear in Threepenny Opera with Sting in 1990, she followed that by creating the role of Margaret in the musical Jekyll and Hyde opposite John Cullum. In 1996, Anne made her debut cabaret appearance at The Gardenia in Hollywood. Her husband, renowned guitarist and four-time Grammy nominee Robben Ford, produced her first solo CD, In the Nest of the Moon, which Josef Woodard of The L.A. Times called, "An impressive debut CD...simply a celebration of the American popular song." Anne then began her longtime collaboration with her musical director John Boswell on a tribute to Stephen Sondheim and his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein, which LA Weekly called, "An earful of some of the best interpretations of both Hammerstein and Sondheim," and caused LA Jazz Scene to declare, "She is more than ready for stardom." Selections from that show entitled Something Wonderful was released on the LML Music label in 1998. In Spring of 2000, Anne was the vocalist for the Kurt Weill's centenary in Cologne, Germany, also touring to Dusseldorf and Liege, Belgium. Her husband Robben was the featured guitarist in this program conducted by Roger Kellaway, who also wrote the arrangements. In May, 2001, joined by a twenty seven piece American big band, she made her US concert debut with an encore presentation of this Weill concert at The John Anson Ford Amphitheater in Los Angeles. Anne returned to The John Anson Ford Amphitheater in 2002 to be the vocalist in Blue Skies, a collaboration with her husband and jazz great Russell Ferrante. 2006 brings the release of her third CD, Weill, a collection of fifteen songs from the composer's German and American songbooks, the majority of which was recorded live with WDR's Big Band in Cologne's Philharmonic Hall. Regular appearances have included The Mabel Mercer Cabaret Conventions on both coasts, LA's Gardenia, Cinegrill, Jazz Bakery, Boston Court Theatre and Alex Theatre, as well as Sculler's in Boston, San Francisco's Plush Room, and Blues Alley in Washington DC.
Hi Anne what..s up. Just drop in to say hello. I like your songs and your beautiful voice I wish you a nice day, a great Friday and an awesome weekend. Best wishes from Germany Piet
Hope all is well with you. Eager to hear about the upcoming Carson City show.
Just dropping by to tell you that I added some new PR pix and two songs from my upcoming cabaret act: "Distillation of Life: Saloon Girls in History & Hollywood". Enjoy!
Hi Anne Kerry Ford Thank you very much for the ADD! Congratulations for your songs. Very great voice!! Regards from Acireale (Italy) and Happy Easter Marcellino Marcello bass player AntetnA band
