Jazz Articles about Anna Danes

Anna Danes: Find Your Wings

by Jim Trageser
November 5, 2016

On her 2014 debut, San Diego's Anna Danes came across as what she admittedly was: A woman who only came to singing in her 40s, who had limited training, only a rudimentary grasp of technique and theory--in short, a beginner. The voice was unpolished, the delivery often hesitant, the choice in material suspect for someone aspiring to be a serious jazz musician. Danes proves herself an adept student of the art, though, on Find Your Wings, her follow-up ...