Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway
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EPISODE 7:\\xa0Ann Hampton Callaway is one of America\\u2019s most gifted artists in pop and jazz. A leading champion of the great American Songbook, she\\u2019s made her mark as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, actress, educator, TV host and producer. Voted by Broadwayworld.com as \\u201cPerformer of the Year\\u201d and two years in a row as \\u201cBest Jazz Vocalist,\\u201d Ann is born entertainer.\\xa0 She is best known for Tony-nominated performance in the hit Broadway musical \\u201cSwing!\\u201d and for writing and singing the theme song to the hit TV series \\u201cThe Nanny.\\u201d\\xa0 She made her feature film debut opposite Angelina Jolie and Matt Damon in the Robert De Niro film "THE GOOD SHEPHERD", performing the standard "Come Rain or Come Shine" and recorded "Isn't It Romantic?" and "The Nearness of You" for Wayne Wong's "LAST HOLIDAY", starring Queen Latifah. Ann also wrote songs for the upcoming movie musical "THE MAN WHO SAVED PARIS" starring Stanley Tucci and can be heard singing her original song \\u201cPourquoi\\u201d in the soundtrack of \\u201cBLIND\\u201d starring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore. Callaway is a Platinum Award winning writer whose songs are featured on seven of Barbra Streisand's recent CD's. The only composer to have collaborated with Cole Porter, she has also written songs with Carole King, Rolf Lovland, Amanda McBroom and Shelby Lynn to name a few.\\xa0 Ann has recorded over 50 CDs as a soloist and guest and her new CD Jazz Goes to the Movies debuted at #12 on the Billboard Jazz Chart and has been in high rotation on Siriusly Sinatra.\\xa0 Callaway\\u2019s performances and recordings have garnered her The Theater World Award, 15 MAC Awards, several Bistro Awards, The Mabel Mercer Award, The Johnny Mercer Award for Songwriting and The Blanton Peale Award for Positive Thinking. For more info go to www.annhamptoncallaway.com
Tony nominee and Emmy winner Liz Callaway made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim\\u2019s Merrily We Roll Along. She has gone on to star in Baby, Miss Saigon, The Look of Love, The Three Musketeers, and for 5 years appeared as Grizabella in Cats. Off-Broadway appearances include The Spitfire Grill (Drama Desk nomination), Marry Me a Little and Brownstone. She starred in the one-person play \\u201cEvery Brilliant Thing\\u201d at TheatreSquared and the European premiere of \\u201cSondheim on Sondheim\\u201d at London\\u2019s Royal Festival Hall. Liz sang the Academy Award-nominated song \\u201cJourney to the Past\\u201d in the animated feature Anastasia. Other film work includes Jasmine in the two Aladdin sequels, The Swan Princess, and The Rewrite with Hugh Grant. Her extensive concert and symphony career has included appearances in London, Paris, Vietnam, Australia, China and nearly every major city in the U.S. She performs regularly with her sister Ann Hampton Callaway, as well as composer Stephen Schwartz, and has had the pleasure of singing with Jimmy Webb, Paul Williams and the legendary Johnny Mathis. Liz has six solo recordings including her newest album, The Essential Liz Callaway. www.lizcallaway.com
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