Joanna Eden

Joanna Eden (born near Lincoln) is a British jazz singer/songwriter and pianist.

Biography

Eden was born into a musical family, the daughter of an RAF bass player,cite news| last =Massarick| first =John| title =Eden offers a glimpse of paradise |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23364443-details/Eden+offers+a+glimpse+of+paradise/review.do?reviewId=23364443 | page =36| publisher ="Evening Standard"| date =2006-08-24| ] John, and a drama teacher, Diana. She started learning the piano at six and performed her first composition, “Happy December”, aged seven. She obtained a B.A. (Hons) in Creative Arts, majoring in music and drama, at Manchester Metropolitan University. She performed with a popular local Indie band, Strip, as lead singer and co-writer while also continuing to write and perform solo.Eden relocated to London after college and started working as a singer/pianist in the bars and restaurants of Soho. She married drummer Charlie Price in Greenwich on June 17 1995. Eden and Price formed a jazz trio with Dan Boutwood, and this unit worked cruises for Cunard Line and Royal Caribbean International. Subsequently they worked hotels in Cyprus and the United Kingdom.

On returning to the United Kingdom in 1999, Joanna signed her first recording contract with the Black Box label. Her first album, "A Little Bird Told Me", was released in the summer of 2000, it was played on BBC Radio and won enthusiastic reviews from Michael Parkinson and others. Eden returned to the studio and the self-penned album "My Open Eye" was released independently on Eden’s Mr. Riddles Music Label in 2005. It was re-released with world-wide distribution via Universal in 2007. The critical success of "My Open Eye" brought about support slots with Jamie Cullum, Nerina Pallot and the Buena Vista Social Club, and BBC Radio airplay.cite web|url=http://www.jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_575/biography_id_575|title=Biography of Joanna Eden|publisher=JazzCDs|accessdate=2008-10-05] After tracks from the album were played by Michael Parkinson, her manager obtained support for Eden from the supermerket chains, Waitrose and Tescos.cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-12193419_ITM|title=Eden goes it alone after retail coup|date=December 3, 2005|publisher=Music Week|accessdate=2008-10-05] She released her third album, "Moving Shadows", an album of covers, in 2007 on the 33 Jazz label. This is a jazz trio album, featuring Charlie and long-term bass collaborator Julie Walkington.cite news| last =Muir| first =Donald| title =Jazz at Orford| page =| publisher =EADT Suffolk and Essex| date =2007-08-07| url =http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/features/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=ReviewsEADT&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=features&itemid=IPED07%20Aug%202007%2009%3A12%3A55%3A633| accessdate =2008-03-10 ] In August 2007, the Joanna Eden trio headlined the fifth Picnic Jazz concert at the Pavilion, Orford, Suffolk.

Eden and Price have a daughter, Drousha, and live in Saffron Walden in Essex.cite web|url=http://www.joannaeden.com/biog.php|title=Joanna Eden - Biography|publisher=Joanna Eden official site|accessdate=2008-10-05]

Discography

*Eden, Joanna (2000). "A Little Bird Told Me". Black Box BBJ2012.
*Eden, Joanna (2005). "My Open Eyes". Mr Riddles MRM2013.
*Eden, Joanna (2007). "Moving Shadow". 33 Jazz 33JAZZ149.

References

*cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/content/articles/2007/09/07/joanna_eden_feature.shtml|title=Joanna's Jazz dreams|last=Manders|first=Sarah |date=September 7, 2007|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-10-05
*cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2007_20_thu.shtml|title=Joanna Eden|date=May 17, 2007|work=Radio 4 Woman's Hour|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-10-05

External links

* [http://www.joannaeden.com/ Joanna Eden's official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/joannaeden Eden's MySpace page]