Deanna Kirk

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Deanna Kirk is an American jazz singer and songwriter based in New York City. She also owned Deanna's, a jazz club in downtown Manhattan.

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Career

Kirk is known as jazz cabaret singer, songwriter and night club owner but "she's really an art-rock diva in the tradition of Tori Amos and Sarah McLaughlan" writing "romantically philosophical" lyrics and takes on an alter-ego "Marianna." [1]

Kirk's live jazz album Live at Deanna's was initially intended for exclusive sale at her nightclub Deanna's. However, it was ultimately released nationally, which contributed to securing a contract for the singer with the Blackbird label. Kirk's Blackbird debut Mariana Trench a 1996 studio album, featured original songs and covers of songs by Leonard Cohen and Sandy Denny. [2] Kirk wrote and recorded a second studio album, Where Are You Now, released by Blackbird/Elektra, which included the track, “You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch.” [3]

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. [4]

In the mid 1990's Kirk opened Deanna's, a "popular East Village hole-in-the-wall jazz club" on East 7th Street, where she performed standards. After a fire destroyed the club she reopened a more upscale Deanna's on Rivington Street on the Lower East Side. [5] The club's history and the fire that destroyed the East Village location is recounted in Ballad of the Small Cafe, on Kirk's album, Where Are You Now. [1]

She signed a publishing deal with Bug Music and began to write and record for film and television soundtracks. Her music has been featured in the television shows as Felicity and Hyperion Bay and on the movie soundtracks Down to You (2000) and Me Myself I (2000). [6] She toured North America with Jane Siberry, has toured internationally, was the house chanteuse at her club Deanna's, and regularly performs at clubs including Smalls and LaMama with the Deanna Kirk Quintet in New York City. [3] [7]

Personal life

Kirk, a concert-level pianist, was born in Manhattan and grew up in Freeport, Long Island. She had decided to interrupt her career as a jazz singer to take care of her son and is performing regularly again. [8]

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 Himes, Geoffrey (November 28, 1997). ". Jane Siberry "Child (Music for the Christmas Season) Sheeba, Deanna Kirk "Where Are You Now" Blackbird". Washington Post. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Deanna Kirk". soundcloud.com. Soundcloud. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 Eckert, Ginger (28 November 1997). "Jane Siberry". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Lee, Chang (9 June 2009). "Second Chance Jazz Singer". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Botton, Sari (October 31, 1999). "A NIGHT OUT WITH: Deanna Kirk; Grown-Up Crooning". New York Times. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Deanna Kirk Vocalist". smallslive.com. Smalls Jazz Club. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Deanna Kirk jazz". reverbnation.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  8. ↑ Lee, Chang (June 9, 2009). "Lens: Second Chance video". New York Times. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "Deanna Kirk | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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