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, who plays "an eclectic mélange of carnival music, torch, folk and pop".

Early life and education

Jabour is half Lebanese, half Canadian. She grew up first in Toronto, until her father died when she was still young, and then she lived in North Bay with her mother and grandparents. She started playing piano at just two years of age, and was subsequently classically trained from the age of three.Burliuk, Greg (March 26, 1997). "Singer hides tart lyrics in gentle music", ''

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, where she graduated from the drama program.Raynor, Brent (February 9, 2006).
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Career

At age 18, she made her debut as a professional musician, playing jazz standards and the occasional

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bars and coffeehouses. Her self-titled debut album was released in 1996, and was in the top 100 of the year's Canadian independent albums. Critic Lenny Stoute wrote that it contained "streetwise soul poems and rich melodies." Her live album, released in 2000, was performed with a string trio at the Toronto venue C'est What. The ''

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'' described her song "A Little Sad", from the 2006 album ''Les Dangereuses'', as a "sublimely retro pop song", " ngalong melancholy, with horns that evoke a long-lost

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. She also played several dates on the

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Personal life

Jabour is married to Simon Tuplin. They have two children, Nadege and Anik.
(January 19, 2015)

Discography

* ''Lenni Jabour'' (1996, out of print) * ''Demo 2000'' (2000, out of print) * ''Ten Songs Live'' (2000, out of print) * ''At the Clarion Café'' (2002, out of print) * ''A Small Show of Hands'' (2003, out of print) * ''Les Dangereuses'' (2006) available on iTunes * ''Lenni Jabour : Greatest Hits'' (covers of hits from the 1970s and 1980s) (2009) available on iTunes

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jabour, Lenni 1970 births Living people Canadian women singer-songwriters Canadian singer-songwriters Jabour, Lenni 21st-century Canadian women singers