Anjani

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Anjani
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Anjani in 1989
Background information
Birth nameAnjani Thomas
Born (1959-07-10) July 10, 1959 (age 65)
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer-songwriter
InstrumentPiano
Years active1983–present
Labels Columbia
Website anjani-music.com

Anjani Thomas (born July 10, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist, best known for her work with singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, as well as Carl Anderson, Frank Gambale, and Stanley Clarke. She became a solo artist in 2000.

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Life

Anjani was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she trained in guitar, piano and voice. She attended Berklee College of Music for a year then moved to New York City to a pursue a music career. She performed in jazz clubs before meeting producer John Lissauer, who hired her to provide backup vocals on Leonard Cohen's influential song "Hallelujah" from Various Positions . Anjani went on to tour with Cohen in 1985, as his keyboardist and backup vocalist, and worked with Cohen for many years after, lending her talents to I'm Your Man , The Future , Dear Heather and Old Ideas . [1]

Anjani launched a solo career with Anjani in 2000 followed by The Sacred Names in 2001 an ode to the Aramaic, Greek and Hebrew names of God. [2] In 2006, Cohen contributed lyrics and production talents to Anjani's music and arrangements for Blue Alert on Columbia Records. The song "Blue Alert" was used in a 2007 Old Navy TV spot. [3]

In 2011, Anjani began working on a follow-up to Blue Alert , which continued the collaboration with Leonard Cohen on three new songs. The new record, I Came to Love , was released in download-only form in July 2014. [4]

Discography

References

  1. "Anjani Biography". Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
  2. Burger, Jeff (April 1, 2014). Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters. Chicago Review Press. ISBN   978-1-61374-758-2.
  3. ALAN LIGHT (May 21, 2006). "In Anjani Thomas, Leonard Cohen Finds a New Voice". The New York Times .
  4. "Anjani | Musings".