Ann Hampton Callaway to Perform Hits from New Album at Barnes & Noble This Week

Ann Hampton Callaway will be performing selections from her latest CD "From Sassy to Divine: The Sarah Vaughan Project" to Barnes & Noble at 86th & Lexington Ave, NYC, on Thursday, December 11 at 7 p.m. Featuring music director Ted Rosenthal.

Barnes & Noble is located at 150 East 86th Street, New York, NY 10028. For more information, call 212-369-2180 or click here.

Callaway released the album this fall via Shanachie Entertainment.

"Over the years, I have been creating a legacy series about artists who have inspired me and Sarah is a critical missing piece that I've wanted to explore," Callaway said announcing the September release. "Applying my imagination to her body of work has been challenging and enriching -- it's given me a chance to dig more deeply into the jazz part of my artistry, which she helped to spark when I was a little girl."

From Sassy to Divine: The Sarah Vaughan Project was recorded live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola and joins Callaway with pianist Ted Rosenthal, bassist Dean Johnson, drummer Tim Horner, saxophonist and flutist Dick Oatts and trumpeter and flugelhornist Randy Sandke. Grammy Award-winning engineer Todd Whitelock mixed the album.

Callaway has written over 250 songs, including the theme to the hit TV series "The Nanny" and multi-Platinum hits for seven of Barbra Streisand's recent CDs. Booked by the premier jazz booking agency in the country, Ted Kurland Associates, the vocalist keeps a heavy touring schedule performing at PACs, theatres and jazz festivals all over the world. The past two years, Callaway has taken the symphony world by storm with her award-winning tribute to her legendary mentor with "The Streisand Songbook," which she premiered with The Boston Pops and continues to tour nationwide. Callaway's starring role in the jazz Broadway musical "Swing!" earned her a Tony nomination and The Theater World Award.