Monday, December 28, 2009

Anna Elizabeth Kendrick

Birthday: May 18

Anna Elizabeth Kendrick is a multi-talented artist. She acts, sings, writes & dances. Anna knew from a very young age that she wanted to be a performing artist and has pursued her goals ever since. She has studied acting, singing, and dancing as a child and beyond.

Anna Elizabeth Kendrick started taking voice lessons at 11. She began writing jazz music in her early teens, and chose to live out her dream when she moved to New York and started performing her own music and jazz standards in many various venues, such as “The Slipper Room,” “Don't Tell Mama,” “The Sidewalk Cafe,” and many more!

Anna Elizabeth Kendrick an independent jazz/blues singer/songwriter. She also has a dance song on Nikki Beach's: Summer In St. Tropez album called "Fantasy." She's performed jazz originals and standards at NYC lounges: "The Slipper Room," "Salon," "Don't Tell Mama," "The Parkside Lounge," "La Belle Epoque" and "The Sidewalk Cafe," and more. She's sung in showcases and as a guest singer with Ian Kane's "Boogie Stride players." Her first solo show 7/27/09 at the Parkside Lounge and she plans to do many more! You can hear her first published dance song "Fantasy" by viewing "anna" in friends!! She's also co-written a comedic musical with Mark Barkan called "Spandex." It's about a regular women who becomes an action-adventure super-heroine. Mark Barkan's credits include the "Banana Splits" song, "Pretty Flamingo" (which was covered by Bruce Springsteen and Rod Stewart) and 20 other musicals, some of which have been produced Off-Broadway. A demo of "Spandex" and script are available to those with genuine interest.

Influences
Cole Porter, Peggy Lee, Cy Coleman, Julie London, Marilyn Monroe, Billie Holiday, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Diana Ross, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Mae West, Liza Minelli, Judy Garland, Elvis, Stacey Kent, Johnny Cash, Elvis.

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