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Biography
Use mdy dates|date=October 2011Other usesInfobox musical artist | name = Anjani Thomas| image = Anjani-Thomas-Blue-Alert-Cover-Art-No-Text.jpg|thumb| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1959|07|10|mf=yes| origin = Honolulu , Hawaii | genre = Jazz , Folk music | years_active = 1983–present| label = Columbia Records|Columbia | associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Anjani Thomas (born July 10, 1959) is an United States|American singer-songwriter and pianist , best known for her work with singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen , as well as Carl Anderson (singer)|Carl Anderson , Frank Gambale , and Stanley Clarke . She became a solo artist in 2000.
Life
Anjani was born in Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii where she trained in guitar, piano and voice. She attended Berklee College of Music for a year then moved to New York City to a pursue a music career. She performed in jazz clubs before meeting producer John Lissauer, who hired her to provide backup vocals on Leonard Cohen 's influential song " Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah " from Various Positions . Anjani went on to tour with Cohen in 1985, as his keyboardist and backup vocalist, and has regularly worked with Cohen ever since, lending her talents to '' I'm Your Man (Leonard Cohen album)|I'm Your Man , The Future (Leonard Cohen album)|The Future , and Dear Heather . http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Anjani/Biography/
Anjani launched a solo career with Anjani in 2000 followed by The Sacred Names in 2001 & ndash; an ode to the Aramaic, Greek and Hebrew names of God . In 2006, Cohen contributed lyrics and production talents to Anjani's music and arrangements for Blue Alert (album)|Blue Alert on Columbia Records. The song "Blue Alert" was used in a 2007 Old Navy TV spot.cite news| url= http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/arts/music/21ligh.html| title=In Anjani Thomas, Leonard Cohen Finds a New Voice| author= ALAN LIGHT| date= May 21, 2006| work=The New York Times
In 2011, Anjani began working on a follow up to Blue Alert (album)|Blue Alert , which continues the collaboration with Leonard Cohen on eight new songs. The new record, tentatively scheduled for release in early 2012, is being produced by Jerry Marotta .cite web|url= http://1heckofaguy.com/2011/10/25/anjani-thomas-talks-about-her-new-album/#more-11205 |title=Anjani Thomas Talks About Her New Album, October 25, 2011 |publisher=1heckofaguy.com http://www.anjani-music.com/
Discography
Anjani (album)|Anjani (2000)
Sacred Names (2003)
Blue Alert (album)|Blue Alert (2006)
References
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External links
http://www.anjani-music.com Anjani's Official Website
myspace|anjanimusic|Anjani
http://www.bluealertmusic.com Blue Alert Album Website
http://www.musicbox-online.com/interviews/anjani-thomas-2007.html Trusting the Force: Into the Heart of Blue Alert - Music Box, April 2007 (Vol. 14, #4)
http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/anjani.html THE STORY OF "C"
References
http://www.anjani-music.com/band.html Biography on her official web site
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