Deanna Kirk is an American jazz singer-songwriter based in New York City.

Career

Kirk has released one live jazz album, ''Live at Deanna's'', as well as a studio album, ''Marianna Trench'', which featured original songs and covers of songs by

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. ''Billboard'' magazine featured her on their front page as the flagship artist at Blackbird Recording Company. She was featured in ''People'' magazine, the ''New York Times'', ''Time Out'', and ''New York'' magazine. Kirk wrote and recorded a second studio album, ''Where Are You Now'' for Blackbird/Elektra. She toured North America with

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Personal life

Kirk was born in Manhattan and grew up in Freeport, Long Island. Her father, David, is a retired Navy Captain and architect and her mother, Anna Maria, teaches voice and performs around the New York region. Kirk is a concert-level pianist and her two sisters are both multi-instrumentalists.

Discography

* ''Live at Deanna's'' (

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, 1994) * ''Marianna Trench'' (Blackbird, 1996) * ''Where Are You Now?'' (Blackbird, 1997) * ''Beautyway'' (Deanna Kirk, 2002) * ''Lost in Languid Love Songs'' (Deanna Kirk, 2013)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirk, Deanna Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American women jazz singers American jazz singers 21st-century American women