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Jenna Mammina
 "In
a class by herself!"
Jen Earls / Chicago Free Press
"I have fallen under Jenna's powerful spell. I hope to never recover
from it."
Jim Harrington / Oakland Tribune
As you listen to Jenna Mammina tell her story, you come to feel that
she was destined for a life in music. "When I was a baby," she says,
"my mother would sing Nat King Cole songs. Those were my lullabies. And
I would wake up almost every night at midnight and coo...my first vocal
performances!"
Years later, thousands of miles, and many vocal performances later,
that musically inclined baby has grown into a vocalist of great power,
imagination, and artistry. Jenna's first album, Under the Influence,
was one of the most widely praised debuts in recent memory, earning a
four-star review in Japan's most prestigious jazz magazine, Swing
Journal, and appearing on numerous critics' lists of the best
recordings of 1999. And now comes the eagerly-awaited Meant to Be, a
new collection of songs that proves to be a worthy successor to her
auspicious premiere.
Like its predecessor, Meant to Be, reflects the breadth and depth of
Jenna's musical tastes and her command of a vast range of styles. The
album features an array of songs from the repertoires of Duke Ellington
and Fats Waller, Steely Dan and U2, as well as two originals. Choosing
material with daring, Jenna makes a convincing case for herself as an
artist whose music transcends category.
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