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Anne Burnell

Before she recorded her last album Blues In The Night: Songs by Harold Arlen, Anne Burnell, one of Chicago’s most versatile live performers, followed a classic roadmap paying lush tribute to a legend. The collection was an NPR and jazz radio sensation across the U.S., and was played internationally on Jazz & Blues Tour Radio, Amsterdam and Canada and – testament to its “cool” factor with young tastemakers hit the Top Ten on the CMJ charts. Anne’s latest, the gloriously diverse and whimsically titled Summer Days & Dreamy Nights, celebrates not a single composer but a singular friendship between the singer/songwriter and renowned Windy City based jazz guitarist Henry Johnson, who produced, arranged and plays electric and acoustic throughout the 13 track set. She met Johnson three years ago at Andy’s Jazz Club during one of the many gigs she played there with her husband and frequent musical partner, pianist and vocalist Mark Burnell. They struck up an immediate friendship and had a feeling they would soon be collaborating on a project.

Anne Burnell: This Could Be The Start of Something Big

by Richard J Salvucci
June 3, 2025

This could be the Start of Something is a pleasant recording. It is a joint work by a pair of well-known Chicago cabaret singers, Anne Burnell and Mark Burnell. They are hardly novices, so the production is professional in every way. They are willing to take some risks as well. They handle “Joy Spring," a version ...

This Could Be The Start of Something Big

By Anne Burnell

Label: Burnell Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: This Could Be The Start of Something; I Could Have Danced All Night; Joy Spring; Song Sung Blue; Give Me One More Song; The Lusty Month of May; Fiets Don't Fail Me Now; Sir Duke; Sweet Dream of Love; Isn't This A Lovely Day; Two; A Sunday Kind of Love; Let's Eat Home. i

Two for the Road

By Anne Burnell

Label: Spectrum Music & Video
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1. Baubles, Bangles and Beads (Robert Wright/George Forrest) 2. Love Will Keep Us Together - Radio edit (Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield) 3. How Long Has This Been Going On?(Ira Gershwin/George Gershwin) arr. Bob Ojeda 4. The First Time Ever I saw Your Face/I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face (Ewan MacColl, W Alan Jay Lerner/M Frederick Loewe) 5. Little Joe From Chicago (Henry Wells and Mary Lou Williams) 6. Another Chorus of the Blues (Anne Pringle Burnell) arr. Mark Burnell 7. Let’s Fall in Love (Ted Koehler/Harold Arlen) 8. Peppermint Tea (Anne Pringle Burnell) 9. Looking for the Gold (Mark Burnell) 10. You Make Me Laugh (Thomas Toce/Shelton Markham) 11. If I Only Had a Brain (E.Y. Harburg/Harold Arlen) 12. Getting to Know You (Oscar Hammerstein II/Richard Rodgers) 13. Two for the Road (Leslie Bricusse/Henry Mancini) 14. Love Will Keep Us Together - full

Summer Days & Dreamy Nights

By Anne Burnell

Label: Spectrum Music & Video LLC
Released: 2014

Blues in the Night

By Anne Burnell

Label: Spectrum Music & Video LLC
Released: 2005