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A singer who has been on the jazz scene since the mid-90s, Anita Wardell is a skilled jazz balladeer. Anita won the prestigious BBC Jazz Award for Best of Jazz 2006 and is a major artist in the UK. In 2008 she released "Kinda Blue" and is currently touring throughout the UK and worldwide.

Jazz vocal legend Mark Murphy says of Wardell, “Her bop singing, always so clear and accurate in its linearism, is even lovelier now, but what hits me is how expressive her ballad singing now is."

Anita is a highly respected and sought after teacher of vocal improvisation. She conducts masterclasses on a regular basis and has taught at various institutions including UMASS (USA), Guildhall School of Music, London, Leeds College, Colchester Institute, Brunel University, Trinity College of Music and Adelaide University, Australia.

For more info on Anita, visit her website at anitawardell.com

Our next broadcast will feature vocalist and trumpeter Joe Gransden talking about his latest CD "Plays and Sings" on Hot Shoe Records. We'll be playing some of the music from this CD which features Earl Klugh (guitar), Jerry Weldon (sax), René Marie (vocals), Russell Gunn (trumpet), Kevin Bales (piano), Kenny Banks (piano), Clay Hulet (drums), and Neal Starkey (bass).

Joe will also talk about his latest project with the 16 piece band, Jazz Orchestra Atlanta. Joe appears with this band the first and third Monday of each month at Cafe 290. We invite you to call in to comment or ask Joe a question. For more info on Joe, please visit his website joegransden.com.

Join your hosts Janet Stevenson and David Swan as we interview guitarist Trey Wright and play originals from his latest CD, "Thinking Out Loud" featuring Trey with drummer Marlon Patton and bassist Marc Miller.

For more information, visit Trey's website at treywright.com

Meet your hosts, Janet Stevenson and David Swan, as we explore straight-ahead jazz in the metro Atlanta area. We will be talking to Atlanta pianist Tyrone Jackson about his newly released CD “Another Voyage.”