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Zan Gardner

Zan Gardner is a professional Jazz and Blues vocalist who is emerging as one of the most unique talents in the Philadelphia tri-state area. She enjoyed a performance schedule at the internationally known Jazz Club "Zanzibar Blue" every week for over 6 years as well as performances at "Ortliebs Jazzhaus" with Fahreed Baron and Mickey Roker, Chris's Jazz Cafe with pianist Sam Dockery (formerly with Betty Carter and Art Blakey), the "Hotel Atop The Bellevue", "River Blues", the Penn Jazz Festival opening for Branford Marsalis and many other venues and festivals. She is most recognized for her highly original musical interpretations and almost baritone vocal techniques which capture her audiences and convey to them the rich emotions of song lyrics and meaning. Her style has been described by one media source as "having the true presence of a performer who lives through her music from a wail to a tender hush". Zan Gardner died in a tragic car accident, May 1, 2007.

7th Annual Zannie-Do Fest Fri. May 2nd @ The Mermaid Inn!

April 21, 2014

The Seventh Annual Zannie-Do Fest is happening on Friday, May 2nd at the Mermaid Inn, 7673 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, with some fabulous blues groups giving their time and talent to raise money for Jazz Bridge in memory of the late Philadelphia blues/jazz singer Zan Gardner. Gardner, a founding member of the nonprofit Jazz Bridge, tragically ...

5th Annual Zannie-do Festival @ Phila.'s Mermaid Inn Sat. May 19th!

May 9, 2012

The Fifth Annual Zannie-Do Fest is happening on Saturday May 19th at the Mermaid Inn, 7673 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, with some fabulous blues groups giving their time and talent to raise money for Jazz Bridge in memory of the late Philly blues/jazz singer Zan Gardner, a founding member of the nonprofit who tragically died in ...

Here's My Heart

By Zan Gardner

Label: Dreambox Media
Released: 2007
Track listing: As Time Goes By; I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face; Exactly Like You; You Don't Know What Love Is; Stolen Moments; How High The Moon; Metaphoric Heartbreak; The Way You Look Tonight; Some Other Time.

Zan Gardner: Here's My Heart

by Gina Vodegel
May 28, 2007

Vocalist Zan Gardner was tragically killed in an accident on May 1, 2007, just one day before her 59th birthday. Listening to Here's My Heart after so many months now is a weird but transcendent experience. After having heard her rendition of the classic “As Times Goes By" back when the album was just released, her ...

Here's My Heart...

By Zan Gardner

Label: Dreambox Media
Released: 2001
Track listing: As Time Goes By, I've Grown Accustomed To His Face, Exactly Like You, You Don't Know What Love Is, Stolen Moments, How High The Moon, Metaphoric Heartbreak, The Way You Look Tonight; Some Other Time

Zan Gardner: Here's My Heart...

by AAJ Staff
February 1, 2001

Where do all of these remarkable new singers come from? For every Kurt Elling or Nnenna Freelon who captures the imagination of listeners through major-label promotion and sheer talent, dozens of other equally inspiring singers remain undiscovered, as might have Elling and Freelon but for the good fortune of their circumstances. It seems as if every ...

Here's My Heart

By Zan Gardner

Label: Dreambox Media
Released: 2000