Anne Burnell - Summer Days & Dreamy Nights (2014)

Recorded in Chicago at Soundmine Studio, with an all star line up of musicians: Henry Johnson, guitar; Mark Burnell, piano; Mike Logan, keyboards and piano; Eric Schneider, sax; Corey Wilkes, trumpet; Joshua Ramos, bass; and Charles Heath III, drums. Burnell's last CD, 'Blues in the Night'- a tribute to Harold Arlen, garnered airplay nationwide on numerous NPR and jazz radio stations, and internationally on Jazz & Blues Tour Radio, Amsterdam, and Canada, and charted top ten status on CMJ charts. With the original Right By You , the stripped down simplicity of A Time for Love - a vocal and guitar duet with Burnell & Johnson, and the swinging Close to You , by Bacharach, Summer Days & Dreamy Nights has Johnson s fresh look at standards, Burnell s original s, and obscure gems. The release tour begins in Pittsburgh, PA September 16-17, 2014. Wednesday, September 16, 2014, Anne Burnell & Mark Burnell perform at ZanaFest in Ambridge, PA, opening the 5 day music festival. Thursday, September 18, 7:30pm EST, they kick off the JAZZ IN THE BOX series with a concert at Lincoln Performing Arts Center, Midland, PA, with bassist Dwayne Dolphin, and drummer George Heid III, legendary jazz musicians from Pittsburgh at Lincoln Performing Arts Center.

Summer Days & Dreamy Nights celebrates not a single composer but a singular friendship between the singer/songwriter and renowned Windy City based jazz guitarist Henry Johnson, who produced, arranged and plays electric and acoustic throughout the 13 track set. --Jonathan Widran, Jazziz Magazine

With a voice that can manipulate style, tone and composition she can trigger magic to reinvent sound when it comes to music. --Karl Stober, EJazz News