Anais Reno - At PizzaExpress Live - In London [CD]

PX RECORDS

£11.50

Cat. no: PXRCD1008
Format: CD
Barcode: 5037300059112
Release Date: 16 Feb 2024
Genre: Jazz

Born in Switzerland in 2003 to an opera singer father and violinist mother, Anais Reno moved with her parents to New York as a baby

At 8, she received voice lessons from jazz singer Sarah Tolar, who frst introduced her to the voice of Nat 'King' Cole. "She drew my attention to how honest he is as an interpreter and how gorgeous his sound is". After that Ella Fitzgerald also became a huge infuence, followed by Carmen McRae, Frank Sinatra and also the criminally under-rated Bill Henderson. Before she was even in her teens, Anais began to sit in regularly at Birdland in New York at Jim Caruso's open mic nights. At 16, she recorded her debut album, co-produced by her mother, violinist Juliet Kurtzman and Birdland owner Gianni Valenti, and featuring the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. An appearance at Harold Sanditen's open mic night at Crazy Coqs, led to an invitation to perform at the PizzaExpress Jazz Club with the idea of recording this live album.

CD Tracks: It's De-Lovely / Just Squeeze me / Girl from Ipanema / Supper Time / Yardbird Suite / Lazy Afternoon / Pannonica / At Long Last Love / Lover Man / You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You / And So it Goes