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”.
BEAR IN HEAVEN
Time Is Over One Day Old
Robyn Hitchcock
I Wanna Go Backwards BOXSET
Rustic Overtones
Light at the End
Peter, Bjorn & John (PB&J)
Living Thing
4 Way Street
Pretzel Park
Aero Flynn
Ooh La La
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