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Ann Hampton Callaway
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway has received national
attention from television audiences for her song "The Nanny Named Fran,"
which she wrote and performs for the CBS television series. Another of her
compositions, "At the Same Time," was recently performed in Los Angeles by
Barbra Streisand for President Clinton and was recorded for Ms. Streisand's
popular compact disc Higher Ground. Ms. Callaway also provided lyrics to a
Rolf Lovland melody sung by Ms. Streisand at her wedding to James Brolin.
The song, entitled "I've Dreamed of You" was subsequently recorded for the
compact disc Barbra in Love. Ann Hampton Callaway's recent CD recordings
include After Ours (Denon) with jazz pianist Kenny Barron and bassist Jay
Leonhart and To Ella With Love (Touchwood Records) with Wynton Marsalis,
Cyrus Chestnut, Christian McBride, and Lewis Nash. This tribute to the late
Ella Fitzgerald features some of the singer's best-loved standards. At the
Carnegie Hall Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, Ms. Callaway performed selections
from the recording. Her other recordings include This Christmas (Angel),
Bring Back Romance (DRG), Ann Hampton Callaway (also DRG), and Sibling
Revelry (with her sister, Broadway musical star Liz Callaway). The Cole
Porter Estate officially recognizes Ann Hampton Callaway as the only
composer to have collaborated with Cole Porter, having set her music to his
posthumously discovered lyric "I Gaze in Your Eyes," recorded for the Ben
Bagley "Cole Porter Revisited" series. Ms. Callaway has performed in major
venues, concert halls, and jazz festivals around the world. She performed a
nationally televised show at Moscow's Estrada Theatre and was invited to
sing for former President Gorbachev at the Youth Peace Summit. She has
performed in Washington for President Clinton and on numerous national
television shows such as The Today Show, The Charlie Rose Show, The Oprah
Winfrey Show, and Charles Grodin, and on CNN, ABC News, PBS, and the BBC.
She recently performed Sibling Revelry with her sister at London's Donmar
Warehouse, and then resumed her solo performances, headlining at Harrah's
in Atlantic City, followed by sold-out performances in New York. Her 1999
schedule takes her to Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, Denver, Seattle, and
Paris. Ms. Callaway recently completed recording her second CD for
Touchwood Records. Entitled Easy Living, it features pianists Kenny Barron,
Benny Green, and Bill Charlap, with guest artists Wynton Marsalis and
Nelson Rangel. She recently appeared with Mr. Marsalis and the Lincoln
Center Jazz Orchestra and at Carnegie Hall with Skitch Henderson and the
New York Pops. In the fall of 1999 she will star in a new Broadway musical,
Swing.