2005-02-06
California-based urban pop songwriter Alana Davis is the daughter of jazz pianist Walter Davis Jr, who was a sideman for Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, and jazz singer Anamari Davis.Alana first reached your ears with a hit cover of Ani DiFranco’s “32 Flavors” from her 1997 debut release. Her latest disc Surrender Dorothy is her first offering since going the indie route and forming her own Tigress Records label.
It brings together Alana’s folk, pop and soul influences and even includes her take on her hero Bob Marley’s “Nice Time”.
THE SHINS
Wincing the Night Away
MULTI -ARTIST
THE BRIDGE SCHOOL CONCERTS 25'TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Death From Above 1979
Live at Third Man Records
CUT CHEMIST
The Audience's Listening
NLX
In Your Face & Behind Your Back
ZACH DEPUTY
Another Day
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