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Deanna Bogart (born September 5, 1959, Detroit, Michigan, United States), is an American
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/ fusion singer, pianist, and saxophone player/composer/arranger/producer.


Background

She began her career in the
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and Washington D.C. area of Maryland with the ensemble Cowboy Jazz, and following that band's breakup in 1986, a stint playing with
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. In the early 1990s she began her solo career. Awards: 4x BMA (Blues Music Awards) Horn instrumentalist of the year. In 2013, Bogart was nominated for a
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in the 'Pinetop Perkins Piano Player' category.


Discography

*1991: ''Out to Get You'' *1992: ''Crossing Borders'' *1996: ''New Address'' *1998: ''The Great Unknown'' *2001: ''Deanna Bogart Band Live'' *2002: ''Timing Is Everything'' *2006: ''Real Time'' *2009: ''Eleventh Hour'' *2012: ''Pianoland'' *2014: ''Just a Wish Away''


References


External links


Official Deanna Bogart website
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