Ann Hampton Callaway & Novosibirsk Big Band
(US)
jazz, blues, pop
“For sheer vocal beauty, no contemporary singer matches Ms. Callaway”, said the NY Times of the jazz vocalist with a deep alto voice, three octave range and fans, like Barbra Streisand and
Wynton Marsalis. East meets west when Callaway performs her material with the Siberian Novosibirsk Big Band.
Born and raised in Chicago in a very musical family, Ann Hampton Callaway is a singer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and actress, who starred in the musical Swing and sang the theme song of the tv-series
The Nanny. Inspired by Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder, she has made over 10 albums. Her latest record is Blues in the Night featuring classics, like Blue Moon
and Willow Weep For Me, alongside witty originals, like I’m-Too-White-To-Sing-The-Blues Blues.