Nnenna Freelon

vocals · 1954 · Cambridge

American singer, composer, producer and arranger, raised in Cambridge (Massachusetts). After meeting Ellis Marsalis in 1990, she signed with Columbia and then Concord, and received several Grammy nominations.

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Styles

• Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese
• Neoclassicism, Young Lions

Landmark tracks

• Come Into My Life (1998)
• Maiden Voyage (Nnenna Freelon) (1998)
• Four Women (Nnenna Freelon) (1998)
• Women Be Wise (1998)

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Jun 17, 2021: Nnenna Freelon (Made in China, TSF Jazz, in French)

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