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Born in New York City, Jenny
Amlen has performed around the world, including stints in the US, Europe,
Asia, and the Caribbean. Jenny can belt out the blues, improvise melodies
with Middle Eastern influence or croon a sweet-as-chocolate ballad using her
versatile three-octave range and incredible tone. She began her music career
at the American Music Dramatic Academy and received a BA from SUNY College
in music. Being fascinated by eastern raga, she studied in India with Terry
Riley and La Monte Young. Jenny’s original bands have performed in
world-famous New York City clubs including CBGB’s, China Club, Tramps,
Knitting Factory the Bitter End, Red Lion, Coda and Kenny’s Castaways.
She’s received glowing reviews from New York City Music Magazines. She
collaborated with Kennen Keating of Hit and Run publishing, Andy Marvel of
Sony Records and Windham Hill’s Michael Harrison. After signing an
Artist/Management contract with Kevin Makowski, the producer of the Rickie
Lake show, she collaborated with Coati Mundi from Kid Creole and the
Coconuts. They recorded her first CD, simply titled “Jenny Amlen”.
Her second CD, titled
‘Something Blue’, was recorded with jazz guitarist Dom Minasi of Blue Notes
Records. It included interesting interpretations of standards as well as
original compositions. She has also recorded with Grammy nominee John Tevin.
Jenny signed a publishing/recording contract with an Indie label in Munich,
Germany where she received radio play and toured throughout Western Europe.
Her CD, entitled “Serious Thinking”, was recorded in Germany with members of
the local well-known groups Medley. While in Germany, Jenny recorded “Jenny
Amlen unplugged” with Jenny playing acoustic guitar and singing. She has
also performed with Warner Brothers artist Bob Dawson at corporate events.
Jenny continues writing and has written well over 200 songs to date.
Jenny recently partnered with
New York City guitarist Ed Howe for her next CD, which is the best
reflection to date of her varied styles and interests, from blues to jazz to
folk to country to Eastern raga. Ed is producing, arranging and playing
most of the instruments on the CD, which contains all new original material
written by Jenny. The CD, entitled ‘Many Hats’ to reflect Jenny’s versatile
song writing talents, is being recorded in part at the world-famous Legacy
Studios in midtown Manhattan. Legacy Recording Studios is co-owned by
Jenny’s brother, David Amlen, who is also engineering on the project. Both
Jenny and Ed have joined the family at So-N-So records and they look forward
to a long and rewarding relationship with the burgeoning record label.
Anticipated release of Many
Hats is Fall, ’07. Watch for it! |
