Anaïs Reno

Anaïs Reno is a New York City-based jazz singer and composer who studied jazz performance at SUNY Purchase.

She has received several accolades, including the Ben Tucker Jazz Award at the American Traditions Competition, the Mabel Mercer Foundation Competition and the Julie Wilson Award. Anaïs has performed at venues such as Birdland, Carnegie Hall, Dizzy’s Club, Madison Square Garden, the Caramoor Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott’s as part of the London Jazz Festival, the Edinburgh Jazz Festival and others. Among her many appearances at Birdland was a week-long engagement filling in for Tierney Sutton in 2022.

Her debut album, Lovesome Thing, celebrating Ellington and Strayhorn, rose to number 6 on the jazz chart in 2021. That same year she took part in a video with NYCNext singing Billy Joel’s New York State of Mind alongside stars including Idina Menzel and Stephen Colbert, and sang America the Beautiful for the Mets/Yankees 9/11 game on national television.

Anaïs released a live record at London’s PizzaExpress Jazz Club in February 2024, and has recently released her second studio album, Lady of the Lavender Mist, on Club44 Records with Peter Bernstein, David Wong and Joe Farnsworth.

“Evocative phrasing and warm, resonant, velvet tone.” — The Jazz Page

“The best vocal recording this year.” — Wild Mercury Rhythm, on Lady of the Lavender Mist

Line-up

• Anaïs Reno – vocals
• Jamie Safir – piano
• Sameer Shankar – bass
• Matt Home – drums

Doors 7:00pm, starts 7:30pm. Over-18s only.