Imani Uzuri is an American vocalist and composer. Uzuri has collaborated with artists across various disciplines including co-writing and singing the song "Be Still" for Herbie Hancock's album '' Future 2 Future''. In 2012 Uzuri released her second album, ''The Gypsy Diaries'', which was funded with a Kickstarter campaign. In January 2013, she appeared with the singer

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. Uzuri was a 2015

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artist-in-residence. March 2016 marked Uzuri's

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's American Songbook series debut.

Personal life

Uzuri identifies as bisexual.

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