Joanna is a southern California native, singer, songwriter, composer,
and music producer and has been dubbed a “soulful, angelic diva” with a
“voice like rich chocolate” that also has the power to rock. To quote
Jack Nitzsche (composer, producer and arranger that worked with many
artists including Neil Young and The Rolling Stones), Joanna is “…one
of the most phenomenal singers I have heard or had the pleasure to work
with”, and “… a great, innovative songwriter”.
A singer extraordinaire, Joanna first toured with the Lee
Daniels Band throughout the United States and Canada. She later formed
and fronted numerous alternative-rock bands early in her career
(including Autobahn, Vienna and The Big Picture). She has also
collaborated on original projects with fellow The Big Picture band
member Tom Borton (saxophonist, songwriter and Emmy nominated composer
whose music is featured in The Sopranos, Sex in the City and Friends),
rock guitarist Jimmy Haun (Yes, Lodgic and Circa), drummer Stephen
Klong (founder of the King Klong Music Group with music featured on ads
for Budweiser, Subway and Volkswagen) and rock bassist Dave Meros (Eric
Burdon, Iron Maiden and Spock's Beard).
She has also worked with Tom Davis (mixing, post-production and sound
engineer whose credits include several VH1, MTV and CMA awards shows
and several Garth Brooks specials), Scooter Pietch (composer and
producer with credits including National Lampoon’s Van Wilder, American
Idol and Dateline), Stephen Pouliot (writer with credits including The
Academy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Christopher Reeve: A
Celebration of Hope) and Tim Truman (Emmy nominated composer for
Melrose Place, Charmed and Miami Vice). She has sung, written and
produced original music for film and television for studios such as
Showtime Television, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures,
including original music for the film “Revenge” (with Kevin Costner,
Madeleine Stowe, Anthony Quinn), scored by Jack Nitzsche (Oscar winning
songwriter, Oscar and Grammy nominated composer, with credits such as
An Officer and A Gentleman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Stand
By Me).
Joanna’s collaborations extend to original music projects,
including co-writing two shows for musical theatre: “Naked Ladies” (a
four woman show that she co-performed to raving audiences in Los
Angeles) as well as the inspiring dance oriented musical “Step by Step”
with Scott DeTurk (Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Dorian and Western Star).
Currently, Joanna is writing, arranging, producing and
performing her original, beautifully exotic and spiritually inspired CD
entitled “Stream”, slated for a summer release. “Stream” features
violinist Nimrod Nol (Kelly Clarkson, Moshav Band), guitarist, producer,
composer, Piero Fabrizi (Fiorella Mannioa, Milton Nascimento), guitarist, singer, composer, Roberto Montero (Sergio Mendez, Baby Consuelo), bassist, composer,
Nicolas Mirande (Buffy Sainte Marie, Malted Milk), percussionist M.B.Gordy
(Doobie Brothers, Neil Diamond), percussionist, multi-instrumentalist,
composer, Roine Sangenberg (Spectra, Delta), pianist, composer, Giuseppe Tassoni
(Yamaha, Dario Serafino), bassist, Brian Mastalski (Wendie Colter, Kessmonsters),
as well as guitar, mandolin and Turkish saz performances by her husband Donny Ward.
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