AYANNA HOBSON
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Home Town: San Diego, CA
Genre: Blues
Posted By: sk
Joined On: April 11, 2004
Page Views: 17,977
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Current Rank: 388
Highest Rank: 73
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Albums
"LOOKING FOR A HOME TOO"
Similar Artists
Tina Turner, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Aretha Franklin.
Group Members
Ayanna Hobson: Vocals, Chris Hiatt: Guitar, Rich Alfano: Bass, Johny Flores: Drums, John Cazan: Keyboards.
Instruments
Guitar, Keyboards, Drums, Bass.
Musical Style
Blues, Soul, Old School Rhythm & Blues, Jazz.
Influences
Tina Turner, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughn, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Little Buster, and B.B. King.
Additional Info
Ayanna's latest CD 'Looking for A Home, Too' is a Tribute to her Mentor " New York's Blues and Soul Legend", Buster (Little Buster) Forehand. |
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Brief Description
AYANNA HOBSON :
Jazz / Blues Vocalist Ayanna Hobson was raised on a Musical diet that consisted of many of the greats such as, B.B. King, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye and Sarah Vaughn to name a few. Her powerful vocal style, with an operatic four and a half octave range, has often been compared to that of Cleo Laine and Sarah Vaughn, her jazzy vocal stylings to that of Abbey Lincoln and Betty Carter.
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History/Biography
PERFORMANCES AT:
Celebrity Theater Phoenix Arizona, Maui Jazz Festival, Hawaii, Aztlan Theater Denver CO., Folly Theater Kansas City MO., The Howlin' Wolf New Orleans LA, World Mardi Gras Indianapolis IN., Mississippi Nights St. Louis MO, Sean Kaley's Lamont IL, Variety Playhouse Atlanta GA, The Knitting Factory New York City, NY. Jazz Festivals in ROME, MILAN, VENICE, SICILY, SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO, PHOENIX., River Bend Music Festival 2005, Bessie Smith Strut, Chattanooga TN.
AFFILIATIONS:
'Little Buster's Soulbrothers Band','Jackson Street Band', 'Acoustic Jazz Ensemble', 'James Newton' (Jazz Virtuoso), 'Main Force', 'Dennis Proctor Jazz Quartet'.
MUSICAL THEATER PRODUCTIONS:
"Ain't Misbehavin", "Don't Bother Me", "I Can't Cope", "Showboat", "On This Island", "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide".
AYANNA HAS OPENED SHOWS FOR:
Dizzy Gillispie, The Four Tops, The Platters (J.C. Parrish), The Temptations, B.J. Thomas, Little Buster & The Soulbrothers, Eddie Harris, Lamart Johnson, Mary Wells.
AWARDS:
BILLBOARD MAGAZINE, "AWARD OF ACHIEVEMENT" (Original Composition 'MIDNIGHT LULLABY'), SAN DIEGO REP/ACTORS GROUP "BEST ACTRESS", "BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS"
TELEVISION & RADIO PERFORMANCES:
KPNX T.V. Channel 12 Phoenix Arizona,"THE TODAY SHOW", KTVK T.V. Channel 3 Phoenix Arizona,"GOOD MORNING ARIZONA", KJZZ 91.5 FM RADIO Mesa Arizona, Blaze Latane "ACOUSTIC JAZZ RADIO SHOW", and Bob Corritore "THOSE LOW DOWN BLUES SHOW", WVGS Statesboro GA, WCSB Cleveland OH, WSTB (V-Rock) Streetboro OH, WGRE Greencastle IN, WSND Notre Dame IN, WRUW Cleveland OH, WJCU University Heights OH, WFCI Franklin IN, WCER Indianapolis IN, WONC Naperville IL, WWUH West Hartford CT, WBAI New York NY, WCOW Old Westbury NY, WRAS Atlanta GA, WNYU New York NY, WFUV Bronx NY, WSHR (Rock Show) Lake Ronkonkama NY, WLIU South Hampton NY, WREK Atlanta GA, KDHX St. Louis MO, KCUR Kansas City MO, KKFI Kansas City MO, KTRM Kirksville MO, KSLU Hammond IN, KRVS Lafayette LA, WTUL New Orleans LA.
LIVE PERFORMANCES:
City of Tempe Cultural Festival Tempe AZ., Rhythm Room,Phoenix AZ.,The Blue Note Scottsdale AZ.,The Orbit Jazz Club Phoenix AZ., Doc & Eddy's Tempe Az., Lake Pleasant Phoenix AZ., Papa Deux,Peoria AZ., The End, Glendale AZ. SugarDaddy's Scottsdale AZ., The Brokers Scottsdale AZ., The Redfish Scottsdale AZ., Barwinkles Phoenix AZ., Fever Blues Phoenix AZ., High Tops Phoenix AZ., Apache Gold Casino Globe AZ., U.S. Grant Hotel San Diego CA,. Aztlan Theater Denver CO., Folly Theater Kansas City MO., The Howlin' Wolf New Orleans LA, World Mardi Gras Indianapolis IN., Mississippi Nights St. Louis MO, Sean Kaley's Lamont IL, Variety Playhouse Atlanta GA,The Knitting Factory New York City NY, River Bend Music Festival 2005, Bessie Smith Strut, Chattanooga TN.
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