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.
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“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:
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)
Thanks for the add. Your voice is truly amazing. It's a real honor to be on your friends list. You're a true inspiration to me as a new up and coming jazz singer.
Hi Nnenna, Many thanks for the ADD! I'm very honored to be part of your circle of friends. You are such a pleasure -- your voice and arrangements are amazing! Hope to see you back in NY sometime soon! Have a fabulous weekend! All the best. Rich
Hello Nnenna!!!!!!!!! What a great happiness to meet you here!!! I neither had opportunity to say goodbye in Pontevedra...I hope you've had a good trip back home! It was really a great pleasure to meet you, to play together and share all those moments at Ivan's Tour!We missed you the last concerts... I hope to see you again soon and play together as well! Keep in touch! My best wishes to you, Maya, and all the family! Marcelo
Hello you,dear Nnenna!!! I like so much your music. Thanks for the request and i hope to see you in France. Goodbye see you!!! Jacques from Paris JAZZBOX-PROGRAM / ONLINE : http://www. aligrefm. org
