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Nnenna Freelon
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SIX-TIME GRAMMY NOMINEE



Durham, North Carolina
United States

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Member Since11/11/2006
Band Websitewww.nnenna.com
Band MembersNnenna Freelon - vocals
Brandon McCune - piano
Wayne Batchelor - bass
Kinah Boto - drums
Beverly Botsford - percussion







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NNENNA FREELON
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Add to My Profile | More Videos "Lady Sings The Blues" recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival with the WDR Big Band, 2004


Nnenna sings 'Round Midnight' on the ABC special "A Celebration of America's Music", 1996


"Straighten Up And Fly Right" with Take 6 on the Grammy Awards, 2001


Singing "I Cried For You" at Montreux with the WDR Big Band, 2004


Nnenna and Diana Krall sing together on the Thelonious Monk tune "In Walked Bud", the band also includes: Clark Terry - trumpet Jacky Terrasson - piano Ron Carter - bass T.S. Monk - drums, 1996


At North Sea Jazz in Rotterdam with Ivan Lins performing "The Island", 2008
Record LabelConcord Records
Type of LabelMajor


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Oct 24 2009 8:00P
Jazz At Lincoln Center NY, New York

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   About Nnenna Freelon
Six-time GRAMMY® Award-nominee Nnenna Freelon has received her sixth nomination with Best Jazz Vocal Performance nomination for Blueprint Of A Lady: Sketches of Billie Holiday on Concord Records. Freelon has earned the Billie Holiday Award, the Eubie Blake Award, and been nominated twice for the Lady Of Soul Award. She inspired an enthusiastic standing ovation from 20,000 when she performed on television’s 43rd annual GRAMMY Awards. Freelon has shared the stage with Ray Charles, Al Jarreau, Aretha Franklin, and performed for the Society of Singers, Variety’s Children’s Charity, Jerry Lewis’ Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Telethon and at the most famous jazz festivals and concert venues around the globe. She is an educator, activist, and recording artist.

Select Quotes: ..
“Freelon…sang with exquisite musicality and an unerring sense of swing.” – Los Angeles Times

“Freelon continues to grow and deepen as a vocalist…but still with a crystalline, impeccably tuned voice, with often imaginative, percolating, funk-based backing from her combo.” – Daily Variety

“Singer Nnenna Freelon presents such a distinct problem in her performances. She does so many things so well, it’s hard to see her strong suit. Would that we all had that trouble.” – Pittsburgh Tribune Review


DISCOGRAPHY:

Swinging, Singing, Playing - with Count Basie Orchesra (2009)

Better Than Anything: The Quintessential Nnenna Freelon (2008)

Blueprint Of A Lady: Sketches of Billie Holiday (2005)

Voices Of Concord Jazz - Live at Montreux - Various Artists (2004)

Live (2003)

Church: Songs of Soul and Inspiration - Various Artists (2003)

Tales of Wonder (2002)

The Visit - Soundtrack (2001)

Soulcall (2000)

What Women Want - Soundtrack (2000)

Maiden Voyage (1998)

Monk On Monk - with T.S. Monk (1997)

Shaking Free (1996)

A Concord Jazz Christmas 2 - Various Artists (1996)

Listen (1994)

Heritage (1993)

Heart Vision - with Yusef Lateef (1992)

Jazz Orchestra-Carnegie Hall Concert - with Toshiko Akiyoshi (1992)

Nnenna Freelon (1992)

Yusef Lateef's Encounter - with Yusef Lateef (1991)







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Yots.K

Yots.K



Dec 14 2009 2:30 AM

Your Gig at Ronnnie Scotts in London will always be a highlight in my tapestry of memories! x
antoniofierro

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Dec 14 2009 2:29 AM

ciao Nnenna,grazie x l'amicizia,buona musica e a presto Antonio
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Dec 14 2009 2:28 AM

Merci varient beaucoup pour m'ajouter à votre emplacement, j'a apprécié votre emplacement beaucoup. Maintenez le bon travail. Le général,
Pépé jOe

Pépé jOe



Dec 14 2009 2:27 AM

Hello!!!Thank you for all!!
All the best!!!...
Emie R-Roussel

Emie R-Roussel



Dec 14 2009 2:27 AM

Thanks for the add!!

 

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Dec 14 2009 2:26 AM

MY DEAR & LOVELY FRIEND:
I WISH YOU A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND!
BE HAPPY! GOD BLESSINGS!
WITH ALL MY LOVE OF THE HEART & SOUL,
AMOROUSLY & FRATERNALLY, I AM,
GUILHERME DE ABREU CORREIA
(MADEIRA ISLANDS - PORTUGAL)
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Yasmin Reese

Yasmin Reese



Dec 14 2009 2:26 AM

have a wonderful sunday
Neal

Neal Barbieri



Dec 14 2009 2:23 AM

Ciao,Nnenna                
Thank you for the add and the friendship.    
you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot, Band, and stupendous voice.
compliments  ..really.  you are one of my prefeitis,
I feel great admiration for you, 
be really one whom is worth rather a lot!
I hope to listen soon to you, in italy ..
talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music
all the best.. from italy.. and good life.. every day  
neal
Terry Gascoigne

Terry Gascoigne



Dec 14 2009 2:23 AM

Hi Nnenna, thank you so much! Great to have you as a friend!
Cheers, Terry
Edna Kannan

Edna Kannan



Dec 14 2009 2:23 AM

Bellísima tu música! te felicito.
EdnaKannan




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Dec 14 2009 2:20 AM

Thank you for the add,first of all..Second,I wish you much happiness and success! All the best,Gary
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Dec 14 2009 2:20 AM

Grazie di dividere il tuo mondo!
Gaston

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Dec 14 2009 2:18 AM

Hi Nnenna,
Thanks for joining my circle of friends. I love your music and your voice. Great singer!
All the best from Antwerp - Belgium
Gaston
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Elio Arcieri



Oct 6 2009 8:51 PM

Thanks for add me!! You are Great, like your voice! Elio
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Jennifer

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Oct 6 2009 8:51 PM

Hello Nnenna

Happy Holidays to you and family!

Sincerely,

Jennifer
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Oct 6 2009 8:51 PM

Merry Christmas
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Oct 6 2009 8:51 PM

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Finally my music video from London is ready.
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Oct 6 2009 8:50 PM

My Dear Friend Nnenna Freelon:

I wish for you, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
GOD be with you! GOD is within yourself!
Much Peace! Much Love! Much Light!
Fraternally, I am,
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Oct 6 2009 8:50 PM

Happy Holidays to the always amazing, talented, and beautiful Nnenna Freelon...
All my love,
Alan
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Oct 6 2009 8:50 PM

You are just such a special person.
The very best of Holiday feelings to all those that touch you and your life.
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Oct 6 2009 8:50 PM

Nnenna! thanks for the add....
Greetings from Laredo, Tx.......
Merry Christmas........
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Oct 6 2009 8:50 PM

Nnenna you are one of my favorite singers!!! Keep making the wonderful music that you make because the world is a better place because of what you create!
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Evaldo Guedes



Oct 6 2009 8:50 PM

Hi Nnenna!
An Happy 2009 full happiness!
Nice week-end...
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