Portland-based Jazz Singer, Songwriter & Educator Anandi

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Portland-based Jazz Singer, Songwriter & Educator Anandi .. She talked about her latest 2023 CD A Better Way .. Born in Los Angeles to a singer/songwriter and a jazz drummer, she ended up in Nova Scotia where she studied vocal jazz performance at St. Francis Xavier University.  After a stint working at Rounder Records in Boston and singing her original songs around Boston and New York City she moved back to Portland after bearing ‘live’ witness to the 9/11 attacks in downtown New York City. After releasing three independent albums of original songs, she turned her attention to jazz .. We cover some good ground .. Enjoy ..  For More Famous Interviews: Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgi6GpDDDrc_PgOzaERGbLQ Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/famous-interviews-with-joe-dimino/id1660256991Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7j92QDS13LXgajPt80X2dh The Home of Famous Interviews: http://famousinterviewswithjoedimino.blogspot.com/ Contribute to Famous Interviews:    PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ER  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.